| Played For: | St. Louis Blues Ottawa Senators SERC Wild Wings Eisbären Berlin |
| Position: | Defence |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 191 |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Birth Date: | March 28, 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Laval, Quebec, Canada |
| Draft: | 93rd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1989 |
| Draft Team: | St. Louis Blues |
| Career Start: | 1992 |
| Career End: | 2008 |
Daniel Jacques Laperrière (born March 28, 1969) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Laperriere played 48 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators from 1992 to 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2008, was spent in the minor leagues and in Europe. He is the son of Jacques Laperrière, who also played in the NHL and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
As a youth, Laperrière played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Laval, Quebec.[1]
He played with the St. Louis Blues and the Ottawa Senators. He graduated from St. Lawrence University where he played for the Skating Saints, earning Hobey Baker Award nomination in 1992.
Laperrière was drafted 93rd overall by St. Louis in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, and went on to play in 48 regular season games, scoring two goals and five assists for seven points, collecting 27 penalty minutes.
In 1997, he moved to Germany to play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In five seasons he played for the SERC Wild Wings and Eisbären Berlin. He also spent a season in the 2nd Bundesliga for EV Duisburg. He then spent two seasons in Switzerland's Nationalliga B for HC Ajoie.
He returned to Canada in 2005 to play in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey for the Saint-Georges CRS Express. He moved to the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League in 2006 where his 57 points (11 goals and 46 assist) in 60 games was his most productive in his career and was ranked 5th among CHL defencemen in points.
He is currently a pro scout for the Colorado Avalanche.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1986–87 | Collège Saint-Sacrement | HS-CA | 17 | 22 | 17 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Collège Laval | HS-CA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 34 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 29 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 29 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 32 | 8 | 45 | 53 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 54 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 56 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 65 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Prince Edward Island Senators | AHL | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 69 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | SERC Wild Wings | DEL | 45 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | SERC Wild Wings | DEL | 46 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | SERC Wild Wings | DEL | 55 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 38 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 56 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | EV Duisburg | GER-2 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 45 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 27 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | CRS Express de Saint-Georges | LNAH | 40 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Arizona Sundogs | CHL | 60 | 11 | 46 | 57 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | Arizona Sundogs | CHL | 61 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | ||
| DEL totals | 240 | 53 | 115 | 168 | 108 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| NHL totals | 48 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
List of awards and honours.
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1990–91 |
| ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team | 1991 |
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1991–92 |
| AHCA East First-Team All-American | 1991–92 |
| ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team | 1992 |