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Jean-François Labbé
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Labbé in 2016
Born (1972-06-15) June 15, 1972 (age 51)
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for New York Rangers
Columbus Blue Jackets
HC Lada Togliatti
Augsburger Panther
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Vienna Capitals
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1993–2011

Jean-François Labbé (born June 15, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 15 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and the Columbus Blue Jackets between 2000 and 2003.

Playing career

As a youth, he played in the 1984 and 1986 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Sherbrooke.

After playing four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Labbé began a very successful American Hockey League career. He played for the Prince Edward Island Senators, Cornwall Aces, Hershey Bears, Hamilton Bulldogs, Hartford Wolf Pack and Syracuse Crunch in his AHL tenure. His best season came in 1996–1997 with the Hershey Bears, when he won both the Hap Holmes Memorial Award for lowest goals against average and the Les Cunningham Award for league MVP. Labbé won the Calder Cup with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 2000.

Labbé appeared in 15 NHL games: one with the New York Rangers at the end of the 1999–2000 season and 14 with the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons.

He played for the Saint-Georges Garaga in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey in 2003–2004 after a short stint with the Tolyatti Lada in the Russian Hockey Super League.

Labbé has played in the DEL for three seasons, with Augsburger Panther in 2004–05 and with the Sinupret Ice Tigers in 2005–06 and 2006–07. For the 2008 and 2009 season he joined the Vienna Capitals in Austria's Erste Bank Hockey League.

He finished his career in 2011 after a season with the Sherbrooke Saint-François in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.

Labbé was selected for induction as part of the American Hockey League Hall of Fame's 2016 class.

Records

Labbé currently holds records with the Syracuse Crunch for:

  • Lowest GAA in a single season - 2.18 (2001–02)
  • Highest single season save percentage - .928 (2001–02)
  • Career shutouts - 11

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1988–89 Montreal Cantons de l'Est Cantonniers QMAAA 29 22 7 0 1764 94 1 3.20 5 1 4 333 19 0 3.42
1989–90 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 28 13 10 0 1499 106 1 4.24 .865 3 1 1 132 8 0 3.64 .896
1990–91 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 54 35 14 0 2870 158 5 3.30 .892 5 1 4 230 19 0 4.96 .867
1991–92 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 48 31 13 3 2749 142 1 3.10 .896 15 10 3 791 33 1 2.50 .915
1992–93 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 46 26 18 2 2701 156 2 3.46 .897 10 6 3 518 24 1 2.78 .925
1992–93 Sherbrooke Faucons QMJHL 3 1 2 0 187 13 0 4.16 .860
1993–94 Thunder Bay Senators CoHL 52 35 11 4 2900 150 2 3.10 .900 8 7 1 493 18 2 2.19 .929
1993–94 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 7 4 3 0 389 22 0 3.39 .901
1994–95 Thunder Bay Senators CoHL 2 2 0 0 120 6 1 3.00 .897
1994–95 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 32 13 14 3 1817 94 2 3.10 .906
1995–96 Cornwall Aces AHL 55 25 21 5 2972 144 3 2.91 .893 8 3 5 471 21 1 2.68 .920
1996–97 Hershey Bears AHL 66 34 22 9 3811 160 6 2.52 .914 23 14 8 1364 59 1 2.60 .916
1997–98 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 52 24 17 11 3138 149 2 2.85 .913 7 3 4 413 20 0 2.90 .915
1998–99 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 59 28 26 3 3392 182 2 3.22 .898 7 3 4 447 22 0 2.95 .911
1999–00 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 .864
1999–00 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 49 27 13 7 2853 120 1 2.52 .924 22 15 7 1320 48 3 2.18 .935
2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 8 4 2 1 394 20 0 3.04 .911
2000–01 Syracuse Crunch AHL 37 15 15 5 2201 105 2 2.86 .924 5 2 3 323 18 0 3.34 .920
2001–02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 3 1 1 0 118 6 0 3.07 .912
2001–02 Syracuse Crunch AHL 51 27 16 7 2993 109 9 2.18 .928 10 6 4 596 19 2 1.91 .939
2002–03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 11 2 4 0 452 27 0 3.59 .884
2002–03 Syracuse Crunch AHL 4 1 2 1 247 11 0 2.68 .917
2003–04 Lada Togliatti RSL 30 17 5 3 1725 43 8 1.50 .937
2003–04 Garaga de Saint-Georges QSPHL 11 8 1 2 669 22 2 1.97 .933 23
2004–05 Augsburg Panthers DEL 50 2970 139 3 2.81 .911 5 298 17 0 3.42 .917
2005–06 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 49 2888 104 3 2.16 .927 4 220 17 0 4.63 .850
2006–07 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 44 2540 103 5 2.43 .920 13 827 38 2 2.76 .920
2007–08 Vienna Capitals EBEL 6 4 1 0 1 1.75 .942
2008–09 Vienna Capitals EBEL 44 5 2.65 .916 11 2.28 .926
2009–10 Flint Generals IHL 12 3 6 2 621 37 0 3.57 .895
2010–11 Saint-François de Sherbrooke LNAH 4 1 2 1 241 11 0 2.74 .916
NHL totals 15 3 6 0 629 36 0 3.44 .889

Awards and honours

Award Year
QMJHL
All-Star Team 1991–92
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy 1991–92
CHL Third All-Star Team 1991–92
CoHL
All-Star Team 1993–94
American Hockey League
First All-Star Team 1996–97
Calder Cup 1996–97, 1999–2000
Hap Holmes Memorial Award 1996–97, 1999–2000
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award 1996–97
Les Cunningham Award 1996–97
Second All-Star Team 2001–02
DEL
Best GAA 2005–06
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