Jackals Sign Coulombe and Dubuc, Deal Tanguay
October 12, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL) - Elmira Jackals News Release
The Elmira Jackals announced Tuesday that they have signed defenseman Patrick Coulombe and forward Michael Dubuc to standard player contracts for the 2010-2011 season and have traded forward Maxime Tanguay to the Alaska Aces in exchange for future considerations.
Coulombe, who has seven games of NHL experience under his belt entering his fifth professional campaign, has skated the majority of his career with the Victoria Salmon Kings. The St. Fabien, Quebec native led the Salmon Kings in plus-minus at +14 in 2009-2010 and +20 in 2008-2009 while totaling 81 points (23g-58a) over his three-plus years with the club.
In the 2006-2007 season, his first as a pro, Coulombe played seven games with the Vancouver Canucks, garnering an assist. Coulombe has participated in 46 games with the AHL's Manitoba Moose in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008, accumulating three goals and six assists.
In juniors, Coulombe notched over four seasons with the QMJHL's Rimouski Oceanic and played half of a season with the Chicoutimi Sagueneens of the same league. With Rimouski, Coulombe collected 180 regular-season points (26g-154a) and tied for the team lead in the 2005 QMJHL Playoffs with 17 assists with current NHL-er Sidney Crosby as the Oceanic advanced to the Memorial Cup Finals. Coulombe put together 18 goals and 31 assists for 49 points in the latter half of the 2005-2006 season with Chicoutimi.
Dubuc had been participating in Jackals training camp under a tryout agreement.
The Jackals host the Cincinnati Cyclones in the 2010-2011 home opener on Friday at 7:35 p.m.
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