
Wolf Pack Sign Goaltender Alain Valiquette to PTO
April 15, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Hartford Wolf Pack News Release
HARTFORD: Hartford Wolf Pack general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Wolf Pack has signed goaltender Alain Valiquette to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement.
Valiquette, a 6-3, 220-pound native of Sudbury, Ontario, started this season at Laurentian University (OUAA), compiling a 7-14-0 record in 22 games, with a goals-against average of 3.02 and a 91.1% save percentage.
Following the completion of his University career, the 25-year-old Valiquette joined the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL. He got into two games with Elmira, totaling 96 minutes of action, and went 1-0-0 with five goals-against on 57 shots. Valiquette was acquired by the Wolf Pack's ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, from the Jackals March 4, and he saw nine games of action in the Greenville net. Valiquette was 4-5-0 in those nine contests, with a 3.80 GAA and an 89.6% save percentage.
In four years of OUAA action with Laurentian and the University of Western Ontario, Valiquette amassed a career record of 25-37-0, with a 3.29 GAA, 90.5% save percentage and one shutout. Prior to his University tenure, Valiquette played 142 Ontario Hockey League games over five seasons with the Sudbury Wolves. He was 50-67-6 in his OHL career, with a 3.94 GAA, an 89.3% save percentage and four shutouts.
ALAIN VALIQUETTE'S PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR RECORD
Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team Lge. GP W-L-T/SOL GAA Sv % SHO GP W-L GAA Sv. %. SHO
2006-07 Sudbury OHL 1 0-1-0 10.59 63.6 0 --- --- --- --- ---
2007-08 Sudbury OHL 20 6-10-0 3.99 89.7 0 --- --- --- --- ---
2008-09 Sudbury OHL 23 6-14-1 4.57 88.5 0 --- --- --- --- ---
2009-10 Sudbury OHL 40 11-18-2 3.86 89.4 3 3 0-0 7.54 78.1 0
2010-11 Sudbury OHL 58 27-24-3 3.69 89.7 1 8 4-3 4.15 89.6 0
2011-12 U. W. Ont. OUAA 10 6-3-0 3.07 89.5 0 --- --- --- --- ---
2013-14 Laurent. U. OUAA 17 3-14-0 3.97 90.0 0 --- --- --- --- ---
2014-15 Laurent. U. OUAA 16 9-6-0 3.14 90.8 1 --- --- --- --- ---
2015-16 Elmira ECHL 2 1-0-0 3.13 91.2 0
Greenville ECHL 9 4-5-0 3.80 89.6 0
Laurent. U. OUAA 22 7-14-0 3.02 91.1 0 --- --- --- --- ---
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