Alexandre Daigle

Alexandre Daigle (born the February 7th 1975 with Laval with the Quebec) is a Canadian player professional of Hockey.

Career in club

During its first year in the League of hockey major junior of Quebec in 1991, Daigle creates sensation and the observers promise a great future to him and see in him a great hope of the LNH, some not hesitating to compare it with Wayne Gretzky.

During the Fishing out of entry in the LNH 1993, the Senators d' Ottawa, choosing in first, have the choice between Chris Pronger, Paul Kariya and Daigle. It is finally the latter which will be selected. He states “ then to be very glad to have been selected in first because nobody never remembers the second choice ”.

The Senators, shown to have deliberately lost the last matches of the season, then propose a five year old contract and 12,25 million dollars. Following this enormous contract, the league will set up later a few years a ceiling for the first contract of a player.

Unfortunately for him, Daigle will never manage to rise on the level of its reputation and its fellow-member Alexei Yashin will steal even the high-speed motorboat to him. He rather is then often criticized because of his laxism and a weak motivation.

At the end of a few seasons, Daigle put the whole of the hockey of Ottawa at back and is seen transferred during the Saison LNH 1997-98. It then connects a series of transfers more or less successful while passing by the franknesses from Flyers, of Lightning then of Rangers.

At the end of the Season LNH 1999-2000, it decides to leave the world of hockey in order to launch out in a career of cinema.

At the beginning of the Season LNH 2002-03, it returns to hockey and plays for the Penguins de Pittsburgh. The frankness will even make it play with its team holds American Ligue of hockey: the Penguins de Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

There remains only one season in Pennsylvania and will join the Wild of Minnesota. It then carries out a good season in 2003-04 with 51 points (better striker of the team and its own equalized record).

This season, it is even in competition to gain the Trophée Bill Masterton but with final it is Bryan Berard Blackhawks of Chicago which receives the trophy.

The March 6th 2006, Wild decides to send Daigle in the American Ligue of hockey in their team holds (Aeros of Houston) but Daigle will not play a match there. The March 13rd it is exchanged against Brendan Bernakevitch of the team of the Manchester Monarchs where it will finish the season.

The May 5th 2006, it signs a two year old contract with the Swiss club of HC Davos.

Statistics of career

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