User:Ctracy2803/sandbox/Antoine Laganiere

= Antoine Laganiere = Antoine Charles Laganiere was born in L'Île-Cadieux, Canada, on July 5th 1990. Antoine is a 6'4" Center/Left wing who most recently played for the San Diego Gulls (AHL) in the 2016-2017 season.

= High School = During the 2007-2008 season at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Laganiere was the second-leading scorer with 8 goals 30 assists in 25 games with only 14 penalty minutes. Deerfield finished 16-7-2. During the 2008-2009 season Antoine shared the scoring lead with Andrew Ammon as a senior, with 12 goals, and led the rank 9 deerfield Big Green with 16 assists in 24 games. The Big Green finished 11-11-2. Laganiere skated for the Neoponset Valley River Rats U-18 team and Played Hockey at Yale through his Senior year.

= College = In his Freshman year, Laganiere played in 25 games. He scored 7 goals with 3 assists and was +1 with 18 penalty minutes. The Bulldogs finished first in ECAC Hockey and got an invitation to the NCAA tournament after a loss to Brown in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals. Yale defeated North Dakota 3-2 before losing to National champ Boston College in a high scoring 9-7 game in the Regional final. In his Sophomore year Antoine played in 25 of 36 Games for the bulldogs. He scored 5 goals with 8 assists and was +9 with 14 penalty minutes. The Bulldogs finished second in ECAC Hockey and got 3 Straight shutouts in the final 3 games of the tournament to get the championship. Antoine had a goal in the semifinal win over Colgate and scored in the championship against Cornell. Yale beat the Air Force before losing to the National Champion Minnesota-Duluth in the Regional final, 5-3. Antoine went to the Canucks development camp before his Junior season at Yale. He was the second-leading scorer with 19 goals, only 2 behind team-leader Brian O'Neill and had 24 assists finishing +6 with 45 penalty minutes in 35 games. Antoine scored 9 of his 19 goals while the Bulldogs were on the power play. The Bulldogs tied Clarkson for 6th in ECAC hockey and did not make the NCAA tournament after losing to Harvard in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series. During his Senior year, Antoine was Yale's third-leading scorer as the Bulldogs got their first National Hockey Championship in School history. He scored 15 goals with 14 assists in 37 games and was -4 with 58 penalty minutes. Yale finished third in ECAC hockey in the regular season but got an invitation to the NCAA tournament even with the back to back losses in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals and 3rd place game. The Bulldogs swept WCHA opponents Minnesota and North Dakota in the west regional. After a 3-2 overtime win over Massachusetts-Lowell in the semifinals game Yale shutout ECAC regular season champion Quinnipiac 4-0, in the frozen 4 final. after being scoreless in the ECAC championship weekend and east regional tournaments, Antoine scored a goal inn the frozen four semifinal win and had an assist against Quinnipiac. He signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks in April, 2013

= Norfolk Admirals = In the 2013-2014 season, Laganiere skated for the Norfolk Admirals, which at the time was the AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, in his first pro season. Antoine scored 10 goals with 8 assists and was -9 with 36 penalty minutes in 72 regular season games. Norfolk ended the season third in the east division and got to the second round of the playoffs, where Antoine skated in four playoff games and scored no pints with 2 penalty minutes, his +/- being -1. In Laganiere's second season with the Admirals he acquired 14 goals and seven assists with 36 penalty minutes, making his +/- -6.

=San Diego Gulls=