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Paul LaDue (D)
Bridgeport Islanders
| Name: |
Paul LaDue |
| Number: |
8 |
| Pos.: |
D |
| Shoots: |
R |
| Height: |
6-3 |
| Weight: |
205 |
| Birthdate: |
1992-09-06 |
| Birthplace: |
Grand Forks, ND |
Biography
2022-23: Played the entire season with Bridgeport, collecting eight assists in 49 games... His 300th professional game was 1/29/23 at Hershey. 2021-22: Had 12 points (4g, 8a) in a career-high 60 AHL games during his first season with Bridgeport... Played one game with the NY Islanders on 11/24/21 against the NY Rangers... Scored two goals for just the second time in his pro career on 3/23/22 at Utica... Earned his 100th pro point with a goal on 4/16/22 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton... Played his 200th AHL game on 4/23/22 against Hartford. 2020-21: Had eight points (3g, 5a) in 18 games while serving as an alternate captain for the Hershey Bears... Tied for third on the team with a plus-11 rating, which matched his AHL career best. 2019-20: Led all Ontario (AHL) defensemen and ranked fifth on the team in points (27)... Also played two NHL games with the Los Angeles Kings. 2018-19: Played an NHL career-high 33 games with Los Angeles and notched a career-best five points (2g, 3a). 2017-18: Scored his first NHL goal on 1/30/18 at Dallas... Set a career high for goals in both the AHL and NHL, recording three goals in 12 games with Los Angeles and eight goals in 36 games with the Reign. 2016-17: Earned his first NHL point in his second game (assist) on 2/9/17... Made his NHL debut on 2/7/17 at Tampa. 2015-16: Made his AHL debut with Ontario during the 2016 Calder Cup Playoffs on 5/22/16 vs. Lake Erie. College: Played three seasons at the University of North Dakota from 2013-16, scoring 62 points (16g, 46a) in 123 NCAA games... Won the 2016 NCAA Championship... Helped North Dakota to a 2015 NCHA Penrose Cup as regular season champions... Member of the NCHC All-Rookie Team in 2013-14.
PERSONAL: Cousin is Luke Johnson, a forward who previously played 333 AHL games between Rockford, Iowa, Manitoba and San Jose...Uncles Steve and Chad played at North Dakota and are former pro hockey players and coaches... Played for his Uncle Chad, who was the head coach of Lincoln from 2010-13.
