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Patrick Coulombe (D)

Victoria Salmon Kings

Biography

2008-09: Named the Salmon Kings Most Valuable Player...In 2007-08 Coulombe played all but two of his 60 games with the Salmon Kings. He produced 8 goals and 22 assists for Victoria. The two games not with the Salmon Kings were spent with the Manitoba Moose. During the 2006-07 season Coulombe saw action with the parent Vancouver Canucks. In seven games of NHL action Coulombe assisted on one goal and added four minutes in penalties to his NHL resume. The St. Fabien native spent the majority of the year with the Moose. He played in 44 games scoring three goals and adding six assists for nine points. He was assigned to the Salmon Kings at the end of the season playing in six regular season and six playoff games for Victoria. Coulombe played four full seasons with the Rimouski Oceanic before being traded to Chicoutimi Sagueneens in his final junior season midway through the year. Coulombe showed progressive and steady improvement throughout each of his seasons in the Q. From 2003-05, he played a significant amount of time on the power play with now NHL superstar Sidney Crosby. Coulombe did prove in his overage season in junior that his numbers weren’t purely as a result of Crosby’s presence, however, scoring career-highs in goals (23) and points (77).