Zachary L'Heureux
| Zachary L'Heureux | |||
|---|---|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) L'Heureux with the Nashville Predators in 2024 | |||
| Born |
May 15, 2003 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Nashville Predators | ||
| NHL draft |
27th overall, 2021 Nashville Predators | ||
| Playing career | 2023–present | ||
Zachary L'Heureux is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
[edit]L'Heureux was drafted by the Predators in the first round of the 2021 NHL entry draft with the 27th overall pick in the draft.[1] According to L'Heureux, he models his playing style after agitators such as Brad Marchand and Matthew Tkachuk.[2] On July 28, 2021, L'Heureux was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Predators.[3]
Disciplinary history
[edit]L'Heureux has a history of disciplinary actions on multiple teams[4][5] in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)[6][7], American Hockey League[8][9], and NHL.[10] One of his suspensions from the QMJHL was for an assault on a fan with a hockey stick, for which he was suspended 10 games.[11] In 2023 he told a news outlet that he was working to avoid disciplinary action[12], but was later suspended twice in the following season by the AHL.[8][9] Not including his 2025 suspension from the NHL, he had been suspended a total of 11 times, resulting in him missing 39 games.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2019–20 | Moncton Wildcats | QMJHL | 55 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 33 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 46 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 33 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 43 | ||
| 2023–24 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 66 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 197 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 62 | ||
| QMJHL totals | 167 | 82 | 108 | 190 | 215 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 43 | ||||
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Canada Black | U17 | 8th | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Zachary L'Heureux". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ Masters, Mark (July 16, 2021). "'Extremely competitive' prospect L'Heureux aims to emulate Tkachuk, Marchand". TSN. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ Nashville Predators (July 28, 2021). "Predators Sign Zachary L'Heureux to Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract". NHL. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ Horwat, Nick (January 2, 2025). "Predators Forward Has History With Suspensions". si.com. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ a b Whitaker, Michael (January 3, 2025). "Predators' Zachary L'Heureux dealt suspension over controversial play vs Wild". ClutchPoints | Nashville Predators News. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (February 15, 2023). "Zachary L'Heureux suspended ten games". Director of Player Safety. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023.
- ^ Quenneville, Guy (February 13, 2023). "NHL prospect suspended after allegedly jabbing fan with stick at Olympiques game". CBC News. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Admirals' L'Heureux suspended for one game". Player Safety Committee. Springfield, Mass.: American Hockey League. March 7, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Admirals' L'Heureux suspended for two games". Player Safety Committee. Springfield, Mass.: American Hockey League. December 31, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ "L'Heureux of Predators suspended 3 games for slew-footing". NHL Public Relations. National Hockey League. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ Hascup, Jimmy (February 15, 2023). "Predators prospect suspended for 10 games after poking fan with stick at QMJHL game". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ Glennon, John (July 6, 2023). "Preds prospect L'Heureux ready to put suspensions behind him". Nashville Post. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
I'm happy I'm done with it and I'm moving to the next step. So it's something I want to leave in the past. I want to move forward from it and not let it affect me going into next year.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database