Ducks Assign Goaltender Deslauriers to Komets
By: Randy Ziemnik
Updated: February 20, 2013
COURTESY: FORT WAYNE KOMETS
Fort Wayne, IN ---The Komets' NHL affiliate, the Anaheim Ducks, have reassigned goaltender Jeff Deslauriers to the Fort Wayne ECHL team. The Komets also announced Tuesday that goaltender Marco Cousineau has been placed on 21-day injured reserve.
Deslauriers,
28, was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft while a
member of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens of the QMJHL. He was selected to the 2001-02 QMJHL
All-Rookie Team and was named Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Deslauriers was signed as a free agent by Anaheim
July 12, 2011 and posted a 2.74 goals-against average and .903 save percentage
in four games (3-1-0) during 2011-12 with the Ducks. Deslauriers has yet to appear in a contest
for Anaheim
this season. The veteran netminder has
appeared in 62 career NHL games with Anaheim and
Edmonton
posting a 23-32-4 record, 3.24 goals-against average and .902 save percentage.
The St. Jean-Richelieu, Quebec
native has also served AHL stints with Edmonton,
Hamilton, Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Springfield, Oklahoma and
Syracuse during
his nine years as a pro. Deslauriers has
appeared in 190 AHL career games posting a record of 83-82-14 while registering
a 2.89 goals-against average and .903 save percentage.
Deslauriers has also seen action in the ECHL with Greenville appearing in 17 games (9-7-1) over
two seasons (2004-05, 2005-06) registering a 2.56 goals-against average and
.928 save percentage.
Cousineau, 23, has appeared in 11 games this season with the Komets registering a 3-7-0 record, 3.55 goals-against average and .886 save percentage. 2012-13 is his third pro year.
