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 (2025-01-02). "Predators Forward Has History With Suspensions". si.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b Whitaker, Michael (2025-01-03). "Predators' Zachary L'Heureux dealt suspension over controversial play vs Wild". ClutchPoints | Nashville Predators News. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (2023-02-15). "Zachary L'Heureux suspended ten games". Director of Player Safety. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16.
- ^ Quenneville, Guy (2023-02-13). "NHL prospect suspended after allegedly jabbing fan with stick at Olympiques game". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13.
- ^ a b "Admirals' L'Heureux suspended for one game". Player Safety Committee. Springfield, Mass.: American Hockey League. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ a b "Admirals' L'Heureux suspended for two games". Player Safety Committee. Springfield, Mass.: American Hockey League. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "L'Heureux of Predators suspended 3 games for slew-footing". NHL Public Relations. National Hockey League. 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Hascup, Jimmy (2023-02-15). "Predators prospect suspended for 10 games after poking fan with stick at QMJHL game". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ Glennon, John (2023-07-06). "Preds prospect L'Heureux ready to put suspensions behind him". Nashville Post. Archived from the original on 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
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