11 Joel L'Esperance
Joel L'Esperance
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Brighton, Mich.
  • Position:
    F
  • Team:
    Sioux City (USHL)
  • gp
    35
  • p
    26
  • g
    16
  • a
    10
  • pim
    18
  • +/-
    +16

Bio

Freshman Season (2014-15): Finished second among Michigan Tech freshmen in goals (7) and points (17) in 29 games … Collected his first career goal – the eventual game-winner – Dec. 29 in a 4-2 win against Ferris State at the Great Lakes Invitational … Notched four multi-point games, including three-point efforts on three occasions.

Prior to Michigan Tech: Spent the first half of 2013-14 with the Tri-City Storm (USHL), compiling 21-13=34 in 35 games before joining the USHL's Sioux City Musketeers … Had 6-8=14 in 25 games in Sioux City in the regular season … Helped Sioux City advance to the USHL Western Conference Finals … Posted 10-9=19 in 49 games for Tri-City during the 2012-13 season.

Personal: Son of Ron and Julie L'Esperance of Brighton, Mich. … Born Joel David L'Esperance in Brighton, Mich., on Aug. 18, 1995 … Has nine siblings—seven sisters and two brothers … Older brother, Alan, lettered in hockey at Michigan Tech in 2010-11 … Older sister, Carla, played basketball at Northern Michigan … Enjoys golfing and fishing … Majoring in business management.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 27 Alaska W, 3-2
Mar 4 Northern Michigan W, 4-0
Mar 5 at Northern Michigan W, 5-1
Mar 11 Alaska W, 7-1
Mar 12 Alaska W, 5-3
Mar 18 vs. Ferris State L, 1-0
  Overall Conf
Games 35 27
Points 26 23
Goals 16 14
Assists 10 9
PIM 18 14
+/- +16 +10
Power-play goals 4 4
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 1 1
Games started - -
Game-winning goals 4 3
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 95 71
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Oct 3 Intrasquad Scrimmage   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 Laurentian W, 5-1 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 10 Laurentian W, 5-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Ferris State W, 5-1 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oct 17 at Ferris State L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at Northern Michigan L, 4-1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 24 Northern Michigan W, 3-1 - 1 1 2 0 +0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Oct 30 Ferris State W, 5-4 - 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oct 31 Ferris State L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 6 at Alabama Huntsville W, 4-2 - 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 7 at Alabama Huntsville W, 2-1 - 1 0 1 0 +1 1 0 0 1 0 4
Nov 13 Bowling Green W, 2-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 14 Bowling Green L, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 21 at Michigan State W, 5-4 - 1 1 2 2 +3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Nov 22 at Michigan State T, 4-4 - 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Nov 27 at Alaska W, 4-1 - 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Nov 28 at Alaska W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 4 Alaska Anchorage L, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 5 Alaska Anchorage L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 11 at Lake Superior State T, 1-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dec 12 at Lake Superior State W, 6-2 - 2 0 2 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dec 29 vs. Michigan State W, 3-2 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 30 vs. Michigan L, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 8 vs. Connecticut W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 10 vs. Yale T, 1-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 15 Minnesota State T, 2-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 16 Minnesota State W, 3-1 - 0 1 1 10 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 29 at Bowling Green T, 4-4 - 1 1 2 0 +0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 30 at Bowling Green W, 4-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 5 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 Lake Superior State W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Feb 19 at Bemidji State L, 3-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 20 at Bemidji State W, 9-2 - 1 3 4 0 +3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 26 Alaska W, 6-5 - 2 0 2 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Feb 27 Alaska W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 0 +0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 4 Northern Michigan W, 4-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Mar 5 at Northern Michigan W, 5-1 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mar 11 Alaska W, 7-1 - 2 0 2 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 7
Mar 12 Alaska W, 5-3 - 1 0 1 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Mar 18 vs. Ferris State L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2014-15 29 7 10 17 18 +10 2 0 1 1 0 0 66
2015-16 35 16 10 26 18 +16 4 0 1 4 0 0 95
2016-17 44 11 17 28 53 +5 5 0 0 1 0 0 126
2017-18 44 12 15 27 45 +7 4 0 1 2 0 0 143
Total 152 46 52 98 134 +38 15 0 3 8 0 0 430
    gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event Total 35 16 10 26 18 +16 4 0 1 4 0 0 95
Conference 27 14 9 23 14 +10 4 0 1 3 0 0 71
Exhibition 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Location Home 16 8 4 12 12 +4 2 0 0 3 0 0 43
Away 14 8 6 14 4 +12 2 0 1 1 0 0 40
Neutral 5 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Result Wins 23 15 7 22 18 +17 3 0 1 4 0 0 68
Losses 7 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Ties 5 1 1 2 0 +0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
Month October 4 2 1 3 2 -1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
November 8 4 2 6 2 +6 1 0 1 1 0 0 26
December 6 2 1 3 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
January 6 1 2 3 10 +0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
February 6 4 3 7 0 +5 1 0 0 1 0 0 15
March 5 3 1 4 2 +4 0 0 0 1 0 0 18