11 Joel L'Esperance
Joel L'Esperance
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    208
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Brighton, Mich.
  • Position:
    F
  • Team:
    Sioux City (USHL)
  • gp
    44
  • p
    28
  • g
    11
  • a
    17
  • pim
    53
  • +/-
    +5

Bio

Sophomore Season (2015-16): Skated in 35 games … Tied for third on the team with 26 points … Second on the team with 16 goals … Fourth on the team with a +16 rating … Scored four power play goals and four game-winning goals … Scored two goals at Lake Superior State (Dec. 12), vs. Alaska (Feb. 26), and vs. UAF (March 11) … Scored a goal and added three assists at Bemidji State (Feb. 20) … Had a goal and an assist at Bowling Green (Jan. 29), at Michigan State (Nov. 21), and vs. Northern Michigan (Oct. 24) … Attended the Anaheim Ducks Development Camp at the end of June.

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 … Management Information Systems.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 4 Lake Superior State W, 8-0
Mar 10 Minnesota State W, 5-1
Mar 11 Minnesota State L, 1-0
Mar 12 Minnesota State W, 4-1
Mar 18 Bowling Green W, 3-2
Mar 25 vs. Denver L, 5-2
  Overall Conf
Games 44 27
Points 28 15
Goals 11 5
Assists 17 10
PIM 53 45
+/- +5 +2
Power-play goals 5 2
Short-handed goals 0 0
Empty net goals 0 0
Games started 4 -
Game-winning goals 1 0
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 126 80
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Oct 1 at Minnesota Duluth L, 6-0 - 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oct 2 at Minnesota Duluth L, 4-3 1 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oct 7 at Minnesota State L, 3-1 - 0 0 0 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Oct 8 at Minnesota State L, 4-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Oct 14 Alabama Huntsville W, 7-3 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Oct 15 Alabama Huntsville T, 1-1 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 21 at Michigan L, 4-3 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Oct 22 at Michigan T, 3-3 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Oct 28 Northern Michigan W, 2-0 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Oct 29 at Northern Michigan W, 5-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 4 at Michigan State L, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 5 at Michigan State W, 5-1 1 1 0 1 0 +0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Nov 11 Lake Superior State W, 6-1 - 0 1 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 12 Lake Superior State W, 4-2 - 2 0 2 2 +1 1 0 0 0 0 9
Nov 18 at Alaska Anchorage W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Nov 19 at Alaska Anchorage T, 1-1 - 0 1 1 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Nov 25 at Alaska W, 4-1 - 1 0 1 2 +1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Nov 26 at Alaska W, 2-1 - 0 0 0 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 2 Bemidji State L, 3-1 - 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 3 Bemidji State W, 2-1 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 9 at Bowling Green W, 3-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 10 at Bowling Green W, 2-1 - 0 1 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 29 vs. Michigan W, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dec 30 vs. Western Mich. L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 6 at Notre Dame L, 3-1 - 1 0 1 0 +0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 7 at Notre Dame W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Jan 13 Alaska Anchorage T, 3-3 - 0 1 1 17 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 14 Alaska Anchorage T, 1-1 - 0 0 0 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jan 20 Minnesota State T, 4-4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 21 Minnesota State W, 4-0 - 0 0 0 2 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jan 27 at Alabama Huntsville W, 5-2 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 28 at Alabama Huntsville T, 4-4 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 3 at Bemidji State L, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 4 at Bemidji State L, 3-0 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 10 Ferris State L, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Feb 11 Ferris State W, 5-2 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 24 at Northern Michigan W, 3-2 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Feb 25 Northern Michigan L, 5-3 - 1 0 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Mar 3 Lake Superior State W, 6-4 - 0 2 2 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mar 4 Lake Superior State W, 8-0 - 2 1 3 0 +1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 10 Minnesota State W, 5-1 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 11 Minnesota State L, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 12 Minnesota State W, 4-1 - 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mar 18 Bowling Green W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Mar 25 vs. Denver L, 5-2 - 0 1 1 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 44 11 17 28 53 +5 5 0 0 1 0 0 126
Conference 27 5 10 15 45 +2 2 0 0 0 0 0 80
Exhibition - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 19 6 10 16 33 +5 2 0 0 0 0 0 55
Away 22 5 6 11 20 -2 3 0 0 1 0 0 69
Neutral 3 0 1 1 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Result Wins 23 8 10 18 18 +12 4 0 0 1 0 0 73
Losses 15 3 3 6 10 -7 1 0 0 0 0 0 34
Ties 6 0 4 4 25 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Month October 10 1 2 3 8 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
November 8 5 3 8 12 +3 3 0 0 1 0 0 34
December 6 0 1 1 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
January 7 1 3 4 25 +2 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
February 6 1 2 3 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
March 7 3 6 9 2 +6 1 0 0 0 0 0 16