Dan Cloutier
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/ birth_place = Mont-Laurier, Quebec/QC, Canada/CAN

/ draft = 26th overall

/ draft_year = 1994

/ draft_team = New York Rangers

/ career_start = 1996

/ career_end = 2009

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"Daniel Cloutier" (born April 22, 1976) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender and currently a goaltending consultant for the Vancouver Canucks. In his 10-year National Hockey League (NHL) career, Cloutier played with the New York Rangers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, and Los Angeles Kings, spending the majority of his career in Vancouver. He employed a combination of both butterfly style/butterfly and stand-up style/stand-up goaltending and was known for wearing the uncommon goaltender mask/birdcage style helmet.

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