Daniel (Dan) LaCosta

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BORN: Labrador City, Newfoundland, March 28, 1986.
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HEIGHT: 6'1".
WEIGHT: 186 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 30 (Syracuse), 34 (Columbus).
CATCHES: Left
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Selected by Columbus Blue Jackets in third round (93rd overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 26, 2004.
Signed to three-year contract by Columbus, June 1, 2006.
Resigned to one-year contract by Columbus, July 28, 2009.

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Left game with about ten minutes remaining after twisting awkwardly trying to make a save, December 6, 2008.

FIRSTS:

Daniel made his National Hockey League debut on March 25, 2008 at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Pascal Leclaire's injury gave LaCosta a chance to join the Blue Jackets in mid-March, and with the club trailing 3-0 early in the third period at Nashville, coach Ken Hitchcock inserted LaCosta. LaCosta stopped all five shots he faced, with the score ending 3-0.

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SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                            GP   Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
02-03 Owen Sound Attack OHL           28  1321   8  10   3    82   3.72     676   .879     0   0   1     0
03-04 Owen Sound Attack OHL           37  1810  17  10   1    82   2.72     900   .909     4   0   1     0
04-05 Owen Sound Attack OHL           25  1423  15   7   2    70   2.95     668   .895     0   0   0     0
      Barrie Colts OHL                21  1054  10   5   2    48   2.73     541   .911     1   0   0     0
05-06 Barrie Colts OHL                59  3340  36  17   3   142   2.55    1675   .915     6   0   1     2

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
02-03 Owen Sound Attack OHL            1     23   0   0     1   2.60       9   .889     0   0   0     0
03-04 Owen Sound Attack OHL            7    420   3   4    22   3.14     274   .920     1
04-05 Barrie Colts OHL                 5    215   1   2    11   3.06     119   .908     0
05-06 Barrie Colts OHL                11    654   5   2    34   3.11     328   .896     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Columbus Blue Jackets in National Hockey League entry draft, 2004.
03/25/08: L (13m09s, 5/5) 0-3 defeat at Nashville (Ellis) [Replaced Norrena].
10/18/08: - (34m34s, 17/19) 3-6 defeat at Nashville (Ellis) [Replaced Norrena].
02/07/09: OTW (61m33s, 28/30) 3-2 OT victory vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
02/10/09: W (59m34s, 31/31) 3-0 victory vs. Colorado (Budaj).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Recalled to Syracuse Crunch, December 2006.
12/15/06: - (16m16s, 2/2) 1-4 defeat at Springfield (Boutin) [Replaced Popperle].
12/17/06: - (23m34s, 9/9) 2-3 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Penner) [Replaced Popperle].
12/26/06: L (59m00s, 19/23) 2-4 defeat at Binghamton (Guard).
12/30/06: W (61m50s, 28/32) 5-4 OT victory at Manitoba (Flaherty).
01/13/07: - (5m41s, 1/2) 2-5 defeat vs. Rochester (Anderson) [Replaced Popperle].
01/17/07: L (59m50s, 25/27) 0-2 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Penner).
01/19/07: - (15m43s, 6/8) 6-2 victory vs. Albany (Weiman) [Replaced Popperle].
01/20/07: SOL (65m, 32/36) 4-5 SO defeat (4/7) vs. Binghamton (Glass).
01/24/07: - (18m34s, 2/2) 2-4 defeat at Albany (Peters) [Replaced Popperle].
02/02/07: W (59m33s, 22/22) 5-0 victory vs. Springfield (Ramo, Boutin).
02/03/07: W (59m58s, 31/31) 6-0 victory vs. Rochester (Anderson).
02/07/07: L (59m12s, 17/21) 3-4 defeat at Grand Rapids (Liv).
02/10/07: - (20m, 6/6) 2-5 defeat at Manitoba (MacIntyre) [Replaced Conklin].
02/11/07: L (59m26s, 23/29) 2-6 defeat at Chicago (Brathwaite).
03/11/07: L (59m36s, 31/36) 2-5 defeat at Albany (Weiman).
03/16/07: OTL (64m17s, 23/28) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Hamilton (Danis).
03/28/07: L (24m45s, 5/7) 6-8 defeat at Albany (Peters, Weiman) [Replaced Popperle].
04/04/07: W (59m50s, 31/32) 3-1 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
04/07/07: W (60m, 25/25) 5-0 victory vs. Rochester (Dennis).
10/05/07: L (42m14s, 16/18) 4-6 defeat at Rochester (Dennis) [Replaced Popperle].
02/02/08: SOL (65m, 41/44) 3-4 SO defeat (5/7) vs. San Antonio (Tordjman).
02/06/08: W (60m, 23/24) 3-1 victory at Rochester (Dennis).
02/09/08: W (60m, 20/21) 3-1 victory at Albany (Leighton).
02/12/08: SOL (64m39s, 29/32) 3-4 SO defeat (3/5) at Philadelphia (Boucher).
02/15/08: W (59m55s, 28/29) 4-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Elliott).
02/16/08: OTW (62m00s, 28/30) 3-2 OT victory vs. Rochester (Dennis).
02/18/08: L (60m, 22/27) 0-5 defeat vs. Lake Erie (Wall).
02/22/08: SOL (65m, 42/46) 4-5 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Houston (Brust).
03/09/08: OTW (61m14s, 34/35) 2-1 OT victory at Toronto (Clemmensen).
03/14/08: W (59m58s, 33/33) 3-0 victory vs. Rochester (Plante).
03/16/08: OTW (62m06s, 28/31) 4-3 OT victory vs. Binghamton (Glass).
04/02/08: W (59m59s, 33/34) 4-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Elliott, Glass).
04/04/08: W (59m55s, 29/32) 4-3 victory vs. Rochester (Dennis).
04/08/08: - (6m22s, 2/2) 4-2 victory at Lake Erie (Weiman) [Replaced by Munro].
10/10/08: W (60m, 27/30) 4-3 victory at Rochester (Beckford-Tseu).
10/11/08: W (40m, 14/15) 6-1 victory vs. Rochester (Plante, Beckford-Tseu) [Replaced by Dahm].
10/17/08: SOW (65m, 36/38) 3-2 SO victory (2/4) at Binghamton (Elliott).
10/24/08: OTW (63m41s, 30/33) 4-3 OT victory vs. Binghamton (Elliott).
10/25/08: W (59m56s, 23/24) 6-1 victory vs. Rochester (Beckford-Tseu).
11/07/08: L (60m, 27/31) 1-4 defeat at Binghamton (Elliott).
11/08/08: W (59m54s, 23/26) 6-3 victory vs. Manitoba (Goehring).
11/09/08: W (60m, 31/32) 2-1 victory vs. Houston (Brust).
11/12/08: - (24m30s, 11/14) 5-3 victory at Albany (Peters) [Replaced by Dahm].
11/14/08: SOL (65m, 20/21) 1-2 SO defeat (3/5) at Springfield (Dubnyk).
11/15/08: W (59m20s, 44/46) 4-2 victory vs. Chicago (Gherson).
11/16/08: W (60m, 27/30) 4-3 victory at Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
11/19/08: L (58m18s, 29/31) 0-3 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel).
11/22/08: SOW (65m, 36/36) 1-0 SO victory (5/5) vs. Albany (Peters).
11/23/08: L (59m29s, 24/26) 1-2 defeat vs. Binghamton (Elliott).
11/28/08: W (59m29s, 43/44) 5-1 victory vs. Toronto (Pogge).
11/29/08: L (58m10s, 18/23) 3-6 defeat at Albany (Manzato).
12/04/08: L (60m, 33/36) 0-3 defeat at San Antonio (Tordjman).
12/06/08: L (49m55s, 16/20) 3-4 defeat at Houston (Brust) [Replaced by Dahm].
12/17/08: L (60m, 33/38) 1-5 defeat at Grand Rapids (Howard).
12/19/08: SOL (65m, 33/35) 2-3 SO defeat (2/4) at Binghamton (Elliott).
12/20/08: L (40m, 11/14) 0-4 defeat vs. Lake Erie (Weiman) [Replaced by Dahm].
12/26/08: OTL (61m09s, 32/35) 2-3 OT defeat at Binghamton (Elliott).
12/27/08: - (28m10s, 15/18) 5-4 victory vs. Hamilton (Denis) [Replaced by Dahm].
12/30/08: - (20m, 10/12) 2-5 defeat vs. Binghamton (Elliott) [Replaced Dahm].
01/02/09: L (58m56s, 35/39) 3-4 defeat at Hamilton (Lacasse).
01/03/09: OTL (64m47s, 36/39) 2-3 OT defeat at Lake Erie (Bacashihua).
01/06/09: W (59m47s, 24/25) 3-1 victory at Lake Erie (Bacashihua).
01/19/09: W (60m, 28/31) 6-3 victory vs. Hamilton (Denis).
01/22/09: W (60m, 29/29) 4-0 victory at Rochester (Brodeur).
01/23/09: W (59m49s, 35/36) 3-1 victory vs. Toronto (Munro).
01/24/09: OTL (61m16s, 19/22) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Manitoba (Goehring).
01/30/09: L (59m26s, 20/21) 0-3 defeat vs. Lake Erie (Weiman).
01/31/09: L (60m, 36/40) 1-4 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
02/18/09: - (25m40s, 10/15) 5-8 defeat at Toronto (Munro) [Replaced by Dahm].
02/22/09: W (60m, 34/35) 3-1 victory at Hamilton (Denis).
02/25/09: L (60m, 20/26) 0-6 defeat at Lake Erie (Bacashihua).
02/27/09: W (60m, 22/27) 6-5 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard, Larsson).
03/03/09: OTL (62m25s, 39/42) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Hamilton (Desjardins).
03/06/09: W (60m, 41/43) 4-2 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
03/08/09: L (59m33s, 40/43) 1-4 defeat at Albany (Manzato).
03/22/09: L (59m12s, 29/31) 1-2 defeat at Rochester (Brodeur).
03/25/09: - (36m10s, 17/18) 3-5 defeat at Manitoba (Sanford) [Replaced Lalande].
03/28/09: - (20m, 19/22) 8-5 victory vs. Lake Erie (Weiman, Bacashihua) [Replaced by Lalande].
04/11/09: W (60m, 23/25) 4-2 victory vs. Rochester (Shantz).
10/09/09: L (60m, 34/40) 2-6 defeat at Binghamton (Brodeur).
10/12/09: L (58m55s, 28/31) 1-4 defaet at Rochester (Salak).
10/16/09: W (60m, 22/26) 5-4 victory vs. Norfolk (Tokarski).
10/17/09: SOL (65m, 36/39) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) at Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
10/23/09: W (59m57s, 42/45) 4-3 victory vs. Binghamton (Brodeur).
10/24/09: OTL (64m15s, 30/33) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Rochester (Salak).
10/30/09: W (59m56s, 32/32) 2-0 victory at Norfolk (Janus).
11/01/09: L (60m, 38/43) 0-5 defeat at Adirondack (Backlund).
11/07/09: L (25m38s, 16/20) 1-6 defeat vs. Norfolk (Helenius) [Replaced by Lalande].
11/14/09: L (60m, 26/31) 1-5 defeat at Hamilton (Desjardins).
11/20/09: L (59m23s, 25/30) 2-5 defeat at Rochester (Salak).
11/29/09: L (36m22s, 20/22) 4-7 defeat vs. Rochester (Salak) [Replaced Lalande].
12/04/09: L (60m, 38/43) 0-5 defeat at Binghamton (Holt).
12/09/09: - (50m13s, 17/20) 0-6 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel) [Replaced Lalande].
12/11/09: W (40m, 14/15) 5-2 victory vs. Adirondack (Riopel) [Replaced by Lalande].
12/18/09: L (59m54s, 34/39) 2-5 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
12/26/09: L (59m57s, 30/34) 1-4 defeat at Hershey (Holtby).
12/28/09: OTL (60m52s, 29/34) 4-5 OT defeat at Houston (Brust).
01/13/10: W (60m, 32/34) 3-2 victory at Lowell (McKenna, Frazee).
01/15/10: W (60m, 27/30) 6-3 victory at Springfield (Penner).
01/16/10: L (58m42s, 19/23) 3-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Salak).
01/17/10: L (34m18s, 11/12) 3-4 defeat at Hershey (Holtby) [Replaced Taylor].
01/23/10: - (26m51s, 11/15) 4-5 defeat vs. Worcester (Stalock) [Replaced by Lalande].
02/14/10: W (60m, 32/36) 7-4 victory at Providence (Sabourin).
02/19/10: - (24m04s, 12/16) 4-6 defeat vs. Lake Erie (Cann) [Replaced by Lalande].
03/13/10: L (37m56s, 16/18) 3-5 defeat vs. Rochester (Salak) [Replaced Lalande].

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