Phil Latreille

Born April 22, 1938

Died August 6, 2025 (aged 87)

Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)

Phil Latreille

Born	(1938-04-22)April 22, 1938 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	August 6, 2025(2025-08-06) (aged 87) Palm City, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre, right wing
Shot	Right
Played for	New York Rangers
Playing career	1958–1963

Jean Philippe Latreille (April 22, 1938 – August 6, 2025) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played four games in the National Hockey League. He played with the New York Rangers during the 1960–61 season. Before that, he played four seasons with Middlebury College.

At Middlebury College, Latreille set all NCAA goal-scoring records. Phil Latreille scored 36 goals as a freshman, 57 goals as a sophomore, and 77 as a junior. While the NCAA had a policy of restricting players to three seasons of eligibility at the time, Middlebury did not field a freshman team. Instead, the program had its first-year players compete with the varsity squad. As a result, Latreille was one of the few players during the era to play four years of varsity hockey and used his senior season to score 80 goals and 108 points. His points record was equaled by Dave Taylor in 1976–77 and surpassed by Bill Watson in 1984–85 with the latter playing more than twice as many games (46) to surpass the mark. Latreille still holds eight NCAA records, including points per game in both a single season and career, along with goals per game in a season and career. He is the only three-time leading scorer in NCAA history as well as being the only player to average 5 points per game for one season. Latreille remains the all-time leader in goals, both in a season and for a career, for the top level of play as well as being the career leader for points. He does not hold any Division I records as the NCAA did not introduce numerical classifications until 1973, though all of his scoring accomplishments were grandfathered into D-I.^[1]

Later life and death

In 2013, Latreille was named to the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. He died at his home in Palm City, Florida, on August 6, 2025, at the age of 87.^[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1956–57	D'Arcy McGee High School	HS-CA	10	13	9	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
1957–58	Middlebury College	TSL	20	36	16	52	20	—	—	—	—	—
1958–59	Middlebury College	TSL	20	57	33	90	—	—	—	—	—	—
1959–60	Middlebury College	NCAA	22	77	19	96	—	—	—	—	—	—
1960–61	Middlebury College	NCAA	21	80	28	108	—	—	—	—	—	—
1960–61	New York Rangers	NHL	4	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—
1961–62	Long Island Ducks	EHL	6	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
1961–62	Montreal Olympics	ETSHL	20	11	4	15	0	13	11	4	15	8
1961–62	Montreal Olympics	Al-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	16	6	3	9	0
1962–63	Montreal Olympics	ETSHL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1963–64	Montreal Olympics	QUE Sr	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1964–65	Calgary Spurs	Exhib	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals			83	250	96	346	—	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			4	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bill Hay	NCAA Ice Hockey Scoring Champion 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61	Succeeded by Ron Ryan
Sporting positions
Preceded by Frank Chiarelli	NCAA Single-Season Goals Leader 1959–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Frank Chiarelli	NCAA Career Goals Leader 1960–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Bill Cleary	NCAA Single-Season Points Leader 1959–1985 (shared with Dave Taylor from 1977)	Succeeded by Bill Watson
Preceded by John Mayasich	NCAA Career Points Leader 1961–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Duke Nelson Arena (1950–1999) Kenyon Arena (1999–present)
Head coaches	Erwin Drost (1922–1924) John Leary (1924–1925) William McLaughlin (1925–1926) Carleton Simmons (1926–1928) Roy Clogston (1928–1929) Richard Phelan (1929–1932) Duke Nelson (1932–1936, 1946–1964) John Nash (1936–1940) George Ackerstrom (1940–1942) George Phinny (1942–1943) Wendall Forbes (1964–1986) Bill Beaney (1986–2002, 2003–2015) Neil Sinclair (2002–2003, 2015–present)
Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2022–23
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1959) ECAC Hockey (1962–1964) ECAC 2 (1964–1985) ECAC East (1985–2000) NESCAC (2000–present)
All-time leaders	Phil Latreille (250 goals) Phil Latreille (346 points)
National championships	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2004 2005 2006
Frozen Four appearances	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2: 1979 ECAC East: 1991 NESCAC: 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010
Sid Watson winners	Ray Alcindor Ian Smith Mark Spence Kevin Cooper
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT

Later life and death

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Awards and honors

References

External links

Related Articles