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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size = 230px
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| played_for = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 160
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|5|31}}
| birth_place = [[Pincher Creek, Alberta]], Canada
| draft = ''Undrafted''
| ntl_team = CAN
| career_start = 1981
| career_end = 1999
}}
'''Ray Cote''' (born May 31, 1961) is a former professional [[ice hockey]] forward.  He spent his junior career with the [[Calgary Wranglers (WHL)|Calgary Wranglers]] of the [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] and signed a free agent contract with the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in 1981 after going undrafted.  Cote spent the majority of his career in the minor leagues and European leagues but saw three separate stints with the Oilers.  His only career [[National Hockey League|NHL]] points were recorded in the [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83 playoffs]].  In the 1983 playoffs, he and [[George McPhee]] of the [[New York Rangers]] became the first players to score three goals in a single postseason before playing a regular season NHL game.<ref name=three>{{cite web|title=With Three Postseason Goals, Rangers' Kreider Ties Obscure Record|author=Klein, J.Z.|url=http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/with-three-postseason-goals-rangers-krieder-ties-obscure-record/|work=[[New York Times]]|date=May 16, 2012|accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>  He also played for the Canadian National Team on four separate occasions.
==Career statistics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1977–78
| Pincher Creek Chinooks<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ray Cote Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1115 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.hockeydb.com}}</ref>
| [[Alberta Junior Hockey League|AJHL]]
| 59 || 13 || 34 || 47 || 12
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1977–78 WCHL season|1977–78]]
| [[Billings Bighorns]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WCHL]]
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1978–79
| [[Calgary Chinooks]]
| AJHL
| 53 || 17 || 30 || 47 || 35
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1978–79 WHL season|1978–79]]
| [[Calgary Wranglers (WHL)|Calgary Wranglers]]
| WHL
| 7 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 0
| 15 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 8
|-
| [[1979–80 WHL season|1979–80]]
| Calgary Wranglers
| WHL
| 72 || 33 || 34 || 67 || 43
| 7 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1980–81 WHL season|1980–81]]
| Calgary Wranglers
| WHL
| 70 || 36 || 52 || 88 || 73
| 22 || 10 || 13 || 23 || 11
|-
| [[1981–82 CHL season|1981–82]]
| [[Wichita Wind]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CHL]]
| 80 || 20 || 34 || 54 || 83
| 7 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1982–83 AHL season|1982–83]]
| [[Moncton Golden Flames|Moncton Alpines]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 80 || 28 || 63 || 91 || 35
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 14 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1983–84 AHL season|1983–84]]
| Moncton Alpines
| AHL
| 66 || 26 || 36 || 62 || 99
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 13 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1984–85 AHL season|1984–85]]
| [[Nova Scotia Oilers]]
| AHL
| 79 || 36 || 43 || 79 || 63
| 6 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 0
|-
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1985–86 AHL season|1985–86]]
| Nova Scotia Oilers
| AHL
| 20 || 7 || 3 || 10 || 17
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1985–86 ice hockey Bundesliga season|1985–86]]
| [[Schwenninger ERC]]
| [[Eishockey-Bundesliga|Germany]]
| 18 || 12 || 11 || 23 || 14
| — || — || — || — || —
|-   bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1985–86 Nationalliga B season|1985–86]]
| [[Genève-Servette HC]]
| [[Swiss League|NLB]]
| 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 11
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1986–87 AHL season|1986–87]]
| [[Adirondack Red Wings]]
| AHL
| — || — || — || — || —
| 8 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 2
|-   bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987–88 Austrian Hockey League season|1987–88]]
| [[Wiener EV]]
| [[Austrian Hockey League|Austria]]
| 21 || 12 || 9 || 21 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1988–89 Austrian Hockey League season|1988–89]]
| Wiener EV
| Austria
| 40 || 18 || 33 || 51 || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-   bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|1989–90]]
| [[Boro HC]]
| [[Hockeyettan|Division 1]]
| 31 || 19 || 23 || 42 || 38
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1990–91 Nationalliga B season|1990–91]]
| [[SC Herisau]]
| NLB
| 14 || 17 || 13 || 30 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 ice hockey Bundesliga season|1991–92]]
| [[Mannheimer ERC]]
| Germany
| 11 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1991–92 Nationalliga B season|1991–92]]
| [[HC Davos]]
| NLB
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-   bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 Oberliga (ice hockey) season|1998–99]]
| [[ESV Bayreuth]]
| [[Oberliga (ice hockey)|Germany3]]
| 14 || 5 || 4 || 9 || 8
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! ALIGN="center" | 15
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 4
! ALIGN="center" | 14
! ALIGN="center" | 3
! ALIGN="center" | 2
! ALIGN="center" | 5
! ALIGN="center" | 4
|-
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! ALIGN="center" | 245
! ALIGN="center" | 97
! ALIGN="center" | 145
! ALIGN="center" | 242
! ALIGN="center" | 214
! ALIGN="center" | 14
! ALIGN="center" | 4
! ALIGN="center" | 9
! ALIGN="center" | 13
! ALIGN="center" | 2
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Adirondack Red Wings players]]
[[Category:Adler Mannheim players]]
[[Category:Billings Bighorns players]]
[[Category:Calgary Wranglers (WHL) players]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey centres]]
[[Category:Edmonton Oilers players]]
[[Category:Genève-Servette HC players]]
[[Category:HC Davos players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Moncton Alpines (AHL) players]]
[[Category:Nova Scotia Oilers players]]
[[Category:People from the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9]]
[[Category:SC Herisau players]]
[[Category:Schwenninger Wild Wings players]]
[[Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players]]
[[Category:Wichita Wind players]]
[[Category:Wiener EV players]]
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