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Born in France, Stéphane Da Costa left his native country and moved to the United States to play junior hockey at the age of 17. In 2 years with the Texas Tornado of the NAHL, Da Costa tied for third in team scoring with 23 goals and 40 points.

Da Costa joined Merrimack College of Hockey East in North Andover, Massachusetts for the 2009-10 season. During his first year, he won the National Rookie of the Year, USCHO Rookie of the Year, Inside College Hockey Rookie of the Year, College Hockey News Rookie of the Year, and Hockey East Rookie of the Year.

Da Costa was signed by the Ottawa Senators as an undrafted free agent on March 30, 2011 and made his NHL debut April 2, 2011 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

In July of 2012, the Senators re-signed Da Costa to a one year contract. Despite starting his season in Binghamton, he was brought back up to the NHL on February 3, 2013 and has registered a goal and an assist in his first 9 games with Ottawa.

Articles about Stéphane Da Costa

Opportunity knocks for Zibanejad

At the end of a rare hour-long Ottawa Senators practice on Monday, Mika Zibanejad stayed on the ice for some extra work. Zibanejed spent time deflecting pucks from assistant coach Jason Smith. After Smith left, Zibanejad took shots on his own.

Da Costa latest call-up from Binghamton

The good news for Ottawa Senators fans is that Stephane Da Costa ranks third in all-time NHL scoring among players born in France.

Don’t get too excited. It’s not quite as impressive as it might sound. Only six NHL skaters, plus goaltender Cristobel Huet, have ever hailed from there.

Going back to school works for NHLers and Carleton Ravens

The Carleton Ravens men’s hockey team and the locked out NHL players still in Ottawa have a lot in common these days: neither one is going to be playing hockey games for awhile. Just the same, there’s a mutual benefit for them in practicing with each other this month. For the NHLers on the ice [...]

Binghamton looks to end goal scoring drought

The Binghamton Senators are on the road again, searching for offence with an injury depleted lineup. The B-Sens, who scored only twice in losing to Manchester and Portland last weekend, made the eight-hour bus trip to Virginia Thursday and will face the Norfolk Admirals in back-to-back games Friday and Saturday. Once again, Binghamton (3-3-1) will be [...]

Pageau biggest surprise as Binghamton opens regular season Saturday

The way Luke Richardson sees it, there was nothing surprising about the impressive performances of top Ottawa Senators forward prospects Jakob Silfverberg and Mika Zibanejad during the American Hockey League pre-season. Richardson, the Binghamton Senators head coach, expected as much. What he didn’t foresee, however, was the standout display by rookie Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who has [...]