Charle-Edouard D'Astous

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Charle-Edouard D'Astous
D'Astous in 2025
Born (1998-04-21) April 21, 1998 (age 27)
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Tampa Bay Lightning
KooKoo
Brynäs IF
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2019–present

Charle-Edouard D'Astous (born April 21, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

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Junior

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D'Astous played four seasons with the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League where he recorded 49 goals, 132 assists and 181 points over 244 games. His accomplishments with the Océanic included being named a second team all star (2017–18), winning the Emile Bouchard Trophy as the league's top defenseman and the QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year for his off the ice efforts in his community.

At the conclusion of his junior career D'Astous signed a two-year contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League.[1]

Professional

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D'Astous signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Eagles after spending two seasons between the Griffins and playing with Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.[2] He spent most of that 2021-2022 season with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. In 52 regular season games with Utah, D'Astous scored 26 goals, tying him for 3rd all-time for goals by a defenseman in a single season.[3] In the ensuing playoffs, D'Astous set an ECHL record for goals in a playoff year with 19 goals in 18 games, a remarkable record to set as a defenseman and with Utah not making the finals.[4] D'Astous opted to head to Europe after being unable to maintain a steady role in the AHL.

D'Astous joined the KooKoo of the Finnish Liiga on two-year contract. D'Astous would play 110 games with the Kookoo, recording 24 goals and 69 points. He would also win the Pekka Rautakallio trophy as the league's top defenseman and also win the Juha Rantasila Trophy as the league's top scorer among defensemen.

D'Astous left the KooKoo to sign with Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League. D'Astous recorded 12 goals and 39 points that season in helpin Brynäs to a first-place finish and reaching the finals in the playoffs. At the end of the season D'Astous signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.[5]

D'Astous was called up to the Lightning's NHL roster on October 20, 2025.[6] D'Astous made his NHL debut five days later in a 4–3 Lightning victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Benchmark International Arena.[7][8]

On October 28th 2025, D'Astous scored his first NHL goal in a 5–2 win over the Nashville Predators[9]

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2015–16 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 63 4 15 19 64 4 0 0 0 6
2016–17 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 67 13 27 40 40 4 0 0 0 2
2017–18 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 59 18 38 56 96 7 1 7 8 12
2018–19 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 55 14 52 66 68 13 1 14 15 12
2019–20 Toledo Walleye ECHL 46 3 19 22 50 — — — — —
2019–20 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 3 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2020–21 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 14 0 4 4 8 — — — — —
2021–22 Utah Grizzlies ECHL 52 26 31 57 87 18 19 11 30 44
2021–22 Colorado Eagles AHL 6 1 0 1 14 — — — — —
2022–23 KooKoo Liiga 56 7 16 23 63 7 2 1 3 29
2023–24 KooKoo Liiga 54 17 29 46 42 — — — — —
2024–25 Brynäs IF SHL 49 12 27 39 67 17 4 4 8 38
NHL totals – – – – – – – – – –

References

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  1. ^ "Griffins Sign Charle-Édouard D'Astous to Two-Year Contract". griffinshockey.com. April 19, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "Griffins Sign Charle-Édouard D'Astous to Two-Year Contract". Coloradoeagles.com. August 4, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  3. ^ [1], ECHL Record Book - Goals.
  4. ^ [2], ECHL Record Book - Individual Post-Season Records.
  5. ^ "Lightning sign D Charle-Edourard D'Astous to a one-year, two-way contract". NHL.com. May 5, 2025. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  6. ^ "Lightning sign D Charle-Edourard D'Astous to a one-year, two-way contract". NHL.com. October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  7. ^ "D'Astous makes NHL debut". ECHL.com. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  8. ^ "Kucherov records 1,000th career point in Lightning's win over Ducks". sportsnet.ca. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  9. ^ "The Backcheck: D'Astous scores first NHL goal, Bolts fight back to .500 with win over Predators | Tampa Bay Lightning". www.nhl.com. 2025-10-29. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
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