Yves Victor Sarault (born December 23, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 106 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Ottawa Senators, Atlanta Thrashers and the Nashville Predators between 1995 and 2001. He is currently serving as an assistant coach of HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the National League (NL).

Playing career As a youth, Sarault played in the 1985 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

Sarault was drafted 61st overall by the Canadiens in the 1991 NHL entry draft. From July 18, 2008, he played for German team ERC Ingolstadt in DEL after previous spells with EHC Basel, SC Bern, Genève-Servette HC and HC Davos in the Swiss NLA league from 2002 to 2008. Sarault has also participated for Team Canada in the Spengler Cup.

After initially starting the 2009–10 season with lower professional league team Rivière-du-Loup CIMT in the LNAH, Sarault left for Europe on December 16, 2009, signing for the remainder of the season with the Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League. After returning to Rivière-du-Loup for a further two seasons, Sarault was traded at the draft to the Cornwall River Kings fon June 17, 2012.

Coaching career He joined the staff of Swiss club Lausanne HC as an assistant in 2014 and was promoted to the head coaching position during the 2017-18 season after the sacking of Dan Ratushny. On February 8, 2018, Sarault was relieved of his duties after five straight losses.

On January 22, 2021, Sarault was named head coach of EHC Visp in the Swiss League (SL). He led the team to the playoffs but were swept in the quarterfinals by future SL champion, HC Ajoie. Sarault was not renewed as head coach following the 2020–21 season.

Sarault working as a hockey analyst for the National League's official broadcaster, MySports, before returning to the coaching ranks with accepting the head coaching role with SCL Tigers of the NL on January 16, 2022.

Personal life His daughter Courtney Sarault is a short track speed skater and represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2026 Winter Olympics where she won four medals as a member of the short track relay team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 Lac St-Louis Lions QMAAA 4 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1988–89 Lac St-Louis Lions QMAAA 42 23 30 53 64 3 2 3 5 4 1989–90 Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 70 12 28 40 140 16 0 3 3 26 1990–91 St-Jean Lynx QMJHL 56 22 24 46 113 — — — — — 1991–92 St-Jean Lynx QMJHL 50 28 38 66 96 — — — — — 1991–92 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 18 15 14 29 12 15 10 10 20 18 1992–93 Wheeling Thunderbirds ECHL 2 1 3 4 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 59 14 17 31 41 3 0 1 1 2 1993–94 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 60 13 14 27 72 — — — — — 1994–95 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 69 24 21 45 96 13 2 1 3 33 1994–95 Montreal Canadiens NHL 8 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Montreal Canadiens NHL 14 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1995–96 Calgary Flames NHL 11 2 1 3 4 — — — — — 1995–96 Saint John Flames AHL 26 10 12 22 34 16 6 2 8 33 1996–97 Hershey Bears AHL 6 2 3 5 8 — — — — — 1996–97 Colorado Avalanche NHL 28 2 1 3 6 5 0 0 0 2 1997–98 Hershey Bears AHL 63 23 36 59 43 7 1 2 3 14 1997–98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Ottawa Senators NHL 11 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1998–99 Detroit Vipers IHL 36 11 12 23 52 11 7 2 9 40 1999–00 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 62 17 26 43 77 17 7 4 11 32 1999–00 Ottawa Senators NHL 11 0 2 2 7 — — — — — 2000–01 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 35 17 17 34 42 — — — — — 2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 20 5 4 9 26 — — — — — 2001–02 Nashville Predators NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 27 5 5 10 24 — — — — — 2001–02 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 7 0 2 2 9 5 0 0 0 6 2002–03 Springfield Falcons AHL 4 1 1 2 10 — — — — — 2002–03 Thetford Mines Prolab QSPHL 7 4 9 13 6 — — — — — 2002–03 SC Bern NLA 14 4 10 14 59 13 4 6 10 26 2003–04 SC Bern NLA 40 15 30 45 115 15 6 7 13 36 2004–05 SC Bern NLA 41 11 21 32 118 2 0 0 0 4 2005–06 Genève-Servette HC NLA 38 8 16 24 127 — — — — — 2006–07 HC Davos NLA 15 6 4 10 20 10 2 2 4 22 2006–07 SC Langenthal NLB 5 5 5 10 4 — — — — — 2007–08 EHC Basel NLA 38 7 16 23 127 — — — — — 2007–08 EHC Olten NLB 3 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 2008–09 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 40 8 9 17 108 — — — — — 2009–10 Rivière-du-Loup CIMT LNAH 2 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Vienna Capitals EBEL 17 3 6 9 38 11 1 2 3 12 2010–11 Rivière-du-Loup 3L LNAH 16 7 12 19 14 — — — — — 2011–12 Rivière-du-Loup 3L LNAH 20 8 13 21 26 — — — — — 2012–13 Cornwall River Kings LNAH 22 4 15 19 32 — — — — — 2013–14 Cornwall River Kings LNAH 7 3 3 6 4 — — — — — AHL totals 321 92 111 203 337 44 9 6 15 88 NHL totals 106 10 10 20 51 5 0 0 0 2

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