BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- A former NHL player has pleaded not guilty to charges he assaulted a woman in Massachusetts over the weekend.
The Cape Cod Times reports Daniel LaCouture appeared Tuesday in Barnstable District Court on charges of assault and battery and vandalizing property.
Police responded just after 6 p.m. Saturday to a house in Centerville, where they say LaCouture hid underneath a vehicle in the home's driveway before confronting the victim and striking her on the collarbone.
LaCouture, 39, is due back in court July 15.
A phone number listed for LaCouture in online public records was disconnected.
LaCouture made his NHL debut with Edmonton in 1999. He had 20 goals and 25 assists in 337 career games with six NHL teams.
He is one of dozens of plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the NHL over concussion-related injuries.
