Eric Desjardins

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CanadaCanada  Eric Desjardins Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 14, 1969
place of birth Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 2nd lap, 38th position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1986-1988 Bisons de Granby
1988-1995 Canadiens de Montréal
1995-2006 Philadelphia Flyers

Jean Noël Eric Desjardins (* 14. June 1969 in Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , who during his playing career 1988-2006 among others in 1311 games for the Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League on contested the position of defender . In the service of the Canadiens de Montréal, Desjardins celebrated his greatest career success by winning the Stanley Cup in 1993 .

Career

Desjardins played during his junior years with Pierre Turgeon for the Bisons de Granby in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . In 1988 he was junior world champion with the Canadian team.

The Canadiens de Montréal selected him in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as 38th. He stayed in Granby for a year and played seven games in the American Hockey League with the Canadiens de Sherbrooke at the end of the season .

In the 1988/89 season he was allowed to play 13 regular season games in the NHL with Montreal. In the playoffs he came with his team in the finals, but there the Canadiens were subject to the Calgary Flames . In the years to come, he became the Canadiens' best offensive defender. When Montreal won the Stanley Cup at the end of the 1992/93 season , he had his big appearance in the second game of the final series. He single-handedly defeated the Los Angeles Kings to Wayne Gretzky , in which he scored all three goals in a 3-2 in extra time.

In the 1994/95 season shortened due to the strike , he was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers after nine games with the Canadiens . With him the Canadiens gave Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair to the Flyers to bring Mark Recchi to Montreal.

In Philadelphia, the Legion of Doom was formed with LeClair around Eric Lindros . The team, which consisted almost exclusively of tall players, reached the finals of the Stanley Cup in the 1996/97 season , but the Detroit Red Wings were playfully too strong for the Flyers.

For the Canadian national team he played at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano after a defeat against Finland they missed the bronze medal here.

The 1999/2000 season brought him his best statistical values ​​to date with 14 goals and 41 assists. From the 2002/03 season he was plagued by injuries and he could not play more than 50 games in any season. He announced his resignation on August 10, 2006. In July 2008 the Flyers took him on to their coaching staff.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 Laval Laurentides QAAA 42 6th 30th 36 54 8th 2 10 12 14th
1986/87 Bisons de Granby LHJMQ 66 14th 24 38 75 8th 3 2 5 10
1987/88 Bisons de Granby LHJMQ 62 18th 49 67 138 5 0 3 3 10
1987/88 Canadiens de Sherbrooke AHL 3 0 0 0 6th 4th 0 2 2 2
1988/89 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 36 2 12 14th 26th 14th 1 1 2 6th
1989/90 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 55 3 13 16 51 6th 0 0 0 10
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 62 7th 18th 25th 27 13 1 4th 5 8th
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 6th 32 38 50 11 3 3 6th 4th
1992/93 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 82 13 32 45 98 20th 4th 10 14th 23
1993/94 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 84 12 23 35 97 7th 0 2 2 4th
1994/95 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 9 0 6th 6th 2 - - - - -
1994/95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 34 5 18th 23 12 15th 4th 4th 8th 10
1995/96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 7th 40 47 45 12 0 6th 6th 2
1996/97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 12 34 46 50 19th 2 8th 10 12
1997/98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 6th 27 33 36 5 0 1 1 0
1998/99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 68 15th 36 51 38 6th 2 2 4th 4th
1999/00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 14th 41 55 32 18th 2 10 12 2
2000/01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 15th 33 48 50 6th 1 1 2 0
2001/02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 65 6th 19th 25th 24 5 0 1 1 2
2002/03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 8th 24 32 35 5 2 1 3 0
2003/04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 48 1 11 12 28 - - - - -
2004/05 Philadelphia Flyers NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 45 4th 20th 24 56 6th 1 3 4th 6th
LHJMQ total 128 32 73 105 213 13 3 5 8th 20th
AHL total 3 0 0 0 6th 4th 0 2 2 2
NHL overall 1143 136 439 575 757 168 23 57 80 93

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1988 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 0 0 6th
1989 Canada U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 4th 5 6th
1991 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 8th 1 2 3 6th
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 8th 1 2 3 4th
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 0 0 0 2
Juniors overall 14th 1 4th 5 12
Men overall 22nd 2 4th 6th 12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Desjardins, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Desjardins, Jean Noël Éric (full name); Desjardins, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec