Alexandre Rouleau

Alexandre Rouleau
Date of birth	July 29, 1983
place of birth	Mont-Laurier , Quebec , Canada
size	186 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 3rd round, 96th position Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1999-2003	Val d'Or Foreurs
2003	Québec Remparts
2003-2006	Wheeling Nailers Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2006-2007	Phoenix Roadrunners San Antonio Rampage
2007-2008	Diables Rouges de Briançon
2008–2012	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble

Alexandre Gaudreau Rouleau (born July 29, 1983 in Mont-Laurier , Québec ) is a former Canadian - French ice hockey defender and current official who worked for the Wheeling Nailers and Phoenix Roadrunners in the ECHL as well as the Diables Rouges de Briançon and the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble played in the Ligue Magnus .

Career

Alexandre Rouleau began his career as a hockey player with the Val-d'Or Foreurs from the Québec Major Junior Hockey League , for which he played from 1999 to 2003. During this time he was selected in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in the third round as the 96th player of the Pittsburgh Penguins . The 2002/03 season ended the Canadian with the Foreurs league rivals, the Québec Remparts . Then Rouleau was under contract from 2003 to 2006 in the organization of the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he was only used in their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and their cooperation team, the Wheeling Nailers from the ECHL .

In summer 2006, Rouleau signed a contract with the AHL team San Antonio Rampage , but he was mainly on the ice for their ECHL farm team, the Phoenix Roadrunners . In the following season, the Canadian played for the first time in Europe , where he received a contract with the Diables Rouges de Briançon from the French Ligue Magnus . After a season he left this again and switched to their league rivals, the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble . With the team, he was French champion and cup winner in 2009 , and they were also able to secure the Coupe de la Ligue and the Trophée des Champions . In the summer of 2012 he joined the VIK Västerås HK from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division.

Shortly thereafter, however, he ended his active career to take on the post of General Manager of the Foreurs de Val-d'Or .

International

With the Canadian national team , Rouleau took part in the Junior World Cup in 2003 and reached the final with his team, in which Russia lost 3-2. After obtaining French citizenship in 2012, he competed with France in the 2012 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 Coupe du Président win with the Val d'Or Foreurs
• 2003 QMJHL Second All-Star Team
• 2009 French champion with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
• 2009 Coupe de France win with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
• 2009 Coupe de la Ligue win with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
• 2009 Trophée des Champions won with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
• 2009 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team
• 2010 Ligue Magnus All-Star Team
• 2011 Coupe de la Ligue win with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38

International

• 2003 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
AHL regular season	2	39	1	2	3	43
AHL playoffs	1	2	0	0	0	7th
Ligue Magnus main round	5	127	41	64	105	394
Ligue Magnus playoffs	5	51	26th	21st	47	107

Web links

• Alexandre Rouleau at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alexandre Rouleau at eurohockey.com
• Alexandre Rouleau at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Valérie Maltais: Alexandre Rouleau prend les rênes des Foreurs ( Memento of the original of May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Abitibi Express, August 9, 2012