Antoine Roussel
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Date of birth | November 21, 1989 |
place of birth | Roubaix , France |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 88 kg |
position | Left wing |
number | # 26 |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
until 2005 | Dragons de Rouen |
2006-2010 | Saguenéens de Chicoutimi |
2010-2011 |
Providence Bruins Reading Royals |
2011–2012 | Chicago Wolves |
2012-2018 | Dallas Stars |
since 2018 | Vancouver Canucks |
Antoine Roussel (born November 21, 1989 in Roubaix ) is a French ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League since July 2018 . The winger previously spent six years with the Dallas Stars .
Career
Antoine Roussel began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth division of the Dragons de Rouen . From there he moved to Canada to the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi , for which he was active in the junior league LHJMQ from 2006 to 2010 . However, the striker was never drafted , but signed for the 2010/11 season as a free agent with the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League . At the same time he played 13 games for their cooperation partner Reading Royals from the ECHL . For the 2011/12 season he moved within the AHL to the Chicago Wolves . In July 2012 he was awarded a two-year contract by the Dallas Stars from the National Hockey League .
Roussel made his debut in the NHL on February 1, 2013 when he played against the Phoenix Coyotes and scored the first goal of his NHL career. He was only the eighth French-born player to play in the NHL.
After six years in Dallas, his expiring contract was not renewed in the summer of 2018, so he signed a four-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks in July 2018 .
International
For France, Roussel took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championship Division I 2006 and the U20 Junior World Championship Division I 2009 . At senior level, he stood for the first time at the 2012 World Championships in the squad of his country . Also at the World Championships in 2013 , 2014 , when he was elected to the all-star team of the tournament and together with the Russian Sergei Plotnikow was the second best scorer behind his compatriot Viktor Tikhonov , and in 2015 he played for the French in the top division.
Achievements and Awards
- 2014 World Championship All-Star Team
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2006/07 | Saguenéens de Chicoutimi | LHJMQ | 56 | 7th | 13 | 20th | 55 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | ||
2007/08 | Saguenéens de Chicoutimi | LHJMQ | 70 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 29 | ||
2008/09 | Saguenéens de Chicoutimi | LHJMQ | 58 | 15th | 20th | 35 | 110 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15th | ||
2009/10 | Saguenéens de Chicoutimi | LHJMQ | 68 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 131 | 7th | 4th | 5 | 9 | 10 | ||
2010/11 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14th | ||
2010/11 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 42 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 61 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 177 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
2012/13 | Texas Stars | AHL | 43 | 8th | 11 | 19th | 107 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2012/13 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 39 | 7th | 7th | 14th | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 81 | 14th | 15th | 29 | 209 | 6th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 | ||
2014/15 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 80 | 13 | 12 | 25th | 148 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 80 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 123 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||
2016/17 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 60 | 12 | 15th | 27 | 115 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 73 | 5 | 12 | 17th | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 65 | 9 | 22nd | 31 | 118 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
LHJMQ total | 252 | 59 | 80 | 139 | 417 | 20th | 4th | 11 | 15th | 68 | ||||
AHL total | 146 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 372 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||||
NHL overall | 478 | 73 | 99 | 172 | 924 | 19th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 43 |
International
Represented France at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2006 | France | U18 World Championship Div. I. | 4th Place | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8th | |
2009 | France | U20 World Cup Div. I. | 3rd place | 5 | 6th | 2 | 8th | 2 | |
2012 | France | WM | 9th place | 7th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | |
2013 | France | WM | 13th place | 7th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
2014 | France | WM | 8th place | 8th | 6th | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
2015 | France | WM | 12th place | 7th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | |
2017 | France | WM | 9th place | 7th | 6th | 2 | 8th | 18th | |
Juniors overall | 10 | 6th | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Men overall | 36 | 15th | 12 | 27 | 84 |
( 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 )
Web links
- Player biography on the Vancouver Canucks website
- Antoine Roussel at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Antoine Roussel at eurohockey.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steve Hunt: Jagr's shootout goal gives Stars win over Coyotes , NHL.com, February 2, 2013
Goalkeeper:
Thatcher Demko |
Jacob Markström
Defender:
Jordie Benn |
Alexander Edler ( A ) |
Oscar Fantenberg |
Quinn Hughes |
Tyler Myers |
Troy engraver |
Christopher Tanev ( A )
attacker:
Jay Beagle |
Brock Boeser |
Loui Eriksson |
Micheal Ferland |
Adam Gaudette |
Bo Horvat ( C ) |
Josh Leivo |
JT Miller |
Tyler Moth |
Tanner Pearson |
Elias Pettersson |
Antoine Roussel |
Brandon Sutter ( A ) |
Tyler Toffoli |
Jake Virtanen
Head Coach: Travis Green Assistant Coach : Nolan Baumgartner | Newel Brown | Manny Malhotra General Manager: Jim Benning
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Roussel, Antoine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Roubaix , France |