Antoine Roussel

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Antoine Roussel
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

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
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
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

Commons : Antoine Roussel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Steve Hunt: Jagr's shootout goal gives Stars win over Coyotes , NHL.com, February 2, 2013