Ben Guité

Ben Guité
Date of birth	17th July 1978
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	center
number	# 28
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1997 , 7th lap, 172nd position Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1996-2000	University of Maine
2000-2001	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
2001-2002	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2002-2003	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2003-2004	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2004-2006	Providence Bruins
2006-2009	Colorado Avalanche
2009-2010	Nashville Predators
2010-2011	Springfield Falcons
2011–2012	Worcester Sharks
2012-2013	HC Pustertal

Ben Guité (born July 17, 1978 in Montréal , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with HC Pustertal in the Italian A1 series .

Career

The 1.85 m tall center began his career in the team of the University of Maine in the game operations of the NCAA , before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft as 172nd in the seventh round of the Montreal Canadiens .

The right-shooter was never used by the Canadiens in the NHL, however, in 2001 he was finally hired as a free agent by the New York Islanders . There Guité was just as rarely used in the highest North American professional league as in his next two stations, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and the Boston Bruins . The attacker made his breakthrough with the Colorado Avalanche , which also hired him as a free agent in 2006 and for which he was subsequently regularly on the ice in the NHL. In August 2010, Guité signed a one-year contract with Columbus Blue Jackets . These put him in the farm team at the Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League . On July 8, 2011, Guité agreed on a one-year contract with the San Jose Sharks . In October 2012 he switched to the Italian Serie A1 , where he signed with HC Pustertal .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1996/97	University of Maine	NCAA		34	7th	7th	14th	21st
1997/98	University of Maine	NCAA		32	6th	12	18th	20th
1998/99	University of Maine	NCAA		40	12	16	28	30th
1999/00	University of Maine	NCAA		40	22nd	14th	36	36
2000/01	Tallahassee Tiger Sharks	ECHL		68	11	18th	29	34		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		68	12	18th	30th	39		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL		10	2	5	7th	4th		3	0	0	0	2
2002/03	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL		80	13	16	29	44		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		79	6th	18th	24	73		7th	0	0	0	6th
2004/05	Providence Bruins	AHL		77	9	15th	24	69		17th	3	4th	7th	34
2005/06	Providence Bruins	AHL		73	22nd	31	53	87		6th	1	3	4th	14th
2005/06	Boston Bruins	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Albany River Rats	AHL		36	10	19th	29	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		39	3	8th	11	16		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		79	11	11	22nd	47		10	1	0	1	14th
2008/09	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		50	5	7th	12	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		64	8th	13	21st	56		7th	3	1	4th	6th
2009/10	Nashville Predators	NHL		6th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Springfield Falcons	AHL		72	17th	30th	47	91		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				146	47	49	96	107
AHL total				559	99	165	264	485		40	7th	8th	15th	62
NHL overall				175	19th	26th	45	97		10	1	0	1	14th

( 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

• Ben Guité at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Ben Guité at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blue Jackets Sign Forward Ben Guite