Benoît Pouliot

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Benoît Pouliot
Date of birth September 29, 1986
place of birth Alfred , Ontario , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 90 kg
position Left wing
number # 67
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2005 , 1st round, 4th position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2003-2006 Sudbury Wolves
2006-2008 Houston Eros
2008-2009 Minnesota Wild
2009-2011 Canadiens de Montréal
2011–2012 Boston Bruins
2012-2013 Tampa Bay Lightning
2013-2014 New York Rangers
2014-2017 Edmonton Oilers
2017-2018 Buffalo Sabers

Benoît Robert Pouliot (born September 29, 1986 in Alfred , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League until July 2018 and played for them on the position of the left winger .

Career

Benoît Pouliot began his career as a hockey player with the Sudbury Wolves , for which he was active from 2003 to 2006 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2005 in the first round as the fourth player of the Minnesota Wild , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2006/07 season . After he was mainly used for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Houston Eros , in his first two seasons in the Wild franchise , the Canadian was at the beginning of the 2008/09 season regularly for the Minnesota Wild in the NHL Ice. On November 23, 2009 he was transferred to the Montréal Canadiens in exchange for Guillaume Latendresse .

On July 1, 2011, Pouliot signed a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins , who gave the striker in June 2012 in exchange for Michel Ouellet and a five-round vote in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft to the Tampa Bay Lightning . In early July 2012, Pouliot agreed on a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. In July 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the New York Rangers . After three one-year engagements, Pouliot signed a five-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers in July 2014 . After the striker had played for three years with the Oilers, they bought out his remaining two contract years (buy-out) at the end of June 2017 , so that from then on he found himself a free agent looking for a new employer, which he found on July 1st Took place in 2017 in the form of the Buffalo Sabers . There he signed a one-year contract that was not renewed in the summer of 2018.

International

For Canada , Pouliot took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2006 , where he was Junior World Champion with the national team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2003/04 Sudbury Wolves OHL 4th 2 2 4th +5 0 4th 2 1 3 -1 0
2004/05 Sudbury Wolves OHL 67 29 36 65 +7 102 12 6th 8th 14th +3 20th
2005/06 Sudbury Wolves OHL 51 35 30th 65 +23 141 8th 8th 3 11 +4 16
2005/06 Houston Eros AHL - - - - - - 2 0 0 0 -2 2
2006/07 Houston Eros AHL 67 19th 17th 36 -16 109 - - - - - -
2006/07 Minnesota Wild NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 0 - - - - - -
2007/08 Houston Eros AHL 46 10 14th 24 -8th 67 3 0 0 0 -2 2
2007/08 Minnesota Wild NHL 11 2 1 3 -1 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0
2008/09 Houston Eros AHL 30th 9 15th 24 -2 20th 20th 1 7th 8th -4 28
2008/09 Minnesota Wild NHL 37 5 6th 11 +1 18th - - - - - -
2009/10 Minnesota Wild NHL 14th 2 2 4th ± 0 12 - - - - - -
2009/10 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 3 1 2 3 +1 4th - - - - - -
2009/10 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 39 15th 9 24 +8 31 18th 0 2 2 -5 6th
2010/11 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 13 17th 30th +2 87 3 0 0 0 ± 0 7th
2011/12 Boston Bruins NHL 74 16 16 32 +18 38 7th 1 1 2 -1 6th
2012/13 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 34 8th 12 20th +8 15th - - - - - -
2013/14 New York Rangers NHL 80 15th 21st 36 +10 56 25th 5 5 10 +8 26th
2014/15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 58 19th 15th 34 -1 28 - - - - - -
2015/16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 55 14th 22nd 36 –6 30th - - - - - -
2016/17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 67 8th 6th 14th -5 34 13 0 0 0 -2 4th
2017/18 Buffalo Sabers NHL 74 13 6th 19th -8th 22nd - - - - - -
OHL total 122 66 68 134 +35 243 24 16 12 28 +6 36
AHL total 146 39 48 87 -25 200 25th 1 7th 8th -8th 32
NHL overall 625 130 133 263 +25 371 67 6th 8th 14th +1 49

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2006 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 5 5 +3 14th
Juniors overall 6th 0 5 5 +3 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Pouliot, Benoît
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pouliot, Benoît Robert (full name); Pouliot, Benoit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Alfred , Ontario , Canada