François Bouchard (ice hockey player, 1973)
Date of birth | August 8, 1973 |
place of birth | Brossard , Quebec , Canada |
size | 180 cm |
Weight | 85 kg |
position | defender |
number | #8th |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Supplemental Draft |
1994 , 1st round, 8th position Tampa Bay Lightning |
Career stations | |
1991-1995 | Northeastern University |
1995-1996 | Charlotte Checkers |
1995-1996 | Kärpät Oulu |
1997 | HPK Hämeenlinna |
1997-1998 | Augsburg panther |
1998-1999 | Kärpät Oulu |
1999-2000 | MoDo Örnsköldsvik |
2000-2001 | Djurgården IF |
2001-2002 | St. John's Maple Leafs |
2002-2003 | ERC Ingolstadt |
2003-2006 | Frankfurt Lions |
2006-2009 | Adler Mannheim |
2009-2011 | Vienna Capitals |
François Bouchard (born August 8, 1973 in Brossard , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who last played for the Vienna Capitals in the EBEL .
Career
In his junior years, the defender played from 1991 for the Northeastern University team , the Northeastern University Huskies . In the 1994 NHL Supplemental Draft , the Tampa Bay Lightning secured the rights to Bouchard, but after a year in the East Coast Hockey League with the Charlotte Checkers, he moved to Europe to the Finnish first division club Oulun Kärpät .
The Canadian began the following year at HPK Hämeenlinna , but moved to the Augsburg Panthers in the German Ice Hockey League during the 1997/98 season . However, his path initially took him back to Finland, from where the right-handed shooter went to Sweden after another season with Oulun Kärpät, where he played for MODO Hockey in the 1999/2000 season . The following year, the defender was together with Mikael Magnusson Swedish champion with Djurgårdens IF .
The 2001/02 season spent François Bouchard in his native Canada, where he went on the ice in the AHL for the St. John's Maple Leafs . The Canadian returned to Germany for the 2002/03 season and played there for ERC Ingolstadt . From here, Frankfurt manager Lance Nethery brought him to the Frankfurt Lions , with whom Bouchard was able to win the German championship again in 2004 with former teammate Mikael Magnusson . In 2006 the Canadian moved to the Adler Mannheim , where he was next to Tomáš Martinec alternative team captain of the Adler behind René Corbet . In the 2006/07 season , the defender with the eagles won the German championship for the second time in his career and also won the German Ice Hockey Cup for the first time . After the 2008/09 season , Bouchard's contract in Mannheim was not extended.
Achievements and Awards
- 1996 Riley Cup win with the Charlotte Checkers
- 2001 Swedish champion with Djurgårdens IF
- 2004 German champion with the Frankfurt Lions
- 2007 German champion with the Adler Mannheim
- 2008 DEL All-Star Game
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1991/92 | Northeastern University | NCAA | 34 | 4th | 9 | 13 | 28 | |||||||
1992/93 | Northeastern University | NCAA | 26th | 4th | 6th | 10 | 20th | |||||||
1993/94 | Northeastern University | NCAA | 39 | 15th | 15th | 30th | 34 | |||||||
1994/95 | Northeastern University | NCAA | 31 | 7th | 16 | 23 | 39 | |||||||
1995/96 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 66 | 9 | 18th | 27 | 64 | 16 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 18th | ||
1996/97 | Oulun Kärpät | FIN-2 | 44 | 19th | 16 | 35 | 0 | |||||||
1997/98 | Augsburg panther | DEL | 36 | 7th | 9 | 16 | 36 | |||||||
1997/98 | HPK Hämeenlinna | SML | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1999/00 | MoDo Hockey Club | SEL | 41 | 2 | 6th | 8th | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | Djurgården IF | SEL | 48 | 10 | 11 | 21st | 58 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14th | ||
2001/02 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 51 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||
2002/03 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 48 | 7th | 16 | 23 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 48 | 9 | 18th | 27 | 42 | 14th | 3 | 11 | 14th | 37 | ||
2004/05 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 52 | 15th | 27 | 42 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 12 | ||
2005/06 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 51 | 10 | 15th | 25th | 104 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006/07 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 51 | 6th | 24 | 30th | 62 | 11 | 2 | 7th | 9 | 24 | ||
2007/08 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 54 | 4th | 19th | 23 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
2008/09 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 47 | 6th | 8th | 14th | 72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
2009/10 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 54 | 20th | 25th | 45 | 133 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 14th | ||
2010/11 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 52 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 88 | 11 | 1 | 6th | 7th | 24 | ||
NCAA overall | 130 | 30th | 46 | 76 | 121 | |||||||||
Elitserien total | 89 | 12 | 17th | 29 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14th | ||||
DEL total | 387 | 64 | 136 | 200 | 530 | 44 | 8th | 23 | 31 | 91 |
( 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
- François Bouchard at hockeydb.com (English)
- François Bouchard at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bouchard, François |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bouchard, Francois |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brossard , Quebec, Canada |