François Bouchard (ice hockey player, 1988)

Canada François Bouchard

Date of birth	April 26, 1988
place of birth	Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	85 kg

position	Right wing
number	# 36
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 2nd round, 35th position Washington Capitals

Career stations

2004-2008	Drakkar de Baie-Comeau
2008-2011	Hershey Bears
2011–2012	Connecticut Whale
2012	Cincinnati Cyclones
2012-2013	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
2013-2014	IK Oskarshamn
2014-2015	Södertälje SK
since 2015	HC Pustertal

François Bouchard (born April 26, 1988 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Pustertal from the Italian Serie A since 2015 . His older brother Pierre-Marc Bouchard and his cousin Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau are also professional ice hockey players.

Career

The 1.83 m tall winger first played with the Drakkar de Baie-Comeau in the Canadian top junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , where he was able to become the league's top scorer with 125 points in the 2006/07 season and with that associated Trophée Jean Béliveau was awarded. In the 2006 NHL Entry Draft , the left-handed shooter had previously been selected by the Washington Capitals as 35th in the second round . This appointed him at the beginning of the 2008/09 season for the first time in their NHL squad, after Bouchard had previously gained some experience with the Hershey Bears farm team in the American Hockey League . Without having played a game in the NHL, the attacker was sent back to the AHL after a few weeks.

On November 8, 2011, the Washington Capitals transferred him to the New York Rangers for Tomáš Kundrátek .

Represented Canada to:

year	team	event	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2005	Canada	U17-WHC	5	2	3	5	2
2006	Canada	U18 World Cup	7th	3	5	8th	6th
Juniors overall			12	5	8th	13	8th

( 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 )