Francis Bouillon

Francis Bouillon
Date of birth	17th October 1975
place of birth	New York City , New York , USA
size	173 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1992-1994	Titan de Laval
1994-1995	Titan Collège Français de Laval
1995-1996	Prédateurs de Granby
1996-1997	Wheeling Nailers
1997-1998	Rafales de Quebec
1998-1999	Fredericton Canadiens
1999-2002	Canadiens de Montréal
2002	Nashville Predators
2004-2005	Leksands IF
2002-2009	Canadiens de Montréal
2009–2012	Nashville Predators
2012-2014	Canadiens de Montréal
2014-2015	HC Ambrì-Piotta

Francis Joseph Bouillon (born October 17, 1975 in New York City , New York ) is a former American - Canadian ice hockey player and current - coach who played 831 games for the Canadiens de Montréal between 1992 and 2015 and Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League on the position of the defender has denied.

Career

Francis Bouillon began his career as a hockey player in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , in which he was active from 1992 to 1996 for Titan de Laval , the Titan Collège Français de Laval and the Prédateurs de Granby .

The undrafted defender then played for one season each for the Wheeling Nailers in the East Coast Hockey League and the Rafales de Québec in the International Hockey League , before receiving a contract with the Canadiens de Montréal on August 18, 1998 as a free agent . He has been playing in their franchise - with a few interruptions - since 1998. Only during the 2002/03 season did the defender play four games for the Nashville Predators , who had selected him from the waiver list. He also bridged the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season at Leksands IF from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division. Between 2009 and 2012 he played again for the Predators, with whom he had signed a three-year contract. In July 2012 he returned to Montréal, where he will be trained by his former companion Michel Therrien from the 2012/13 season . In the summer of 2014, the Canadiens did not extend his contract, so that from then on he was looking for a new employer as a free agent .

In October 2014 he signed a contract with the Swiss NLA club HC Ambrì-Piotta until the end of the season 14/15 , before he announced the end of his playing career in September 2015. In the summer of 2017 he was hired by his ex-team Canadiens de Montréal for the expanded coaching team.

International

For the USA Bouillon took part in the 2003 World Cup, where he finished 13th with his team.

Achievements and Awards

1993 Coupe du Président win with the Titan de Laval 1996 Coupe du Président win with the Prédateurs de Granby 1996 Memorial Cup win with the Prédateurs de Granby 1996 LHJMQ Second All-Star Team

1999 AHL All-Star Classic 2005 Champion of Allsvenskan and promotion to the Elitserien with Leksands IF 2014 Spengler Cup win with the Genève Servette HC

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1992/93	Titan de Laval	LHJMQ		46	0	7th	7th	45		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Titan de Laval	LHJMQ		68	3	15th	18th	129		-	-	-	-	-
1994	Titan de Laval	Memorial Cup								5	0	1	1	16
1994/95	Titan Collège Français de Laval	LHJMQ		72	8th	25th	33	115		20th	3	11	14th	21st
1995/96	Prédateurs de Granby	LHJMQ		68	11	35	46	156		21st	2	12	14th	30th
1996	Prédateurs de Granby	Memorial Cup								4th	0	2	2	4th
1996/97	Wheeling Nailers	ECHL		69	10	32	42	77		3	0	2	2	10
1997/98	Rafales de Quebec	IHL		71	8th	27	35	76		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		79	19th	35	54	174		5	2	1	3	0
1999/00	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		74	3	13	16	38		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Citadelles de Quebec	AHL		4th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		29	0	6th	6th	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Citadelles de Quebec	AHL		38	8th	14th	22nd	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		28	0	5	5	33		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Nashville Predators	NHL		4th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		29	1	12	13	31		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		20th	3	1	4th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		73	2	16	18th	70		11	0	0	0	7th
2004/05	Leksands IF	Allsvenskan		21st	6th	12	18th	34		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		67	3	19th	22nd	34		6th	1	2	3	10
2006/07	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		62	3	11	14th	52		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		74	2	6th	8th	61		7th	1	2	3	4th
2008/09	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		54	5	4th	9	53		1	0	0	0	0
2009/10	Nashville Predators	NHL		81	3	8th	11	50		6th	0	0	0	6th
2010/11	Nashville Predators	NHL		44	1	9	10	27		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Nashville Predators	NHL		66	4th	7th	11	33		10	0	3	3	2
2012/13	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		48	1	8th	9	21st		5	0	0	0	17th
2013/14	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		52	2	4th	6th	34		9	2	0	2	4th
2014/15	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA		31	0	11	11	30th		-	-	-	-	-
LHJMQ total				253	22nd	80	102	447		60	7th	32	39	99
AHL total				150	28	62	90	235		5	2	1	3	0
NHL overall				776	32	117	149	536		55	4th	7th	11	50

International

Represented the USA at:

• World Championship 2003

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003	United States	WM	13th place		6th	0	1	1	0
Men overall					6th	0	1	1	0

( 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

• Francis Bouillon at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Francis Bouillon at eliteprospects.com (English)