Francis Lemieux

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Francis Lemieux
Date of birth February 22, 1984
place of birth Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
number # 55
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2001-2005 Chicoutimi saguenéens
2005-2008 Hamilton Bulldogs
2008-2009 Grand Rapids Griffins
2009-2010 Las Vegas Wranglers
Vienna Capitals
2010-2011 Florida Everblades
2011 Connecticut Whale
2011–2012 Heilbronn falcon
2012-2013 HC Innsbruck
since 2013 EC Graz 99ers

Francis Lemieux (born February 22, 1984 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the EC Graz 99ers from the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League since 2013 .

Career

Francis Lemieux began his career in 2001 with the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi in the Canadian junior league QMJHL and he had a good rookie season . In the following two years he developed into an important pillar of the Saguenéens and reached the mark of 60 scorer points both times, making him one of the two best scorers of the team in both years. In his fourth season in the QMJHL, he set new personal records with 32 goals and 50 assists .

In the summer of 2005 he switched to the pros and received a contract with the Hamilton Bulldogs from the AHL . After he showed convincing performances in the first two months of the 2005/06 season , he also took the Montréal Canadiens from the NHL , for which the Bulldogs acted as a farm team , under contract. Lemieux stayed in Hamilton for the time being, where he brought his good debut season to an end with 18 goals and 22 assists. In his second season he weakened and was no longer used regularly, but won the Calder Cup with the Bulldogs at the end of the season .

In the 2007/08 season, the small but physically robust Lemieux continued to stumble and could not achieve a single goal in 33 games with Hamilton, after which he was transferred to the Grand Rapids Griffins within the league . There he was able to stabilize his performance again and came in the remaining 26 games of the season on six goals and five assists, so the Griffins extended his contract. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season , however, he had a difficult position in the team. He was used in only ten of the first 24 games of the season and was rarely able to convince in his few appearances. After the first third of the season he got his regular seat back and played in a row with Evan McGrath and Francis Paré , which in December 2008 was the Griffins' strongest offensive formation. Lemieux was able to collect eleven points scorer in ten games, including his first hat trick . He followed up with another hat trick in the course of the season, but could not maintain his productivity in attack for a longer period of time, but was able to convince with his defensive and physical game.

In the 2009/10 season he moved from the Grand Rapids Griffins to large parts with the Las Vegas Wranglers in the ECHL , before his contract was terminated in late January 2010. On February 1st, the Vienna Capitals from the Austrian ice hockey league announced Lemieux's move to Austria. In the summer of 2010 he returned to the United States and began the 2010/11 season with the Manitoba Moose before Lemieux was sent to the Florida Everblades in the ECHL. In the following months he convinced with strong performances and led the scorer list in the ECHL with 72 points from 55 games. In February 2011 he was signed by the Connecticut Whale from the AHL for a try-out. In June 2011 the Canadian received a contract with the Heilbronner Falken from the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001-02 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi QMJHL 66 17th 22nd 39 44 3 0 0 0 0
2002-03 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi QMJHL 66 28 35 63 36 4th 0 0 0 2
2003-04 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi QMJHL 70 22nd 44 66 49 18th 6th 4th 10 10
2004-05 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi QMJHL 70 32 50 82 52 13 4th 5 9 6th
2005-06 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 67 18th 22nd 40 76 - - - - -
2006-07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 44 6th 11 17th 34 11 0 2 2 6th
2007-08 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 33 0 6th 6th 27 - - - - -
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 26th 6th 5 11 28 - - - - -
2008-09 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 58 13 16 29 48 7th 0 1 1 8th
2009-10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 21st 2 8th 10 20th - - - - -
Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 13 9 3 12 43 - - - - -
Vienna Capitals EBEL 4th 1 0 1 6th 12 2 3 5 45
2010-11 Florida Everblades ECHL 56 28 45 73 91 - - - - -
Manitoba mosses AHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Connecticut Whale AHL 20th 0 2 2 8th 4th 1 1 2 6th
QMJHL total 272 99 151 250 181 38 10 9 19th 18th
ECHL total 69 37 48 85 134 - - - - -
AHL total 271 45 70 115 241 22nd 1 4th 5 20th

( 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 Lemieux, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey striker
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Sherbrooke , Quebec