Francis Lessard

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Francis Lessard
Date of birth May 30, 1979
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 102 kg
position Right wing
number # 44
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 3rd round, 80th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
1996-1998 Foreurs de Val-d'Or
1998-1999 Voltigeurs de Drummondville
1999-2002 Philadelphia Phantoms
2002-2003 Chicago Wolves
2003-2005 Atlanta Thrashers
2005-2006 Chicago Wolves
2006-2008 Hartford Wolf Pack
2008-2010 San Antonio Rampage
2010–2012 Ottawa Senators
Binghamton Senators
2012-2016 Cornwall River Kings
2016-2017 Blizzard CNS de Trois-Rivières

Francis Lessard (born May 30, 1979 in Montreal , Québec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The right winger played 115 games for the Atlanta Thrashers and Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League (NHL), but was mostly used in minor leagues . He embodied the player type of the Enforcer .

Career

Francis Lessard began his career in 1996 at Foreurs de Val-d'Or in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ) and was active for the team for two years. Already there he was noticed because of his harshness and therefore had to sit in the penalty box for many minutes. In 148 games he brought it to 751 penalty minutes. Between 1998 and 1999 he played for the Voltigeurs de Drummondville . Lessard had already been selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1997 by the Carolina Hurricanes in the third round in 80th position.

Nevertheless, he never played for Carolina and was given up to the Philadelphia Phantoms in the American Hockey League (AHL). After three years, he moved to an NHL team for the first time at the end of the 2001/02 season and played for the Atlanta Thrashers . For the most part, however, he was used with the Chicago Wolves in the AHL. With these he won the Calder Cup in the same season . It was not until the 2003/04 season that he finally returned to Atlanta and went on the ice for the team with moderate success. The 2005/06 season he played mostly again with the Chicago Wolves and between 2006 and 2008 with the Hartford Wolf Pack .

This was followed by further positions with the San Antonio Rampage and Phoenix Coyotes . He did not make the jump into the NHL and was demoted to the San Antonio Rampage. After the 2009/10 season , his contract with the Phoenix Coyotes, for which he had never accrued, was not renewed and Lessard agreed as a free agent in August 2010 to work with the Ottawa Senators . In the course of the 2010/11 season , the Canadian played mostly for the Binghamton Senators in the AHL and filled his role as enforcer , but also came to 24 missions for the Ottawa Senators in the NHL.

After the 2011/12 season he moved to the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH), where he was on the ice for the Cornwall River Kings and Blizzard CNS de Trois-Rivières until 2017 . He then ended his active career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 66 1 9 10 312 - - - - -
1997/98 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 63 3 20th 23 338 19th 1 6th 7th 101
1998 Foreurs de Val-d'Or Memorial Cup 3 1 0 1 13
1998/99 Voltigeurs de Drummondville LHJMQ 53 12 36 48 295 - - - - -
1999/00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 78 4th 8th 12 416 5 0 1 1 7th
2000/01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 64 3 7th 10 330 10 0 0 0 33
2001/02 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 60 0 6th 6th 251 - - - - -
2001/02 Chicago Wolves AHL 7th 2 1 3 34 15th 0 1 1 40
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 5 0 0 0 26th - - - - -
2002/03 Chicago Wolves AHL 50 2 5 7th 194 1 0 0 0 0
2002/03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 18th 0 2 2 61 - - - - -
2003/04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 62 1 1 2 181 - - - - -
2004/05 Atlanta Thrashers NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Chicago Wolves AHL 36 2 3 5 161 - - - - -
2005/06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 6th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2006/07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 58 3 6th 9 309 - - - - -
2007/08 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 14th 4th 1 5 49 - - - - -
2008/09 San Antonio Rampage AHL 59 2 2 4th 324 - - - - -
2009/10 San Antonio Rampage AHL 61 2 2 4th 289 - - - - -
2010/11 Binghamton Senators AHL 36 2 1 3 187 - - - - -
2010/11 Ottawa Senators NHL 24 0 0 0 78 - - - - -
2011/12 Binghamton Senators AHL 43 1 1 2 138 - - - - -
2012/13 Cornwall River Kings LNAH 36 2 8th 10 147 9 2 1 3 48
2013/14 Cornwall River Kings LNAH 31 3 6th 9 192 6th 0 1 1 22nd
2014/15 Cornwall River Kings LNAH 15th 4th 2 6th 81 - - - - -
2015/16 Cornwall River Kings LNAH 16 0 2 2 118 - - - - -
2015/16 Blizzard CNS de Trois-Rivières LNAH 6th 1 1 2 64 6th 0 0 0 69
2016/17 Blizzard CNS de Trois-Rivières LNAH 12 1 1 2 42 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 182 16 65 81 945 19th 1 6th 7th 101
AHL total 566 27 43 70 2682 31 0 2 2 80
NHL overall 115 1 3 4th 346 - - - - -
LNAH total 116 11 20th 31 644 21st 2 2 4th 139

( 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 Lessard, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec , Canada