James Desmarais

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CanadaCanada  James Desmarais Ice hockey player
Date of birth 4th May 1979
place of birth Montréal , Québec , Canada
size 179 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 9th lap, 270th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1994-1996 Lac St. Louis
1996-1998 Laval titanium
1998-1999 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies
1999-2000 Peoria Rivermen
2000-2001 BC Icemen
Springfield Falcons
2001-2002 Reading Royals
Dayton Bombers
Greensboro Generals
2002-2003 HC Alleghe
2003-2004 Prédateurs de Granby
Adirondack Ice Hawks
2004-2005 Dragons de Verdun
2005-2006 HC Innsbruck
2006-2013 HC Ajoie
2013-2015 EHC Visp
since 2015 Belfast Giants

James Desmarais (born May 4, 1979 in Montréal , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has played for the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League since 2015 .

Career

James Desmarais began his career at Lac St. Louis (QAAA) and played as a junior in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League for the Laval Titan and the Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda . At that time he was selected in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues in the ninth round as 270th. In the three seasons from 1999 to 2002 he was active in the American Hockey League for the Worcester IceCats , a farm team of the Blues, and for the league rivals Springfield Falcons . The Canadian was also on the ice in the United Hockey League for BC Icemen and in the East Coast Hockey League for the Peoria Rivermen , Arkansas RiverBlades , Reading Royals , Dayton Bombers and Greensboro Generals . In the 2002/03 season he switched to the Italian HC Alleghe in Europe for the first time . After a year in Italy, he returned to North America, where he experienced another season with numerous club changes. In addition to another guest appearance in the AHL with the Springfield Falcons, he was also active in the UHL with the Adirondack Ice Hawks and in the Québec Semi-Pro Hockey League with the Prédateurs de Granby . The 2004/05 season he completed in the jersey of the Dragons de Verdun in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey .

In the 2005/06 season Desmarais returned to Europe and played for HC Innsbruck in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League . He was the third top scorer (35 goals and 39 assists) in the league. After failed negotiations with HC Innsbruck, he finally signed for the Swiss second division club HC Ajoie for the 2006/07 season . After leaving the playoffs, James Desmarais signed for the remaining games with the Austrian club EHC Black Wings Linz until the end of the season and played his first game for Linz on March 23, 2007. In the 2008/09 season Desmarais moved to EHC Biel for the playouts after HC Ajoie had left .

He finished the 2012/13 season behind top scorer Marco Truttmann as the second-best point collector in the National League B, both of whom had 84 points in 50 qualifying games. Desmarais, who was the league's most successful assists with 58 assists, was named the most valuable player in the second-highest Swiss division at the end of the season .

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personal data
SURNAME Desmarais, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th May 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Montréal , Québec