Kelsey Tessier

Kelsey Tessier
Date of birth	January 16, 1990
place of birth	Fredericton , New Brunswick , Canada
size	174 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	center
number	# 90
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2006-2010	Quebec Remparts
2010	Moncton Wildcats
2010-2013	Connecticut Whale
2013-2014	Rögle BK
2014-2015	Vaasan Sport
2015	Karlskrona HK
2015	Rögle BK
2016	IF Björklöven
2016-2019	Vienna Capitals
since 2019	Västerås IK

Kelsey Tessier (born January 16, 1990 in Fredericton , New Brunswick ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Västerås IK in Allsvenskan since 2019 .

Career

Tessier was drafted in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche in the fourth round as 110th. Before Tessier switched to the pros, he played two more years in the QMJHL for the Quebec Remparts and Moncton Wildcats .

Tessier did not get a contract with the Avalanche. The New York Rangers invited him to a training camp on September 8, 2010. Tessier then played for the AHL sister team of the Rangers, the Hartford Wolf Pack . There he signed a one-year contract.

Tessier ended his first professional season in the AHL as the second best rookie scorer with 10 goals and 28 points. On July 6, 2011, he signed another one-year contract with the Connecticut Whale . Tessier repeated his performance from last year and scored 30 points in 75 games. In the 2012 Calder Cup playoffs, Tessier scored 5 points - the third best of his team.

On September 17, 2012, he signed another one-year contract with the Connecticut Whale. After a slow start to the 2012/13 AHL season , Tessier scored 11 goals and 13 assists in 71 games.

After three years with the Whale, Tessier decided to sign another one-year contract, which had now been renamed Hartford Wolf Pack . On July 15, 2013, however, he moved to the Swedish second division club Rögle BK and signed a one-year contract there. Tessier was poached by the sports director Anders Carlsson , as this drafted him during his tenure with the Colorado Avalanche .

In the 2013/14 season Tessier developed into one of the strongest attacking players. In 52 games, he posted 42 points, leading the scorer classification of his club and finishing sixth in the overall classification. With ambitions to play at a higher level, Tessier switched to the Finnish first division club , Vaasan Sport . Tessier played 5 games without a single point before moving back to the Allsvenskan for Karlskrona HK for the remainder of the season.

On July 14, 2015 Tessier signed a one-year contract again with the Swedish newly promoted Rögle BK . In the 2015/16 season Tessier became one of the worse players and after 10 games moved to the second division club IF Björklöven .

The following summer Tessier moved to the Vienna Capitals in the EBEL and signed a one-year contract with an option for another year.

Achievements and Awards

• 2017 Austrian champion with the Vienna Capitals

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2006/07	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		63	23	27	50	40		5	1	5	6th	0
2007/08	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		68	36	45	81	73		11	8th	7th	15th	10
2008/09	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		64	25th	35	60	43		17th	9	2	11	21st
2009/10	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		39	12	29	41	21st		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL		15th	7th	5	12	12		21st	14th	16	30th	14th
2010/11	Hartford Wolf Pack / Connecticut Whale	AHL		75	10	18th	28	19th		6th	0	1	1	2
2011/12	Connecticut Whale	AHL		75	12	18th	30th	20th		9	1	4th	5	6th
2012/13	Connecticut Whale	AHL		71	11	13	24	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Rögle BK	Allsvenskan		52	15th	27	42	48		16	8th	1	9	8th
2014/15	Vaasan Sport	Liiga		5	0	0	0	4th		8th	1	6th	7th	22nd
2014/15	Karlskrona HK	Allsvenskan		31	8th	9	17th	14th		4th	0	2	2	0
2015/16	Rögle BK	SHL		10	2	1	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	IF Björklöven	Allsvenskan		17th	4th	5	9	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		54	20th	24	44	12		12	6th	13	19th	2
2017/18	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		44	7th	7th	14th	18th		11	5	1	6th	6th
2018/19	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		52	15th	23	38	32		17th	4th	1	5	4th
AHL total				221	33	49	82	69		15th	1	5	6th	8th
Allsvenskan total				100	27	41	68	84		20th	8th	3	11	8th
EBEL total				150	42	54	96	62		40	15th	15th	30th	12
QMJHL total				249	103	141	244	189		54	32	30th	62	45

( 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

Commons : Kelsey Tessier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kelsey Tessier at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 91 QMJHL players set to partake in NHL training camps. September 9, 2010, accessed June 9, 2017 . 
2. ^ Whale re-sign forward Kelsey Tessier. July 6, 2011, accessed June 9, 2017 . 
3. ^ Connecticut Whale re-sign Tessier. (No longer available online.) September 17, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 9, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ^ Canadian AHL center ready for Rögle. (No longer available online.) July 15, 2013, archived from the original on May 3, 2014 ; accessed on June 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Sport is strengthened by two new signings. (No longer available online.) April 30, 2014, archived from the original on May 3, 2014 ; accessed on June 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Two new forward ready for Rogle. July 14, 2015, accessed June 9, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Center forward Kelsey Tessier moves to Vienna-Kagran. July 13, 2016, accessed June 9, 2017 .