Luc Bourdon

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Luc Bourdon
Date of birth February 16, 1987
place of birth Shippagan , New Brunswick , Canada
date of death May 29, 2008
Place of death Lamèque , New Brunswick , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 96 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2005 , 1st round, 10th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
2003-2006 Foreurs de Val-d'Or
2006-2007 Moncton Wildcats
2007 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
2007-2008 Vancouver Canucks

Joseph Luc Bourdon (born February 16, 1987 in Shippagan , New Brunswick , † May 29, 2008 in Lamèque , New Brunswick) was a Canadian ice hockey player . During his career between 2006 and 2008, he played 36 games for the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League and 52 games for their farm team , the Manitoba Moose , in the American Hockey League .

Career

Bourdon, who struggled with arthritis in his childhood , first played at the age of 15 for the Miramichi Rae's Yamaha Rivermen in the New Brunswick Midget Hockey League . In the summer of 2003, the Foreurs de Val-d'Or selected him in third overall position in the draft of the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . Right at the beginning of the 2003/04 season, the defender was in the Foreurs squad and played 64 games in which he scored eight points. In the following season he quadrupled his point yield. His performance on the offensive and defensive eventually led to the fact that he was selected in the first round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft as the tenth player by the Vancouver Canucks . Bourdon also attended the Canucks training camp the following fall, but was sent back to the QMJHL for further development. There the Canadian started the season again in Val-d'Or and contributed 20 points in the first 20 games. On January 4, 2006, however, he was transferred to league rivals Moncton Wildcats , who hosted the Memorial Cup that year . However, Bourdon sustained a serious injury shortly after the move. He broke his fibula and also suffered several sprains and torn ligaments. Only for the playoffs he reported fit again and won the Coupe du Président with the Wildcats .

Memorial at what was then General Motors Place in Vancouver

The 2006/07 season finally began Bourdon after good performance in training camp with the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League . They had offered him a three-year contract in May 2006. After nine games at the start of the season, however, he was sent back to Moncton before they transferred him to the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles on January 8, 2007 . The defender ended his final QMJHL season there and joined the Manitoba Moose in the American Hockey League playoffs . These were the Canucks farm team . After the defender missed a place in the Vancouver squad in autumn 2007, he started the 2007/08 season with the Moose. In November he played for the Canucks in the NHL. On November 16, he scored his first NHL goal in a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Wild in a majority game. He was sent back to the Manitoba Moose in the meantime, but at the end of January the defender made the renewed leap into the NHL and fought for a regular place with the Canucks by the end of the season.

On May 29, 2008, Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident near his hometown.

International

Bourdon represented his home country a total of three times in international tournaments. For the first time he played at the U18 Junior World Championship in 2005 , where he won the silver medal with the team. He was also named the tournament's best defender. The following year he won the gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championships and was also nominated for the tournament's All-Star Team. The Canadians repeated the medal win with Bourdon the following year .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 64 2 6th 8th 58 7th 1 0 1 4th
2004/05 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 70 13 19th 32 117 - - - - -
2005/06 Foreurs de Val-d'Or LHJMQ 20th 2 18th 20th 54 - - - - -
2005/06 Moncton Wildcats LHJMQ 10 1 7th 8th 8th 16 0 3 3 22nd
2006 Moncton Wildcats Memorial Cup 5 0 2 2 10
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2006/07 Moncton Wildcats LHJMQ 13 3 11 14th 28 - - - - -
2006/07 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles LHJMQ 23 1 5 6th 45 16 2 11 13 28
2006/07 Manitoba mosses AHL - - - - - 5 0 0 0 2
2007/08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 2 0 2 20th - - - - -
2007/08 Manitoba mosses AHL 41 6th 8th 14th 68 6th 0 0 0 8th
LHJMQ total 200 22nd 66 88 310 39 3 14th 17th 54
AHL total 41 6th 8th 14th 68 11 0 0 0 10
NHL overall 36 2 0 2 24 - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Canada U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 0 1 1 4th
2006 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 1 5 6th 4th
2007 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 2 2 4th 6th
Juniors overall 18th 3 8th 11 14th

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tsn.ca, Canucks Blueliner Bourdon killed in motorcycle crash

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Bourdon, Luc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bourdon, Joseph Luc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Shippagan , New Brunswick
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 2008
Place of death Lamèque , New Brunswick