Marc-André Fournier

Marc-André Fournier
Date of birth	April 5th 1979
place of birth	Saint Nicolas , Quebec , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1995-1996	Sainte-Foy Governor Jonquière Élites
1999-2000	Kimberley Dynamiters
2000-2004	Sacred Heart University
2004-2005	HC Turin
2005-2006	Prolab de Thetford Mines
2006-2009	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad
2009-2010	HK Partizan Belgrade
2010-2011	3L de Rivière-du-Loup
2012-2013	Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade GLT

Marc-André Fournier ( Serbian - Cyrillic Марк-Андре Фурнье ; born April 5, 1979 in Saint Nicolas , Québec , Canada ) is a former Serbian - Canadian ice hockey player who became Serbian champion in 2010 with HK Partizan Belgrade .

Career

Marc-André Fournier began his career as an ice hockey player in his Canadian homeland, where he played in various youth teams. From 2000 to 2004 he studied at the Catholic Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, USA and played for their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Then he went to Europe for the first time and played there for HC Turin in the Italian Serie A1 , but had to accept relegation with his team as bottom of the table. So he first returned to Canada and played for Prolab de Thetford Mines in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey . In 2006 he dared to make the leap to Europe again and initially played three years for HK Vojvodina Novi Sad in the Serbian ice hockey league . He then moved to HK Partizan Belgrade , with whom he became Serbian national champion in 2010 . After this success, he moved back to the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, where he was on the ice for 3L de Rivière-du-Loup . Most recently he played under class for Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade GLT, where he ended his career in 2013.

International

Fournier, who was naturalized during his time in Novi Sad, played for the first time at the 2009 World Cup in Division II for Serbia . After he had made a significant contribution to the promotion with four goals and eight assists, he played with the team in 2010 in Division I (Group A), where they could not keep up. Most recently he played again in Division II at the 2011 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Promotion to Division I at the World Cup Division II, Group A.
• 2010 Serbian champion with the HK Partizan Belgrade

Web links

• Marc-André Fournier at eliteprospects.com (English)