Marc-André Thinel

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Marc-André Thinel
Date of birth March 24, 1981
place of birth Saint-Jérôme , Quebec , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 81 kg
position Left wing
number # 24
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 5th lap, 145th position
Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1997-2001 Victoriaville Tigres
2001-2002 Québec Citadelles
2002-2003 Utah Grizzlies
Lexington Men O'War
2003-2004 Columbus Cottonmouths
2004-2005 Hamilton Bulldogs
since 2005 Dragons de Rouen

Marc-André Thinel (born March 24, 1981 in Saint-Jérôme , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Dragons de Rouen in the French Ligue Magnus since 2005 .

Career

Marc-André Thinel began his career as a ice hockey player with the Victoriaville Tigres , for which he was active from 1997 to 2001 in the Canadian Junior League Québec Major Junior Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1999 in the fifth round as a total of 145 players by the Montréal Canadiens , for which he however never played. Instead, the attacker ran in the 2001/02 season for the Québec Citadelles in the American Hockey League , for which he scored ten points in his rookie year in a total of 75 games. The following year, the left shooter was parallel for the Lexington Men O'War in the East Coast Hockey League and the Utah Grizzlies from the AHL on the ice.

After Thinel had started the 2003/04 season in the ECHL with the Columbus Cottonmouths , he finished it in the AHL team of the Hamilton Bulldogs , where he also bridged the time of the lockout in the 2004/05 season . Then the Canadian signed a contract with the Dragons de Rouen from the French Ligue Magnus . There he developed into one of the best players in the league and won the trophy Charles Ramsey in 2007 and 2008 as top scorer with 21 and 24 goals respectively. With his goals, the winger had a significant share in winning the French championship title in the 2005/06 season, as well as the double from the championship and Coupe de la Ligue in the 2007/08 season.

In 2009 Thinel played the final tournament for the IIHF Continental Cup with the Dragons , in which he and his team took second place behind the Slovak representative MHC Martin . At this tournament, the Canadian was also able to convince at European level and was chosen as the best striker, goal scorer and top scorer of the IIHF Continental Cup, although he had to share the last two awards with the Czech Lukáš Havel from MHC Martin.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Tigres de Victoriaville QMJHL 58 7th 10 17th 20th 6th 0 3 3 4th
1998/99 Tigres de Victoriaville QMJHL 66 45 58 103 16 6th 5 3 8th 4th
1999/00 Tigres de Victoriaville QMJHL 71 59 73 132 55 6th 5 6th 11 18th
2000/01 Tigres de Victoriaville QMJHL 70 62 88 150 101 13 12 13 25th 18th
2001/02 Citadelles de Quebec AHL 73 6th 4th 10 8th 2 0 0 0 0
2002/03 Lexington Men O'War ECHL 27 14th 14th 28 6th - - - - -
2002/03 Utah grizzlies AHL 44 5 15th 20th 10 2 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 14th 1 1 2 2 10 1 0 1 6th
2003/04 Columbus Cottonmouths ECHL 47 17th 25th 42 32 - - - - -
2004/05 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 58 8th 13 21st 8th - - - - -
2005/06 Dragons de Rouen Ligue Magnus 26th 27 31 58 88 9 7th 5 12 30th
2006/07 Dragons de Rouen Ligue Magnus 25th 21st 35 56 91 8th 9 5 14th 30th
2007/08 Dragons de Rouen Ligue Magnus 26th 25th 35 60 20th 9 5 17th 22nd 4th
2008/09 Dragons de Rouen Ligue Magnus 23 12 44 56 39 6th 4th 4th 8th 18th
2009/10 Dragons de Rouen Ligue Magnus
QMJHL total 265 173 229 402 192 31 22nd 25th 47 44
ECHL total 74 31 39 70 38 - - - - -
AHL total 189 20th 33 53 28 14th 1 0 1 6th
Ligue Magnus overall 100 85 145 230 238 32 25th 31 56 82

( 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 Thinel, Marc-André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thinel, Marc-Andre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Jérôme , Quebec