Martin Gélinas

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Martin Gélinas
Date of birth 5th June 1970
place of birth Shawinigan , Quebec , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 1st round, 7th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1987-1989 Olympiques de Hull
1989-1993 Edmonton Oilers
1993-1994 Nordiques de Québec
1994-1998 Vancouver Canucks
1998-2002 Carolina Hurricanes
2002-2004 Calgary Flames
2004-2005 Forward Morges HC
2005-2007 Florida panthers
2007-2008 Nashville Predators
2008-2009 SC Bern

Martin Gélinas (born June 5, 1970 in Shawinigan , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 1420 games for the Edmonton Oilers , Nordiques de Québec , Vancouver Canucks , Carolina during his active career between 1989 and 2009 Hurricanes , Calgary Flames , Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . In the service of the Edmonton Oilers, Gélinas won the Stanley Cup in 1990 . Since summer 2012 he has been the assistant coach of the Calgary Flames.

Career

During his junior years he played at the Olympiques de Hull in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec with Jeremy Roenick and Stéphane Matteau . After good performances that brought him Los Angeles Kings in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft in the first round as joint seventh.

Gélinas (left) and Craig Conroy (right) at the Heritage Classic 2011

Shortly thereafter, it was part of the package the Kings put together to get Wayne Gretzky from Edmonton. With him Jimmy Carson and some draft rights switched to the Edmonton Oilers . This gave him the opportunity to prove his skills in six games in the 1988/89 season . He started promisingly with one goal and two assists. After a decent performance in the regular season, he played in the playoffs 1989/90 with Adam Graves and Joe Murphy in a row. Even without Gretzky, the Oilers, now led by Mark Messier , managed to win the Stanley Cup .

For the 1993/94 season he moved to the Nordiques de Québec , but in his home country he could not meet the expectations and so the Vancouver Canucks brought him during the season. He got along better at the Canucks and reached the finals in his first year. Here the Canucks with the strong Pawel Bure were defeated by the New York Rangers around Mark Messier. After two seasons with over 30 goals, the Canucks gave him shortly after the start of the 1997/98 season with Kirk McLean to the Carolina Hurricanes for Sean Burke , Geoff Sanderson and Enrico Ciccone . Also with the Hurricanes he reached the finals of the Stanley Cup. With a goal in stoppage time of the semi-finals, he had a large share in the finals. But in the 2001/02 season they had no chance against the Detroit Red Wings .

After five years in Carolina, he moved to the Calgary Flames for the 2002/03 season . In his second year with the Flames, in which he played his 1000th NHL game, his team just reached the playoffs. In both the first and the second round, he brought the Flames one round further with a goal in overtime in the last game of the series. He also scored the decisive goal in the last game in the semi-finals and was in the final for the fourth time in his career. This earned him the nickname "The Eliminator" . Against the Tampa Bay Lightning , his two goals were not enough to win his second title.

The following season was canceled due to a strike and he played in Switzerland for Forward Morges HC and HC Lugano . When the NHL resumed gaming, he played for the Florida Panthers . After two years with the Panthers, he signed a one-year contract with the Nashville Predators for the 2007/08 season , where he was the oldest player in the squad. From November 2008 he played in the Swiss capital for SC Bern . After the 2008/09 season, the Canadian ended his active career.

From 2009 to 2012 he was Director of Player Development in the Nashville Predators franchise . Since summer 2012 he has been the assistant coach of the Calgary Flames.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1987/88 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 65 63 68 131 74 17th 15th 18th 33 32
1988 Olympiques de Hull Memorial Cup 4th 2 2 4th 8th
1988/89 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 41 38 39 77 31 9 5 4th 9 14th
1988/89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 6th 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
1989/90 Edmonton Oilers NHL 46 17th 8th 25th 30th 20th 2 3 5 6th
1990/91 Edmonton Oilers NHL 73 20th 20th 40 34 18th 3 6th 9 25th
1991/92 Edmonton Oilers NHL 68 11 18th 29 62 15th 1 3 4th 10
1992/93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 65 11 12 23 30th - - - - -
1993/94 Nordiques de Québec NHL 31 6th 6th 12 8th - - - - -
1993/94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 33 8th 8th 16 26th 24 5 4th 9 14th
1994/95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 46 13 10 23 36 3 0 1 1 0
1995/96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 30th 26th 56 59 6th 1 1 2 12
1996/97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 74 35 33 68 42 - - - - -
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 24 4th 4th 8th 10 - - - - -
1997/98 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 40 12 14th 26th 30th - - - - -
1998/99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 76 13 15th 28 67 6th 0 3 3 2
1999/00 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 14th 16 30th 40 - - - - -
2000/01 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 79 23 29 52 59 6th 0 1 1 6th
2001/02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 72 13 16 29 30th 23 3 4th 7th 10
2002/03 Calgary Flames NHL 81 21st 31 52 51 - - - - -
2003/04 Calgary Flames NHL 76 17th 18th 35 70 26th 8th 7th 15th 35
2004/05 Forward Morges HC NLB 41 38 23 61 81 - - - - -
2004/05 HC Lugano NLA 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Florida panthers NHL 82 17th 24 41 80 - - - - -
2006/07 Florida panthers NHL 82 14th 30th 44 36 - - - - -
2007/08 Nashville Predators NHL 57 9 11 20th 20th - - - - -
2008/09 SC Bern NLA 27 15th 7th 22nd 45 6th 2 2 4th 6th
LHJMQ total 106 101 107 208 107 26th 20th 22nd 42 46
NHL overall 1273 309 351 660 820 147 23 33 56 120

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1989 Canada June World Cup 4th Place 7th 0 2 2 8th
1998 Canada WM 6th place 6th 1 0 1 6th
Juniors overall 7th 0 2 2 8th
Men overall 6th 1 0 1 6th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nachrichten.ch, Martin Gelinas: The 'Eliminator'
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personal data
SURNAME Gélinas, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gelinas, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Shawinigan , Quebec