Mathieu Biron

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Mathieu Biron
Date of birth April 29, 1980
place of birth Lac-Saint-Charles , Quebec , Canada
size 192 cm
Weight 104 kg
position defender
number # 41
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 1st round, 21st position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1997-1999 Cataractes de Shawinigan
1999-2000 New York Islanders
2000-2002 Springfield Falcons
2002-2004 Florida panthers
2004-2005 Prolab de Thetford Mines
2005-2006 Washington Capitals
2006 Worcester Sharks
2006-2008 Hamilton Bulldogs
2008-2009 Frankfurt Lions
2009-2010 Hamburg Freezers
2010–2012 Isothermic de Thetford Mines

Mathieu Biron (born April 29, 1980 in Lac-Saint-Charles , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , who in his active career for the New York Islanders , Tampa Bay Lightning , Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals from the National Hockey League as well as the Frankfurt Lions and Hamburg Freezers from the German Ice Hockey League .

After retiring as a professional ice hockey player, Biron became a firefighter in Québec .

Career

Biron played in his junior years for the Cataractes de Shawinigan from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , on June 27, 1998 he was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in 21st place. The Kings exchanged the Canadian, before he had even played a game for them, on June 19, 1999 along with Olli Jokinen , Josh Green and a first-round suffrage in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft against Žigmund Pálffy , Bryan Smolinski , Marcel Cousineau and a four-round - Suffrage in the same draft as the New York Islanders .

The defender , however, could not prevail with the Islanders and was a second-round draft law to the Tampa Bay Lightning , which in return Adrian Aucoin on the NHL Waiver Draft to the Columbus Blue Jackets that it immediately against Petr Tenkrát by the Florida Panthers bartered . After the lockout in the 2004/05 season , Biron signed a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals and moved to the San Jose Sharks after a season , where he was only on the ice for the farm team, the Worcester Sharks , in the American Hockey League was standing. During the season, the Canadian was swapped by the Sharks for Patrick Traverse to the Montreal Canadiens , but was only used in the AHL with the Hamilton Bulldogs . With the team, Biron was able to celebrate winning the Calder Cup at the end of the 2006/07 season .

After another year with the Bulldogs, the defender signed a contract with the Frankfurt Lions from the German Ice Hockey League for the 2008/09 season . For the 2009/2010 season he moved within the league to the Hamburg Freezers, for whom he played until the end of the season. Then he was initially unemployed before he received a contract with Thetford Mines Isothermic from Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey in mid-December 2010 . After he had finished with the sport of ice hockey in 2012, he was in Lévis (province of Quebec ) fireman.

Mathieu is the younger brother of Martin Biron , who played in the NHL for 16 seasons.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Cataractes de Shawinigan QMJHL 59 8th 28 36 60 6th 0 1 1 10
1998/99 Cataractes de Shawinigan QMJHL 69 13 32 45 116 6th 0 2 2 6th
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 60 4th 4th 8th 38 - - - - -
2000/01 New York Islanders NHL 14th 0 1 1 12 - - - - -
2000/01 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 22nd 1 3 4th 17th - - - - -
2000/01 Springfield Falcons AHL 34 0 6th 6th 18th - - - - -
2001/02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 36 0 0 0 12 - - - - -
2001/02 Springfield Falcons AHL 35 4th 9 13 16 - - - - -
2002/03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 43 3 8th 11 58 - - - - -
2002/03 Florida panthers NHL 34 1 8th 9 14th - - - - -
2003/04 Florida panthers NHL 57 3 10 13 51 - - - - -
2004/05 Prolab de Thetford Mines LNAH 19th 7th 15th 22nd 8th - - - - -
2005/06 Washington Capitals NHL 52 4th 9 13 50 - - - - -
2006/07 Worcester Sharks AHL 24 3 15th 18th 42 - - - - -
2006/07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 53 7th 14th 21st 52 22nd 2 6th 8th 33
2007/08 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 35 6th 6th 12 38 - - - - -
2008/09 Frankfurt Lions DEL 49 5 16 21st 82 5 0 1 1 6th
2009/10 Hamburg Freezers DEL 56 5 19th 24 102 - - - - -
QMJHL total 128 21st 60 81 176 12 0 3 3 16
AHL total 246 24 61 85 241 22nd 2 6th 8th 33
NHL overall 253 12 32 44 177 0 0 0 0 0
DEL total 105 10 35 45 184 5 0 1 1 6th

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mathieu Biron: de joueur de la LNH à ... pompier. In: Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Biron, Mathieu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Lac-Saint-Charles