Michel Petit

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CanadaCanada  Michel Petit Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 12, 1964
place of birth Saint-Malo , Quebec , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 1st round, 11th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1981-1982 Castors de Sherbrooke
1982-1983 Castors de Saint-Jean
1983-1987 Vancouver Canucks
1987-1989 New York Rangers
1989-1990 Nordiques de Québec
1990-1992 Toronto Maple Leafs
1992-1994 Calgary Flames
1994-1995 Los Angeles Kings
1995-1996 Tampa Bay Lightning
1996-1997 Edmonton Oilers
1997 Philadelphia Flyers
1997-1998 Phoenix Coyotes
1998-1999 Las Vegas Thunder
1999-2000 Frankfurt Lions
2000-2001 Chicago Wolves
2002 HC Bolzano

Michel Petit (born February 12, 1964 in Saint-Malo , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Vancouver Canucks , New York Rangers , Nordiques de Québec , Toronto Maple Leafs , Calgary during his active career between 1981 and 2002 Flames , Los Angeles Kings , Tampa Bay Lightning , Edmonton Oilers , Philadelphia Flyers and Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League as well as the Frankfurt Lions in the German Ice Hockey League in the position of defender .

Career

Petit was a standout junior player in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League , where he played for the Castors de Sherbrooke and Castors de Saint-Jean between 1981 and 1983 . The defender shone with his mixture of technical ability and corresponding hardness. During this time he was appointed to the league's First All-Star team twice and also received the Raymond Lagacé trophy as the best defensive rookie of the season. He also received the Michael Bossy Trophy after he had been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1982 in eleventh overall position by the Vancouver Canucks from the National Hockey League . The trophy is awarded to the first player drawn from the QMJHL in the draft.

Michel Petit (2009)

For the 1983/84 season , which he partly also spent with the Canadian national team , Petit switched to the professional camp at the Canucks, who were looking for a player with the skills Petits. In the four and a half years in Vancouver, however, the defender was never quite able to meet expectations and was handed over to the New York Rangers in November 1987 in exchange for Willie Huber and Larry Melnyk . With the Rangers spent two years and came in both seasons on a remarkable 33 scorer points. Nevertheless, the Rangers parted ways with their defender shortly before the start of the 1989/90 season and gave him in exchange for Randy Moller to the Nordiques de Québec . There Petit played the best season of his career to date with 36 scorer points. The Canadian also made a successful start in the following season, but was then again part of a transfer deal. With Aaron Broten and Lucien DeBlois , he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs , which in turn gave Scott Pearson and their second-round voting rights in the NHL Entry Drafts in 1991 and 1992 to Québec. With the Maple Leafs, however, Petit was as little settled as with the Calgary Flames , Los Angeles Kings , Tampa Bay Lightning , Edmonton Oilers , Philadelphia Flyers and Phoenix Coyotes , for which he ran up until the end of the 1997/98 season. He was also repeatedly plagued by injuries. Such limited him in the 1998/99 season , in which he only played six games for the Las Vegas Thunder in the International Hockey League after he was seriously injured in the pre-season.

For the 1999/2000 season , Petit moved to Europe , where he played for the Frankfurt Lions in the German Ice Hockey League . In November 2000, however, he returned to North America and played the remainder of the 2000/01 season with the Chicago Wolves in the IHL. His last stop was the Italian club HC Bozen , which he joined in February 2002 and played 14 games for them.

International

At the international level, Petit came to work for his home country at the 1990 World Cup in Switzerland . In eight tournament games, he came up with a goal preparation and finished fourth with the team.

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 16 827 90 238 328 1839
Playoffs 5 19th 0 2 2 61

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personal data
SURNAME Petit, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Malo , Quebec