Michel Picard

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CanadaCanada  Michel Picard Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 7, 1969
place of birth Beauport , Quebec , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 9th lap, 178th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1986-1989 Trois-Rivières Draveurs
1989-1990 Binghamton Whalers
1990-1992 Hartford Whalers
1992-1993 San Jose Sharks
1993-1994 Portland Pirates
1994-1996 Ottawa Senators
1996-1998 Grand Rapids Griffins
1998-1999 St. Louis Blues
1999-2000 Grand Rapids Griffins
2000-2001 Philadelphia Phantoms
2001-2002 Adler Mannheim
2002-2004 Grand Rapids Griffins
2004-2008 Prolab de Thetford Mines
2008-2009 Isothermic de Thetford Mines

Michel Picard (born November 7, 1969 in Beauport , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Hartford Whalers , San Jose Sharks , Ottawa Senators , St. Louis Blues , Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League , as well as the Adler Mannheim in the DEL and Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien was active.

Career

The 1.80 m tall winger began his career with the Trois-Rivières Draveurs in the Canadian Junior League QMJHL , before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft as 178th in the second round of the Hartford Whalers .

After he had first been used with the Binghamton Whalers and the Springfield Indians , two farm teams in the AHL , the left shooter completed his first NHL appearances for the Whalers in the 1990/91 season . In this season he also achieved the franchise goal record of the Springfield Indians with 56 AHL goals , with which he also won the Calder Cup , the championship of the American Hockey League.

In the NHL, however, Picard never made his breakthrough, other stations in addition to the Hartford Whalers were the San Jose Sharks , the Ottawa Senators , the St. Louis Blues , the Edmonton Oilers and the Philadelphia Flyers . Only in the 1998/99 season he was there for an NHL team, the St. Louis Blues, during the NHL play-offs on the ice. For the 2001/02 season , the Canadian signed a contract with German champions Adler Mannheim , with whom he was able to win the runner-up in the first season, but then moved back to North America to the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL. From the 2004/05 season, Michel Picard played with the Prolab de Thetford Mines in the Canadian minor league LNAH, whose scorers list he led in each of his first three seasons, in 2007 also the league-wide scorer list. After the 2008/09 season, the Canadian finally ended his active career and then worked as a scout in the organization of the St. Louis Blues.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1995 AHL First All-Star Team
  • 1996 AHL All-Star Classic
  • 1997 IHL First All-Star Team
  • 2003 AHL Second All-Star Team
  • 2007 LNAH top scorer

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 66 33 35 68 53 - - - - -
1987/88 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 69 40 55 95 71 - - - - -
1988/89 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 66 59 81 140 107 4th 1 3 4th 2
1989/90 Binghamton Whalers AHL 67 16 24 40 98 - - - - -
1990/91 Springfield Indians AHL 77 56 40 96 61 18th 8th 13 21st 18th
1990/91 Hartford Whalers NHL 5 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
1991/92 Springfield Indians AHL 40 21st 17th 38 44 11 2 0 2 34
1991/92 Hartford Whalers NHL 25th 3 5 8th 6th - - - - -
1992/93 Kansas City Blades IHL 33 7th 10 17th 51 12 3 2 5 20th
1992/93 San Jose Sharks NHL 25th 4th 0 4th 24 - - - - -
1993/94 Portland Pirates AHL 61 41 44 85 99 17th 11 10 21st 22nd
1994/95 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 57 32 57 89 58 8th 4th 4th 8th 6th
1994/95 Ottawa Senators NHL 24 5 8th 13 14th - - - - -
1995/96 Ottawa Senators NHL 17th 2 6th 8th 10 - - - - -
1995/96 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 55 37 45 82 79 5 5 1 6th 2
1996/97 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 82 46 55 101 58 5 2 0 2 10
1996/97 Frölunda HC SEL 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1997/98 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 58 28 41 69 42 - - - - -
1997/98 St. Louis Blues NHL 16 1 8th 9 29 - - - - -
1998/99 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 6th 2 2 4th 2 - - - - -
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 45 11 11 22nd 16 5 0 0 0 2
1999/00 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 65 33 35 68 50 17th 8th 9 17th 4th
1999/00 Edmonton Oilers NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2000/01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 72 31 39 70 22nd 10 4th 5 9 4th
2000/01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 7th 1 4th 5 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Adler Mannheim DEL 60 24 28 52 30th 12 7th 6th 13 4th
2002/03 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 78 32 52 84 34 15th 3 1 4th 8th
2003/04 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 75 17th 37 54 35 4th 0 0 0 2
2004/05 Prolab de Thetford Mines LNAH 60 36 55 91 22nd - - - - -
2005/06 Prolab de Thetford Mines LNAH 55 50 37 87 35 - - - - -
2006/07 Prolab de Thetford Mines LNAH 48 48 51 99 18th - - - - -
2007/08 Prolab de Thetford Mines LNAH 52 22nd 51 73 36 - - - - -
2008/09 Isothermic de Thetford Mines LNAH 14th 8th 9 17th 6th - - - - -
QMJHL total 201 132 171 303 231 4th 1 3 4th 2
LNAH total 229 164 203 367 117 - - - - -
AHL total 582 283 355 638 530 88 37 34 71 96
IHL total 244 116 143 259 203 34 13 11 24 34
NHL overall 166 28 42 70 103 5 0 0 0 2

( 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 Picard, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Beauport , Quebec , Canada