Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Date of birth	April 27, 1984
place of birth	Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 1st round, 8th position Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2000-2002	Saguenéens de Chicoutimi
2002-2013	Minnesota Wild
2013-2014	New York Islanders Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2014	Rockford IceHogs
2014-2016	EV train

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (born April 27, 1984 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and official. The center played over 600 games in the National Hockey League , much of it for the Minnesota Wild , for which it was active from 2002 to 2013. After two years with EV Zug in the Swiss National League A , he ended his active career.

His younger brother François and his cousin Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau are also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Pierre-Marc Bouchard began his career as a hockey player with the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi , for which he was active from 2000 to 2002 in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . After he had ended his rookie season , the 2000/01 season as the most successful points collector within the team and was subsequently honored with several awards - including the Coupe RDS for the best newcomer to the league - the center forward succeeded in his offensive qualities noticeably more dominant in the following season Set scene. The regular 2001/02 season ended Bouchard with a yield of 140 scorer points , for which he had laid the foundation with his 94 assists. In addition to the LHJMQ scorer title, he also won the CHL Top Scorer Award as the best point player in the entire Canadian Hockey League . As the winner of the Michel Brière Trophy for the most valuable player in his league, Bouchard then prevailed against Dan Hamhuis from the Western Hockey League and Brad Boyes from the Ontario Hockey League in the election for CHL Player of the Year . He was also selected by the LHJMQ with the Michael Bossy Trophy as the league's most promising talent for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft .

He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the first round as the eighth player of the Minnesota Wild , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2002/03 season . Between 2002 and 2013, Bouchard played continuously for the Minnesota team. Only during the lockout in the 2004/05 season was the attacker the entire season on the ice for their farm team , the Houston Eros , in the American Hockey League .

In July 2013, Bouchard signed a one-year contract with the New York Islanders , who placed him on the Waiver after 28 missions and then sent him to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL. In February 2014 he was given to the Chicago Blackhawks .

For the season 2014/15 Pierre-Marc Bouchard signed a one year contract with the EV train from the Swiss National League A . In December 2014, Bouchard agreed with the club on a contract extension until the end of the 2016/17 season. In the 2015/16 season he was voted the best player in the main round ("qualification") by the team captains and coaches of the NLA clubs, after leading the league in assists (55) and scorer points (67).

After the 2015/16 season, Bouchard ended his active career, citing health problems, especially with regard to the risk of further concussions , as a reason. Between 2012 and 2014 he was President of the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi in the LHJMQ.

International

For Canada , Bouchard took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2002 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2003 . The attacker finished the U18 Junior World Championship in 2002 with twelve points in eight matches as the best scorer in the Canadian selection, but remained without a medal. A year later, at the U20 Junior World Championship in 2003, Bouchard won the silver medal with the maple leaves .

Achievements and Awards

2000 QAAA First All-Star Team 2001 Coupe RDS 2001 Michel Bergeron Trophy 2001 LHJMQ First All-Star Team 2002 CHL Top Prospects Game 2002 LHJMQ First All-Star Team 2002 CHL First All-Star Team 2002 CHL Top Scorer Award

2002 CHL Player of the Year 2002 Trophée Jean Béliveau 2002 Offensive LHJMQ Player of the Year 2002 Michael Bossy Trophy 2002 Michel Brière Trophy 2004 Participation in the NHL YoungStars Game 2016 Best player in the main NLA round 2016 PostFinance Top Scorer

International

• 2003 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	Saguenéens de Chicoutimi	LHJMQ		67	38	57	95	20th		6th	5	8th	13	0
2001/02	Saguenéens de Chicoutimi	LHJMQ		69	46	94	140	54		4th	2	3	5	4th
2002/03	Minnesota Wild	NHL		50	7th	13	20th	18th		5	0	1	1	2
2003/04	Minnesota Wild	NHL		61	4th	18th	22nd	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Houston Eros	AHL		67	12	42	54	46		5	0	1	1	0
2005/06	Minnesota Wild	NHL		80	17th	42	59	28		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Minnesota Wild	NHL		82	20th	37	57	14th		5	1	1	2	0
2007/08	Minnesota Wild	NHL		81	13	50	63	34		6th	2	2	4th	2
2008/09	Minnesota Wild	NHL		71	16	30th	46	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Minnesota Wild	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Minnesota Wild	NHL		59	12	26th	38	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Minnesota Wild	NHL		37	9	13	22nd	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Minnesota Wild	NHL		43	8th	12	20th	8th		5	1	1	2	0
2013/14	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		20th	6th	11	17th	74		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	New York Islanders	NHL		28	4th	5	9	12		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		24	3	17th	20th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	EV train	NLA		49	17th	34	51	16		6th	3	2	5	0
2015/16	EV train	NLA		49	12	55	67	20th		4th	3	2	5	14th
LHJMQ total				136	84	151	235	74		10	7th	11	18th	4th
AHL total				111	21st	70	91	60		5	0	1	1	0
NHL overall				593	110	246	356	190		21st	4th	5	9	4th
NLA total				98	29	89	118	36		10	6th	4th	10	14th

International

Represented Canada to:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2000
• U18 World Junior Championship 2002
• U20 Junior World Championship 2003

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000	Canada Québec	U17-WHC	7th place		4th	0	1	1	2
2002	Canada	U18 World Cup	6th place		8th	4th	8th	12	16
2003	Canada	U20 World Cup			6th	2	3	5	2
Juniors overall					14th	6th	11	17th	18th

( 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

Commons : Pierre-Marc Bouchard  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pierre-Marc Bouchard at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Pierre-Marc Bouchard at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ EV Zug: contract with Bouchard extended. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved March 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Pierre-Marc Bouchard voted best player in qualification. (No longer available online.) In: Neue Luzerner Zeitung. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved March 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ EVZ future without Bouchard, Sondell and Bürgler. (No longer available online.) Evz.ch, March 18, 2016, archived from the original on March 20, 2016 ; accessed on March 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.