Sylvain Dufresne

Canada Sylvain Dufresne


Date of birth	July 24, 1978
place of birth	Waterloo , Quebec , Canada
size	187 cm
Weight	93 kg

position	defender
number	# 76
Shot hand	Right

Career stations

1995-1997	Chicoutimi saguenéens
1997-1999	Sherbrooke Faucons
1999-2001	Baton Rouge Kingfish
2001-2004	Flint Generals
2004	Toledo Storm
2004-2006	Rochester Americans
2006-2007	Springfield Falcons
2007	Odessa Jackalopes
2007-2009	Herning Blue Fox
2009-2010	Ice pirates Crimmitschau
2010-2011	SG Pontebba
since 2011	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble

Sylvain Dufresne (born July 24, 1978 in Waterloo , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player . Since 2011 he has been under contract with the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble in the Ligue Magnus .

Career

Dufresne began his career in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League in the team of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens , for which he played until 1997. The right-handed shooter then moved to league rivals Sherbrooke Faucons , where he was the best defender of his team on points both in 1997 and a year later. In 1999 Dufresne signed a contract with the Baton Rouge Kingfish from the East Coast Hockey League , which he left after two seasons to hire the Flint Generals from the United Hockey League . During this time he was also in the American Hockey League for the Hamilton Bulldogs and played there seven games.

After further games for Toledo Storm from the ECHL, the Canadian moved back to the AHL, where he went on the ice for two years with the Rochester Americans and one season with the Springfield Falcons . In 2007 the first move to the Central Hockey League was to the Odessa Jackalopes, which Dufresne left after 22 games and went to the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen for the Herning Blue Fox . With the team he was 2008 Danish champion .

In the 2009/10 season Dufresne was in the squad of the Eispiraten Crimmitschau from the 2nd Bundesliga , which left after the season and moved to SG Pontebba from the Italian A1 series . The Canadian also stayed a season in Italy before signing a contract with the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble in Ligue Magnus in April 2011 .

( 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 )