Michaël Bournival

Michaël Bournival (born 31 May 1992, Shawinigan, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the position of left winger. He is since 2011 when the Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League under contract and playing in parallel for their farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League.

Career

Michaël Bournival began his career in the city of Trois- Rivières, before moving in 2008 to the Cataractes de Shawinigan junior in the Ligue de hockey majeur du Québec ( LHJMQ ). In his debut season 2008/ 09 he had already established himself as a regular player and played in the play-offs every 21 games before the team failed in the final series of the Voltigeurs de Drummondville. In the following season he was able to increase its yield point and scored 62 points scorer in 58 games.

NHL Entry Draft 2010 Bournival was then drafted in the third round at a total of 71 positions from the Colorado Avalanche. In November 2010, his NHL rights but were released in exchange for defender Ryan O'Byrne to the Canadiens de Montréal. On 21 December 2011, he signed an entry-level three-year contract with the Canadiens.

Prior to the 2010/11 season Bournival was appointed captain of the Cataractes and then led the team twice in a row in the play-offs, where he was among the top four scorers in each of the team. Although the team already failed in the play-offs of the 2011/12 season in the second round, the Cataractes were qualified to host the Memorial Cup in 2012. After two wins in the knockout stages of the Cataractes defeated finally during the finale, the London Knights 2-1 and won so that the first Memorial Cup in their franchise history. Bournival finished the tournament with seven points from six games and was also the decisive Assist the winning goal by Anton Slobin.

Finally to season 2012/13 he moved to the Hamilton Bulldogs, the farm team of the Canadiens de Montréal, in the American Hockey League and finished the season with 30 points as the third- best scorer of the team from. For the 2013/14 season Bournival was then for the first time in the NHL squad the Canadiens and made ​​his debut on October 5, 2013 against the Philadelphia Flyers. Twelve days later, he scored his first goal in a victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Internationally

For the first time Bournival represented his home province of Quebec at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2009, where he scored five points in five games. In the U18 World Youth Championship 2010, he was then for the first time for the Team Canada on the ice. Two years later he was again in the junior squad selection and won with the team at the Junior World Cup 2012 bronze medal.

Awards and achievements

• 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2012 bronze medal at the U20 World Cup
• 2012 Memorial Cup winning Cataractes de Shawinigan with the

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )