Alexandre Rouleau
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Alexandre Gaudreau Rouleau ( born July 29, 1983 in Mont- Laurier, Quebec ) is a Canadian- French ice hockey defender who has a contract with VIK Västerås HK in the HockeyAllsvenskan since 2012.
Career
Alexandre Rouleau began his career as a hockey player in the Val- d'Or Quebec Major Junior Foreurs from the Hockey League, for whom he played from 1999 to 2003. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2001 in the third round than a total of 96 players from the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 2002/03 season ended when the Canadian Football League rivals Foreuers, the Quebec Remparts. Then stood Rouleau 2003-2006 in the organization of the Pittsburgh Penguins under contract, he said. Exclusively on their farm team in the American Hockey League, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and their cooperation team, the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL was used
In summer 2006, Rouleau signed a contract with the AHL team San Antonio Rampage, but he was mainly for their ECHL farm team, the Phoenix Roadrunners on the ice. In the following season the Canadians played for the first time in Europe, where he received a contract with the Diables Rouges de Briançon in the French Ligue Magnus. After one season he left them and moved on to their league rivals, the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble, with whom he won the 2008 Trophée des Champions and 2009 the Coupe de la Ligue. In summer 2012, he joined the VIK Västerås HK from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second division, at.
Internationally
With the Canadian national team Rouleau took part in the World Youth Championship in 2003 and with his team the final, where it defeated Russia with 2:3.
Awards and achievements
- 2003 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2008 Trophée des Champions with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
- 2009 Coupe de la Ligue with Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
Statistics
(End of season 2007/ 08)