Frédéric Cassivi
Frédéric Cassivi ( born June 12, 1975 in Sorel, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who was most recently in February 2013 at the Reading Royals of the ECHL under contract.
Career
The 1.93 m wide goalie began his career in the Canadian Junior Football League QMJHL before he selected by the Ottawa Senators during the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 as a 210 player in the ninth round ( drafted ) was.
Cassivi spent several years at various farm teams of the Senators, he was obliged as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche in 1999. There he was employed in the AHL farm team only in the avalanche the Hershey Bears. 2002 Cassivi was transferred from the Avalanche to the Atlanta Thrashers. Here he got while in the following period sporadic NHL inserts, but did not make the permanent jump to the root cadres and spent most of the time with the Chicago Wolves in the AHL. In the 2004/05 season he played for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks.
2005 Frédéric Cassivi moved to the Washington Capitals and thus back to the Hershey Bears, who had now become a partner of the franchises from the capital. In the same year he won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the AHL playoffs. For the season 2008/ 09, the goalkeeper signed a contract with the Sinupret Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. For the 2009/10 season he moved to Austria at the Vienna Capitals, which, however, he left again for the 2010/11 season.
In February 2013 Cassivi was taken from the Reading Royals of the ECHL under contract. After only a ECHL use his contract was dissolved a few days later.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 AHL All- Star Classic
- 2002 Calder Cup win with the Chicago Wolves
- 2006 Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
- 2006 Calder Cup win with the Hershey Bears