Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault ( born January 12, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who works as goalkeeper coach for the Colorado Avalanche since 2009.
Career
Jocelyn Thibault was selected at the NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques in 1993 in the first round at position ten. He had drawn attention to himself by outstanding achievement in the Canadian Junior Football League QMJHL. So in 1993 he got the awards for Most Valuable Player and for the lowest Gegentordurchschnitt. In addition, he was honored by the Canadian Hockey League as the best goalkeeper of the year. Thibault moved before the 1993/94 season to Quebec and graduated from the NHL season as a back-up goalie behind Stéphane Fiset and came 29 times used. In his second season he was number 2 behind Fiset. In the summer of 1995, the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver and called themselves absofort Colorado Avalanche. Thibault played ten times in the season 1995/ 96 for the Avalanche and was then transferred to a transfer of business, together with Andrei Kovalenko and Martin Ručínský to the Montreal Canadiens. In addition to Mike Keane came from Montreal Star goalie Patrick Roy, whom he replaced there as a goalkeeper. However, he could celebrate any special sporting successes.
In November 1998 he was transferred to the Chicago Blackhawks and here he became the number 1 But here he was able to achieve any success. He always missed in his first three years in Chicago, the play -offs, in 2002 he made it for the first time with the Blackhawks in the first round of the play -offs to collect, but it was also the only time. 2003 was Thibault for the first time in the squad of the NHL All Star Game. The following season 2003/ 04, he missed almost entirely due to a serious hip injury.
After the lockout and the consequent failure of the NHL season 2004/ 05 Thibault moved in summer 2005 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but was only third-choice goalkeeper behind Marc -Andre Fleury and Sebastien Caron.
In the season 2006/ 07 Thibault was the back-up goalie Marc- André Fleury and came up 22 times.
In summer 2007, he signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Sabres, but after a season his contract was not renewed. Then Thibault ended his playing career.