Marc-Antoine Pouliot

Marc- Antoine Pouliot (born 22 May 1985 in Quebec City, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is under contract with the Fribourg- Gottéron in the National League A since May 2013.

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Career

Marc- Antoine Pouliot began his career as a hockey player with the Rimouski Océanic, for which he was active from 2001 to 2005 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and with whom he won the Coupe du Président as QMJHL - champion in 2005. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 in the first round than a total of 22 players from the Edmonton Oilers, for whom he made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2005/06 season, although he did most of the playing time at their farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, spent. After Pouliot in the following two seasons each partially aground for the AHL team Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Springfield Falcons, graduated from the Centre in the 2008 / 09 season, his first full NHL season in which he scored 20 points scorer in 63 games. After the season 2009/10, during which he failed due to an injury for several months, he became a free agent and signed in July 2010 a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. This put him in the following season, mainly in the farm team at the Norfolk Admirals one in which Pouliot with 72 points from 69 games of the regular season was the best scorer.

On June 25, 2011 it gave the Tampa Bay Lightning from in exchange for a seventh -round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2011 to the Phoenix Coyotes.

On 1 June 2012, Pouliot wrote a contract for one season including NHL release clause at EHC Biel of the National League A.

On May 17, 2013, announced via Twitter that he will complete the season 2013-2014 at Fribourg- Gottéron.

Internationally

For Canada Pouliot took part in the U18 World Youth Championship in 2003, in which he became world champion with his team.

Awards and achievements

  • 2003 CHL Top Prospects Game
  • 2005 Coupe du Président - profit with the Rimouski Océanic
  • 2005 QMJHL First All -Star Team
  • 2005 George Parsons Trophy

Internationally

  • 2003 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
  • 2012 Winner of the Spengler Cup with Team Canada

NHL stats

(End of season 2012/ 13)

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