Mathieu Garon
Mathieu Garon ( born January 9, 1978 in Chandler, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who was recently at HK Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League contract.
Career
Mathieu Garon began his career in the Canadian Junior Football League Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Victoriaville Tigres in 1995. He made it equal to the goalkeeper and was awarded the Trophée Raymond Lagacé as the best rookie in a defensive position. During the NHL Entry Draft 1996, he was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round to 44th overall position.
Garon played until 1998 in the QMJHL, when he was named the best goalkeeper in the league, before he joined the Fredericton Canadiens, the former farm team of the Montreal Canadiens. 1999 the team moved to Québec City and became the independent Quebec citadels. Garon remained goalkeeper of the team of the American Hockey League and in 2000 he first came to Montréal in the National Hockey League action. Nevertheless, he played in the following years almost exclusively in the AHL for the farm teams of Montréal. From 2000 to 2004, he completed only 43 games in the NHL.
In summer 2004, Garon was transferred to the Los Angeles Kings, but his debut in California was delayed due to the 2004/05 season was canceled due the lockout. Garon played in time for the Manchester Monarchs in the AHL. During the season 2005 /06 he was goalkeeper of the Los Angeles Kings, but missed the part in the playoffs in short supply. In the summer of 2006, his contract was extended for one year. With Dan Cloutier, an experienced competitor came into the team against which he could but prevail, however, Garon injured during the season several times and therefore had to miss several games. The playoffs they missed again.
The Kings decided not to renew the contract of Garon and he signed a two - year contract for $ 2.2 million at the Edmonton Oilers in the summer of 2007. During the 2007/ 08 season Garon pushed the Oilers Dwayne Roloson goalkeeper. Among other things, Garon contributed to a new NHL record of 13 won shootouts at where he laid a perfect 10-0 series of shootouts, namely 32 shots on goal 30 held. Garon was injured late in the season and could not support the fight for a playoff place the Oilers.
In the 2008 / 09 season, Garon played in only 15 games for the Oilers, of which he won six and lost eight. Dwayne Roloson sat through as a goalkeeper, and also Jeff Drouin - Deslauriers achieved better results. Three goalkeepers limited the possibilities of the Oilers to a very, why Garon was traded for Dany Sabourin, Ryan Stone and a fourth- round Walhrecht NHL Entry Draft in 2011 by Pittsburgh Penguins.
July 1, 2011 Garon signed a contract as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Two years later, this contract expired and Garon took in September 2013 in the training camp of the Los Angeles Kings, but could not be recommended for a contract. In October 2013 he was appointed by HK Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League obliged to replace Teemu Lassila, but was released again on 1 January 2014 due to a new injury.