Michel Ouellet

Michel Ouellet ( born March 5, 1982 in Rimouski, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the position of right winger. Since 2012 he is at the Isothermic de Thetford Mines from the Ligue Nord - Americaine de Hockey under contract.

Career

The 1.83 m wide winger started his professional career with the Rimouski Océanic de in the Canadian Junior Football League QMJHL before he selected the NHL Entry Draft in 2000 as 124th in the fourth round by the Pittsburgh Penguins ( drafted ) was. With the Océanic Ouellet won the Memorial Cup in 2000 and thus the Canadian Junior Championship.

First Ouellet was used by the Penguins at the Farm Teams Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League in 2003 / 04, in his first full season in the AHL, he was considered one of best newcomers elected to the AHL All- Rookie Team. His NHL debut in the attacker finally on 22 November 2005 at the 5:4 victory of the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Washington Capitals. Both his first goal and his first assist in the highest North American professional league scoring of Canadians in two consecutive games against the Buffalo Sabres on 16 and 17 December of the same year.

In the 2006/07 season Ouellet made ​​it into the trunk of the squad Penguins, after the season he signed a two year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he played regularly in the NHL. Shortly after the start of the 2008 / 09 season, he was due to salary cap issues with the Lightning that this forced the team to him deported before the start of the season in the American Hockey League, delivered in a comprehensive four players transfer business to the Vancouver Canucks.

In the summer of 2009, his contract ran out and got neither in the NHL, even in the AHL an invitation to a training camp. Therefore, he decided to a move to Europe and signed a contract with Fribourg- Gottéron from the National League A. After just one season, signed Michel Ouellet a contract with the Hamburg Freezers and changes so that in the German Hockey League.

On 1 July 2011, he signed a Zweiwegvertrag for a year with the Tampa Bay Lightning. On June 23, 2012, he was transferred along with a draft pick to the Boston Bruins. Tampa Bay was awarded the rights to Benoît Pouliot. However, he graduated from Boston no longer use, but changed before the 2012/13 season in the Ligue Nord - Americaine de Hockey, where he was taken by the Isothermic de Thetford Mines under contract.

Awards and achievements

  • 2004 AHL All- Rookie Team
  • 2005 AHL All- Star Classic
  • 2012 Calder Cup win with the Norfolk Admirals
  • 2013 Trophée du joueur le plus gentilhomme ( Model behavior and fair play )
  • LNAH 2013 All-Star team

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

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