Stéphane Veilleux (ice hockey)

Stephane Veilleux ( born February 12, 1981 in Saint -Georges, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since February 2012 at the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League contract. However, it is mainly used in their farm teams.

Career

Stephane Veilleux began his career as a hockey player in Canada's top junior league Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he was active for the Victoriaville Tigres and the Val- d'Or Foreurs 1998 to 2001, where he with the Foreurs in the 2000 season / 01 Coupe du Président won as QMJHL champions. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2001 in the third round than a total of 93 players from the Minnesota Wild.

From 2001 to 2005, the attackers played regularly for their farm team, the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, with whom he won the 2003 Calder Cup. After Veilleux 2002 only occasionally ran aground and 2004 for Minnesota in the National Hockey League, he stood from 2005 exclusively for the game as a regular player on the ice.

After his contract expired in Minnesota in the summer of 2009, he got a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he scored six points scorer in 77 games. A year later, he completed a trial with the Anaheim Ducks, but got offered a contract.

Mid-October 2010 Veilleux was taken by the Espoo Blues of the SM- liiga under contract, where he wrote for a year. In January 2011, he went to the HC Ambri -Piotta in the National League A and signed a contract there until the end of the season. Following the attacker signed a Zweiwegvertrag for one season with the New Jersey Devils. Shortly before the trade deadline, on 24 February 2012, transferred him the New Jersey Devils along with Kurtis Foster, Nick Palmieri, a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2012 and a performance-based third-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2013 to the Minnesota Wild to commit to Marek Židlický.

Awards and achievements

• 2001 Coupe du Président - profit with the Val- d'Or Foreurs
• 2003 Calder Cup win with the Houston Aeros

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 )