P. C. Drouin
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| P. C. Drouin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 22, 1974 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Boston Bruins | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2011 | ||
Pierre-Claude Drouin (born April 22, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Boston Bruins, various teams in Europe, and the Fort Wayne Komets of the Central Hockey League.
Playing career
[edit]As a youth, Drouin played in the 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.[1]
Drouin played for Cornell University Big Red in the NCAA, and has represented a number of professional hockey teams. He has played 3 NHL games for the Boston Bruins in the 1996–97 NHL season, scoring no points.[citation needed]
He was signed by the Bruins from Cornell University as a free agent and had spells in the American Hockey League with the Providence Bruins and the ECHL for the Charlotte Checkers. In 1998, he moved to the United Kingdom to play in the now-defunct British Ice Hockey Superleague for the Bracknell Bees, where he won the Superleague title in 1999–2000. He then moved to the Nottingham Panthers in a two-year spell which saw him lead the team in points both seasons. He then played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Augsburger Panther and then in Finland's SM-liiga for JYP and Jokerit.[citation needed]
He returned to America and joined the Fort Wayne Komets of the United Hockey League in an impressive two-year spell which saw him [score 24 goals and 50 assists for 74 points in both seasons. He then spent a season with the Hockey Club de Morzine Avoriaz in France as a player/assistant coach, before returning to the Nottingham Panthers as a player/assistant coach in 2007. After being released by Nottingham mid-season, Drouin returned home to Fort Wayne, where he helped the Fort Wayne Komets win the Turner Cup in a dramatic final in 2008. He returned to the Fort Wayne Komets for the third straight year.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | Gloucester Rangers | CJHL | 49 | 23 | 51 | 74 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Cornell University | ECAC | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Cornell University | ECAC | 21 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Cornell University | ECAC | 26 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Cornell University | ECAC | 31 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 42 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 62 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | Bracknell Bees | BISL | 42 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Bracknell Bees | BISL | 40 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | Nottingham Panthers | BISL | 48 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 64 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | ||
| 2001–02 | Nottingham Panthers | BISL | 48 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 78 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 52 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Jokerit | SM-l | 57 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 82 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2004–05 | Fort Wayne Komets | UHL | 78 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 87 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 26 | ||
| 2005–06 | Fort Wayne Komets | UHL | 72 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz | FRA | 26 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 78 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 22 | ||
| 2007–08 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 16 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 62 | 23 | 51 | 74 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 75 | 32 | 66 | 98 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 76 | 26 | 56 | 82 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 16 | ||
| UHL/IHL totals | 363 | 129 | 273 | 402 | 382 | 48 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 52 | ||||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Augsburger Panther players
- Boston Bruins players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010) players
- Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey players
- Fort Wayne Komets players
- HC Morzine-Avoriaz players
- Ice hockey people from Quebec City
- Ice Hockey Superleague players
- Jokerit players
- Nottingham Panthers players
- Providence Bruins players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players