Bruno St. Jacques

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Bruno St. Jacques.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = St. Jacques with the Norfolk Admirals in 2007

| played_for = Philadelphia Flyers
Carolina Hurricanes
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
ERC Ingolstadt
Straubing Tigers

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|8|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| draft = 253rd overall

| draft_year = 1998

| draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2018

}}

Bruno St. Jacques (born August 22, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played in 67 games over parts of four NHL seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes, and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Playing career

St. Jacques was drafted 253rd overall in the ninth round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. A junior from Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the QMJHL, he made his professional debut at the tail end of the 1999–2000 season with Flyers affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League.

St. Jacques made his NHL debut in the 2000–01 season with the Flyers and spent the next two seasons primarily with the Phantoms before he was traded on February 7, 2003, along with Pavel Brendl to the Carolina Hurricanes for Sami Kapanen and Ryan Bast.{{cite web |url=http://a.espncdn.com/nhl/news/2003/0207/1505581.html|title=Slumping Carolina trades away slumping Kapanen | publisher =ESPN | date = 2003-02-07 | access-date = 2010-03-30}}

Prior to the 2005–06 season on October 3, St. Jacques was traded by the Hurricanes, to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Craig Adams.{{cite web |url=http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=468442|title=Mighty Ducks Acquire Bruno St. Jacques from Carolina in Exchange for Craig Adams | publisher =Anaheim Ducks | date = 2005-10-03 | access-date = 2010-03-30}} In his lone appearance with the Ducks he scored the only goal in a 4–1 defeat to the Minnesota Wild on October 15, 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20051016_ANA@MIN?tag=pageRow;pageContainer|title=Fernandez, strong power play carry Wild past Mighty Ducks | work =CBS Sports | date = 2005-10-15 | access-date = 2010-03-30}} However, he essentially played with AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates, for the season.

In the 2006–07 season, on December 28, 2006, St. Jacques was traded from the Ducks, along with P. A. Parenteau, to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Sébastien Caron, Matt Keith and Chris Durno.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2710932|title=Blackhawks send Caron to Ducks in multi-player deal | publisher=ESPN | date = 2006-12-28 | access-date = 2008-11-10}} He was then assigned to AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, for the duration of the year.

On October 4, 2007, St. Jacques signed with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL for the 2007–08 season.{{cite web |url=http://syracusecrunch.com/News/Detail/1711/2007–08|title=Crunch Sign Bruno St. Jacques | publisher =Syracuse Crunch | date = 2007-10-04 | access-date = 2010-03-30}} After 13 games with the Crunch, he was loaned to back to the Ducks affiliate, the Portland Pirates on November 15. On December 10, St. Jacques was signed by the Ducks but remained with the Pirates for the year.{{cite web |url=http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=469174|title=Ducks Sign and Recall Bruno St. Jacques | publisher =Anaheim Ducks | date = 2007-12-10 | access-date = 2010-03-30}}

On May 27, 2008, St. Jacques left North America and signed with German team, ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL. After three seasons with Ingolstadt, he signed with another DEL team, the Struabing Tigers, on a one-year contract on June 3, 2011.{{cite web | url = http://www.tigershockey.de/page/news/article.php?article_file=1307098698.txt | title = Tigers commit to Bruno St. Jacques | publisher=Straubing Tigers | date = 2011-06-03 | access-date = 2011-06-06 | language = German}}

Upon season end with the Tigers, St. Jacques announced his intention to retire and return to North America.{{cite web | url = http://www.tigershockey.de/page/tagespresse/presse2012/03maerz/15.03.2012_tagblatt.php | title = Six days before quarter-finals for Tigers | publisher = Straubing Tigers | date = 2012-03-15 | access-date = 2012-03-15 | language = German | archive-date = 2013-10-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212851/http://www.tigershockey.de/page/tagespresse/presse2012/03maerz/15.03.2012_tagblatt.php | url-status = dead }} However upon return to Canada, he signed a one-year contract with the semi-professional Jonquière Marquis of the LNAH on July 20, 2012.{{cite web | url = http://marquis.lnah.com/nouvelle.aspx?i=9263 | title = Marquis have 12 players under contract | publisher = Saguenay Marquis | date = 2012-07-20 | access-date = 2012-07-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927044018/http://marquis.lnah.com/nouvelle.aspx?i=9263 | archive-date = 2012-09-27 }}