Jean-Francois Boucher
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Jean-François Boucher
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 230px
| team = Free Agent
| league = DEL
| former_teams = ERC Ingolstadt
Kölner Haie
| position = Left Wing
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|01}}
| birth_place = Rosemère, Quebec, Canada
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 205
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2008
| career_end =
}}
Jean-François Boucher (born December 1, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who last played for Kölner Haie in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
Boucher attended Yale University where he played four seasons (2004 - 2008) of NCAA Division I men's hockey.
Undrafted, he made his professional debut in Germany playing with ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga during the 2008–09 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/html/index.php?nav=news&id=1116 |title=Ingolstadt sign Canadian from College |website=ERC Ingolstadt |date=2009-10-03 |accessdate=2014-05-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203090734/http://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/html/index.php?nav=news&id=1116 |archivedate=December 3, 2013 }} After one season with Ingolstadt, recording just 4 points in 47 games, Boucher returned to North America and played semi-professionally in the LNAH with the Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5.
After three seasons developing within Quebec, Boucher embarked on a return to Germany with ERC Ingolstadt from the 2012–13 season. Establishing himself amongst the forwards in a depth checking line role, Boucher remained with Ingolstadt and appeared in 172 games with the club.
On June 1, 2015, Boucher left ERC Ingolstadt to sign a one-year contract with fellow DEL club, Kölner Haie.{{cite web| url = http://www.haie.de/index.php?type=article&articleId=7369 | title = Sharks sign Boucher from Ingolstadt | publisher = Kölner Haie | date = 2015-06-01 | accessdate = 2015-06-02 | language = German}}
Personal
He is the oldest child of Olympic speed skating champion Gaétan Boucher and his German wife.{{Cite news | author=Sean Fitz-Gerald | title=Gaetan Boucher became Canadian Olympic hero before Own The Podium | url=http://pdsochi.wpengine.com/news/gaetan-boucher-became-canadian-olympic-hero-before-own-the-podium | work=National Post | date=24 January 2014 | accessdate=20 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033023/http://pdsochi.wpengine.com/news/gaetan-boucher-became-canadian-olympic-hero-before-own-the-podium | archive-date=December 1, 2017 | url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Category:ERC Ingolstadt players
Category:Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 players
Category:Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from Laurentides
Category:People from Rosemère, Quebec
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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