Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = 20060203011-grand-pierre.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Grand-Pierre with Füchse Duisburg in 2006

| league =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|2|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 228

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| played_for = NHL
Buffalo Sabres
Columbus Blue Jackets
Atlanta Thrashers
Washington Capitals
DEL
Füchse Duisburg
DEG Metro Stars
Swe-1
Troja/Ljungby
Leksands IF
Malmö Redhawks
Karlskrona HK
GET
Stjernen
Oberliga
Füchse Duisburg

| draft = 179th overall

| draft_year = 1995

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| career_start = 1997

| career_end = 2013

}}

Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (born February 2, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and current studio analyst for the Columbus Blue Jackets on FanDuel Sports Network Ohio.[https://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story/former-blue-jacket-jean-luc-grand-pierre-named-studio-analyst-for-clubs-televised-games-on-fox-sports-ohio-090319 Former Blue Jacket Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre named Studio Analyst for club’s televised games on FanDuel Sports Network]

He was drafted in the seventh round, 179th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He once won the Speed Skating competition of the AHL All-Star Game, beating Martin St. Louis among others.[http://www.lcshockey.com/issues/112/112ahl3.asp AHL All-Star Notes]

Career

After playing four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Grand-Pierre made his professional debut in the American Hockey League with the Rochester Americans during the 1997–98 season, recording ten points and 211 penalty minutes in 75 games. During the 1998–99 season, he made his NHL debut with the Buffalo Sabres, appearing in 16 games.

After once again spending part of the season with the Sabres in 1999–2000, Grand-Pierre was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft. Grand-Pierre spent three full seasons with Columbus before splitting the 2003–04 season between the Blue Jackets, Atlanta Thrashers, and Washington Capitals. In his NHL career, Grand-Pierre appeared in 269 games, scoring seven goals and 13 assists.

Grand-Pierre spent the 2005–06 season with the Füchse Duisburg of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga before joining the DEG Metro Stars for the 2006–07 season. He then signed with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League for the 2007–08 season, spending the entire season with the Devils' AHL affiliate, the Lowell Devils. In 2008, he returned to Duisburg. On July 20, 2009, it was announced that he had signed a one-year deal with Leksands IF of the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan (Swe-1). He was loaned out to Stjernen of the Norwegian GET-ligaen for 10 matches in the fall of 2009.{{in lang|no}} [http://www.f-b.no/article/20090821/SPORTEN01/415073728/0/NYHET Back med 269 NHL-kamper klar for Stjernen]

Grand-Pierre was rented by the Finnish SM-liiga team TPS prior to the 2010–11 season, for taxation reasons. He played for the team until October 15, 2010.{{in lang|fi}} [http://hc.tps.fi/index.php?page=8bc9de3045961615564efaae546859a Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre vuokralle TPS:ään]

Grand-Pierre was released from the Leksands IF organization on September 1, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.leksandsif.se/p/news/20110901/110901-lif-bryter-med-grand-pierre/7635 |title=LIF bryter med Grand-Pierre |publisher=Leksands IF |author=Emil Nilsén |language=Swedish |date=2011-09-01 |accessdate=2011-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322020411/http://www.leksandsif.se/p/news/20110901/110901-lif-bryter-med-grand-pierre/7635 |archivedate=2012-03-22 }} Subsequently, he signed a one-year contract with the Swe-1 team Malmö Redhawks on October 4, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.malmoredhawks.com/en/Blog/111004%20Ny%20back.aspx |title=Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre är klar för Malmö Redhawks |publisher=Malmö Redhawks |author=Marcus Larsson |language=Swedish |date=2011-10-04 |accessdate=2011-10-04 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Personal life

Grand-Pierre, of Haitian descent,{{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=Melissa|title=Black Biography: Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre hockey player|url=http://powerplaycommunications.writersresidence.com/samples/jean-luc-grand-pierre|website=Powerplay Communications|publisher=Gale Group|accessdate=17 January 2018|ref=haiti|archive-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131421/http://powerplaycommunications.writersresidence.com/samples/jean-luc-grand-pierre|url-status=dead}} is a cousin of Georges Laraque and QMJHL-player Jules-Edy Laraque.{{cite web|title=JEAN-LUC GRAND-PIERRE|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=5521&lang=en|website=Elite Hockey Prospects|accessdate=17 January 2018|ref=elite}} He is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Ohio, and currently works for HER Real Living and The Raines Group.{{Cite web | url=http://www.therainesgroup.com/staff/jeanluc |title = Meet the Raines Group Central Ohio Real Estate Agents}}

On January 4, 2024, Grand-Pierre gained U.S. citizenship.{{cite web|last1=Stitts|first1=Kellyanne|title=Grand-Pierre gains official U.S. citizenship|url=https://abc6onyourside.com/sports/columbus-blue-jackets/grand-pierre-gains-official-us-citizenship-columbus-blue-jackets-former-defenseman-quebec-canada|website=ABC 6|date=2024-01-14|accessdate=2024-06-02}}

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1992–93 \| Laval Régents \| QMAAA \| 1	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1993–94 \| Beauport Harfangs \| QMJHL \| 46	1	4	5	27 \| —	—	—	—	—
1994–95 \| Val–d'Or Foreurs \| QMJHL \| 59	10	13	23	126 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| Val–d'Or Foreurs \| QMJHL \| 67	13	21	34	209 \| 13	1	4	5	47
1996–97 \| Val–d'Or Foreurs \| QMJHL \| 58	9	24	33	196 \| 13	5	8	13	46
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 75	4	6	10	211 \| 4	0	0	0	2
1998–99 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 16	0	1	1	17 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 55	5	4	9	90 \| —	—	—	—	—
1999–2000 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 11	0	0	0	15 \| 4	0	0	0	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–2000 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 62	5	8	13	124 \| 17	0	1	1	40
2000–01 \| Columbus Blue Jackets \| NHL \| 64	1	4	5	73 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Columbus Blue Jackets \| NHL \| 81	2	6	8	90 \| —	—	—	—	—
2002–03 \| Columbus Blue Jackets \| NHL \| 41	1	0	1	64 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03 \| Syracuse Crunch \| AHL \| 2	1	0	1	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
2003–04 \| Columbus Blue Jackets \| NHL \| 16	0	0	0	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Atlanta Thrashers \| NHL \| 27	2	2	4	26 \| —	—	—	—	—
2003–04 \| Washington Capitals \| NHL \| 13	1	0	1	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Syracuse Crunch \| AHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| 4	0	1	1	8
2004–05 \| IF Troja/Ljungby \| Allsv \| 11	1	1	2	45 \| 10	1	2	3	24
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Füchse Duisburg \| DEL \| 45	10	9	19	176 \| —	—	—	—	—
2006–07 \| DEG Metro Stars \| DEL \| 44	9	14	23	63 \| 9	1	1	2	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Lowell Devils \| AHL \| 63	3	5	8	82 \| —	—	—	—	—
2008–09 \| Füchse Duisburg \| DEL \| 47	5	8	13	135 \| 9	1	1	2	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Stjernen \| NOR \| 7	0	0	0	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
2009–10 \| Leksands IF \| Allsv \| 37	6	2	8	146 \| 10	0	3	3	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| TPS \| SM-l \| 16	0	1	1	61 \| —	—	—	—	—
2010–11 \| Leksands IF \| Allsv \| 19	2	3	5	55 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Malmö Redhawks \| Allsv \| 44	2	5	7	91 \| 6	1	1	2	6
2012–13 \| Füchse Duisburg \| GER.3 \| 7	3	3	6	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Karlskrona HK \| Allsv \| 11	1	0	1	14 \| 9	0	0	0	12
style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 261 !! 18 !! 24 !! 42 !! 521 ! 21 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 42
style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 269 !! 7 !! 13 !! 20 !! 311 ! 4 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4
style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" \| DEL totals ! 136 !! 24 !! 31 !! 55 !! 374 ! 9 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 10