Laurent Meunier
{{short description|French-born Swiss ice hockey player}}
{{Expand French|topic=bio|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Laurent Meunier
| image = LaurentMeunier 7374.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|16}}
| birth_place = Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
| position = Centre
| ntl_team = FRA
| league =
| team =
| played_for = Timrå IK
Genève-Servette HC
Straubing Tigers
HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 185
| career_start = 1997
| career_end = 2019
}}
Laurent Meunier (born January 16, 1979) is a French-born Swiss former professional ice hockey player who spent most of his career in Switzerland playing in the National League (NL) and the Swiss League (SL). He also captained the French National team for 13 years, the longest serving captain of a national sporting team in the world.
Meunier currently co-hosts hockey TV show, Le Repas d'équipe, with fellow French-born Swiss former goaltender Cristobal Huet on MySports.
Career
=International retirement=
In May 2017, Meunier played at the 2017 IIHF World Championship, in Paris, representing France, as lead team captain. This represented his swan song, and he retired from the national team after finishing the tournament. He played his last game at the final round robin game of France, against Slovenia, with a win, retiring with France's Lead Goaltender Cristobal Huet. Team France (Les Bleus) did not advance to the medal round, but was not relegated.{{cite news |url= http://sport.francetvinfo.fr/hockey/hockey-sur-glace-cristobal-huet-clap-de-fin-391681 |title= Hockey sur glace : Clap de fin pour Cristobal Huet |author= Leo Anselmetti |date= 15 May 2017 |publisher= France TV Sport |language=fr}}{{cite news |url= http://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2017/05/14/battue-par-les-tcheques-(5-2)-la-france-au-bord-de-l-elimination |title= La France ne verra pas les quarts de finale |author= Benoît Lagneux |date= 14 May 2017 |publisher= L'Alsace |language=fr}}
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year |
| All-Hockey East Rookie Team
| 2000–01 |
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1996–97
| FRA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98 | FRA | 40 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 48
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| LHC Les Lions | FRA | 41 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| LHC Les Lions | FRA | 32 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | HE | 35 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 54
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | HE | 27 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| ECHL | 68 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 106
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04 | Brûleurs de Loups | FRA | 26 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| Brûleurs de Loups | FRA | 27 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 79
| 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | Brûleurs de Loups | FRA | 26 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 36
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 2006–07
| NLA | 43 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 36
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007–08 | Genève–Servette HC | NLA | 20 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 24
| 15 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 16 |
| 2007–08
| SUI.2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | NLA | 38 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 58
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009–10
| Timrå IK | SEL | 47 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 46
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11 | Genève–Servette HC | NLA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11
| SUI.2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2010–11 | DEL | 31 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12
| Straubing Tigers | DEL | 52 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 54
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2012–13 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | 50 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 80
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013–14
| Straubing Tigers | DEL | 33 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 46
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014–15 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | 50 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 32
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16
| HC La Chaux–de–Fonds | SUI.2 | 34 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 47
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | Lausanne HC | NLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17
| HC La Chaux–de–Fonds | SUI.2 | 40 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 26
| 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NL | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 40
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018–19
| HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NL | 40 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018–19 | HC Ajoie | SUI.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | FRA totals ! 194 !! 76 !! 103 !! 179 !! 283 ! 19 !! 3 !! 10 !! 13 !! 22 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NLA/NL totals ! 194 !! 33 !! 44 !! 77 !! 176 ! 33 !! 8 !! 12 !! 20 !! 24 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | DEL totals ! 216 !! 43 !! 109 !! 152 !! 246 ! 15 !! 3 !! 5 !! 8 !! 18 |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 1996
| France | EJC B | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997 | France | WJC B | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1997
| France | EJC B | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998 | France | WJC B | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 1999
| France | WJC B | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1999 | France | WC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999
| France | WC Q | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000 | France | WC | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2001
| France | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001 | France | WC D1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002
| France | OG | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002 | France | WC D1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003
| France | WC D1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005 | France | OGQ | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 2005
| France | WC D1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006 | France | WC D1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007
| France | WC D1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008 | France | WC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009
| France | OGQ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009 | France | WC | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2010
| France | WC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011 | France | WC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012
| France | WC | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013 | France | OGQ | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013
| France | WC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014 | France | WC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 2015
| France | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016 | France | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2016
| France | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017 | France | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Junior totals ! 29 ! 16 ! 14 ! 30 ! 40 | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | Senior totals ! 122 ! 27 ! 48 ! 75 ! 142 |
References
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External links
- {{Icehockeystats}}
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