Pascal Pelletier

{{short description|Canadian professional ice hockey forward (born 1983)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Pascal Pelletier

| image = Pascal Pelletier Comets.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|16}}

| birth_place = Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 197

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| league =

| team = Free Agent

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| former_teams = Boston Bruins
Chicago Blackhawks
SCL Tigers
Vancouver Canucks
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
Admiral Vladivostok
Jokerit
ZSC Lions

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2004

| career_end = 2020

}}

Pascal Pelletier (born June 16, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He most recently played for the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL). He is one of four players from Labrador to play in the NHL. Pelletier was born in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Playing career

As a youth, Pelletier played in the 1996 and 1997 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Quebec City.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-02-11}}

Undrafted, Pelletier played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League before making his professional debut in the ECHL with the Louisiana IceGators. In the 2005–06 season, Pelletier was signed to an AHL contract with the Providence Bruins and after a solid season was signed to an NHL contract with parent club, the Boston Bruins, on August 7, 2006.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/transactions/_/name/bos/boston-bruins|title=Boston Bruins transactions | publisher =ESPN | date = August 7, 2006 | access-date = November 16, 2008}}

Pelletier made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins during the 2007–08 season, he was first recalled from Providence on January 16, 2008.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2008-01-16-1042420474_x.htm|title=Bruins recall forward Pelletier | newspaper =USA Today | date = January 16, 2008 | accessdate = November 16, 2008}} Pelletier played in a total of six games. On July 24, 2008, Pelletier was traded by the Bruins to the Chicago Blackhawks for Martin St. Pierre.{{cite web | url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=368961 | title=Bruins acquire Martin St. Pierre | publisher=Boston Bruins | date=July 24, 2008 | accessdate=November 16, 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824235456/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=368961 | archivedate=August 24, 2008 | df=mdy-all }} He signed a one-year contract with the Blackhawks on August 8, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://hdvoice.tmcnet.com/news/2008/08/09/3592969.htm|title=Blakchawks sign Pascal Pelletier after trade with Bruins|website=tmcnet.com|date=August 8, 2008|accessdate=November 16, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120718050325/http://hdvoice.tmcnet.com/news/2008/08/09/3592969.htm|archivedate=July 18, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

After a year playing for the Blackhawks' AHL affiliate the Rockford IceHogs, Pelletier signed a one-year deal with Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL for the 2009–10 season. On December 8, 2009, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues for Brendan Bell and Tomas Kana. He was immediately sent to their affiliate the Peoria Rivermen.{{cite web | url=http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=509091 | title=Blues Acquire Pelletier from Columbus | publisher= St. Louis Blues| date=December 8, 2009 | accessdate=December 9, 2009}}

On May 19, 2010, Pelletier left for Europe signing a one-year contract with Swiss team, the SCL Tigers of the National League A.{{cite web| url=http://www.scltigers.ch/news-content.aspx?id=746| title=Pascal Pelletier commits to SCL| publisher=SCL Tigers| date=May 19, 2010| accessdate=May 19, 2010| language=German| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707002710/http://www.scltigers.ch/news-content.aspx?id=746| archivedate=July 7, 2011| df=mdy-all}}

On July 5, 2013, Pelletier returned to North America after three seasons with the SCL Tigers, signing a one-year two-way contract with the Vancouver Canucks.{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427192 | title = Canucks ink Pelletier | publisher = The Sports Network | date = July 5, 2013 | accessdate = July 5, 2013}} He was assigned to begin the 2013–14 season with AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets. He was recalled to the Canucks on October 20, and played his first NHL game since 2009.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

On June 24, 2014, receiving limited opportunity in his single season with the Canucks, Pelletier opted to return to Europe in signing a one-year contract with Croatian club, Medveščak Zagreb the KHL.{{cite web | url = http://www.medvescak.com/khl/pelletier-ponovo-u-europi-thomas-ostaje-trotter-na-probi-no1095 | title = Pelletier again in Europe | publisher = KHL Medvescak Zagreb | date = 2014-06-14 | accessdate = 2014-06-14 | language = Croatian | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140703130351/http://www.medvescak.com/khl/pelletier-ponovo-u-europi-thomas-ostaje-trotter-na-probi-no1095 | archive-date = July 3, 2014 | url-status = dead }}

After a single season with the Canucks AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets in 2016–17, Pelletier returned to Switzerland in agreeing to a contract with the GCK Lions of the Swiss League on August 14, 2017.{{cite web| url = http://gck.zsclions.ch/detail/gck-lions-verpflichten-pascal-pelletier/ | title = GCK Lions undertake Pascal Pelletier | publisher = GCK Lions | date = 2017-08-14 | accessdate = 2017-08-14 | language = German}}

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Career statistics

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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

ALIGN="center"

| 2000–01

| Baie-Comeau Drakkar

| QMJHL

| 70

| 15

| 44

| 59

| 176

| 11

| 2

| 11

| 13

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Baie-Comeau Drakkar

| QMJHL

| 56

| 12

| 25

| 37

| 115

| 5

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2002–03

| Baie-Comeau Drakkar

| QMJHL

| 67

| 46

| 55

| 101

| 113

| 12

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 14

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Shawinigan Cataractes

| QMJHL

| 64

| 39

| 52

| 91

| 85

| 11

| 3

| 9

| 12

| 20

ALIGN="center"

| 2004–05

| Louisiana IceGators

| ECHL

| 61

| 10

| 28

| 38

| 75

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Gwinnett Gladiators

| ECHL

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 5

| 0

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 2005–06

| Gwinnett Gladiators

| ECHL

| 21

| 18

| 12

| 30

| 18

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 53

| 20

| 26

| 46

| 42

| 6

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 23

ALIGN="center"

| 2006–07

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 80

| 14

| 35

| 49

| 60

| 13

| 5

| 4

| 9

| 16

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 73

| 37

| 38

| 75

| 66

| 10

| 6

| 12

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| 2007–08

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 6

| 0

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Rockford IceHogs

| AHL

| 71

| 29

| 26

| 55

| 45

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 6

ALIGN="center"

| 2008–09

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 7

| 0

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 25

| 3

| 13

| 16

| 23

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2009–10

| Peoria Rivermen

| AHL

| 55

| 14

| 28

| 42

| 41

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| SCL Tigers

| NLA

| 47

| 17

| 21

| 38

| 95

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 29

ALIGN="center"

| 2011–12

| SCL Tigers

| NLA

| 43

| 14

| 22

| 36

| 71

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| SCL Tigers

| NLA

| 46

| 19

| 16

| 35

| 76

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2013–14

| Utica Comets

| AHL

| 69

| 22

| 40

| 62

| 64

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 3

| 0

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2014–15

| KHL Medveščak Zagreb

| KHL

| 57

| 16

| 23

| 39

| 44

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Admiral Vladivostok

| KHL

| 16

| 0

| 4

| 12

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2015–16

| Jokerit

| KHL

| 19

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 4

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Utica Comets

| AHL

| 52

| 10

| 18

| 28

| 20

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2017–18

| GCK Lions

| SL

| 18

| 5

| 15

| 20

| 8

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| ZSC Lions

| NL

| 23

| 2

| 4

| 12

| 5

| 0

| 2

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 478

! 149

! 224

! 373

! 361

! 33

! 14

! 28

! 49

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 16

! 0

! —

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

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| colspan="3" | AHL

All-Star Game

| 2008

First All-Star Team

| 2008

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | KHL

All-Star Game

| 2015

References

External links

{{icehockeystats|tsn=pascal-pelletier}}

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:Admiral Vladivostok players

Category:Baie-Comeau Drakkar players

Category:Boston Bruins players

Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers

Category:Chicago Blackhawks players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Franco-Newfoundlander people

Category:GCK Lions players

Category:Gwinnett Gladiators players

Category:Ice hockey people from Newfoundland and Labrador

Category:Jokerit players

Category:KHL Medveščak Zagreb players

Category:Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) players

Category:People from Labrador City

Category:Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players

Category:Providence Bruins players

Category:Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players

Category:SCL Tigers players

Category:Shawinigan Cataractes players

Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players

Category:Utica Comets players

Category:Vancouver Canucks players

Category:ZSC Lions players

Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland