- Jean-Pierre Dumont
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team =Nashville Predators
former_teams =Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks
league = NHL
position = Right Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 205
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1978|4|1|mf=y
birth_place =Montreal , QC, CAN
draft = 3rd overall
draft_year = 1996
draft_team =New York Islanders
career_start = 1998Jean-Pierre "J. P." Dumont (born
April 1 ,1978 inMontreal ,Quebec ) is a Canadian professionalice hockey forward and is an alternate captain for theNashville Predators of the NHL.Amateur career
Dumont played four seasons for
Val-d'Or Foreurs in theQuebec Major Junior Hockey League .Roberto Luongo ,Francis Lessard ,Steve Bégin andJean-Luc Grand-Pierre were teammates at Val-d'Or who have also made it to the NHL.Professional career
Dumont was drafted third overall the
1996 NHL Entry Draft by theNew York Islanders . In 1998, a contract dispute between Dumont and the team led to the Islanders to trade him to theChicago Blackhawks along with a 5th round pick in exchange forDmitri Nabokov . In March 2000, he was traded to theBuffalo Sabres . Dumont,Doug Gilmour and a draft pick went to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange forMichal Grosek .Dumont scored an overtime goal during the Sabres' run in the 2006 playoffs, in game 3 of the second round series versus the
Ottawa Senators .In August 2006, Dumont signed a two-year, $4.5-million contract with the
Nashville Predators , after the Buffalo Sabres rejected Dumont's $2.9-million arbitration award.In February 2008, Dumont signed a four-year, $16-million contract extension with the Nashville Predators.
His favorite player growing up was
Joe Sakic . He wears the number 71 for the Nashville Predators, because both his children were born on the 17th. He always wore number 17 before he came to Nashville. It was due to the fact that former teammateScott Hartnell had the number 17 when Jean-Pierre came to Nashville.Career statistics
ee also
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List of Nashville Predators players
*List of NHL players External links
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