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Michel Ouellet 
Born March 5, 1982
Rimouski, QC, CANHeight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) Position Right wing Shoots Right team
Former teamsTampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
Tampa Bay Lightning
Vancouver Canucks
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Hamburg FreezersNHL Draft 124th overall, 2000
Pittsburgh PenguinsPlaying career 2002–present Michel Ouellet (born March 5, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He most recently played with Hamburg Freezers of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He was drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2000. He was named to the American Hockey League (AHL) All-Rookie Team with the Penguins' minor league affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2004. He has also played in the NHL with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Vancouver Canucks.
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Playing career
Ouellet played for Rimouski Océanic in the QMJHL before being drafted 124th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He spent his first few years out of junior in the minor leagues and was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2004.[1]
He made his NHL début during the 2005–06 season, playing his first game on November 22, 2005 in a 5–4 victory against the Washington Capitals. Several games later, he scored his first NHL goal and assist in back-to-back games against the Buffalo Sabres on December 16 and 17. He finished his first NHL season with 16 goals and 16 assists in 50 games.[2]
After a career-high 19 goals, 29 assists and 48 points, in 2006–07, Ouellet signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning.[3] On December 14, 2007, he separated his left shoulder after a check from Calgary Flames defenceman Robyn Regehr and missed 18 games. He finished the season with 36 points in 64 games.
On September 29, 2008, Ouellet was placed on waivers due to a salary cutting effort by the Lightning.[4] He cleared waivers and on October 6, he was traded along with Shane O'Brien to the Vancouver Canucks for Lukáš Krajíček and Juraj Šimek.[1] He was immediately assigned to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League (AHL), but was recalled by the Canucks on November 3. He was returned to the Moose on November 10, 2008,[5] where he completed the season with 40 points in 46 games.
Ouellet became an unrestricted free agent in the 2009 off-season, but went unsigned by an NHL club. He went overseas to Switzerland to play for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League A. On December 21, 2009, Ouellet was named to Team Canada for the 2009 Spengler Cup.[6] Canada finished in third place. After a half year Ouellet left Switzerland and signed with German club Hamburg Freezers.[7]
Awards
Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 28 7 13 20 10 11 0 1 1 6 1999–00 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 72 36 53 89 38 14 4 5 9 14 2000–01 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 63 42 50 92 50 11 6 7 13 8 2001–02 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 61 40 58 98 66 7 3 6 9 4 2002–03 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 55 20 26 46 40 — — — — — 2002–03 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 79 30 19 49 34 22 2 10 12 0 2004–05 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 80 31 32 63 56 11 2 3 5 6 2005–06 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 19 10 20 30 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 50 16 16 32 16 — — — — — 2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 73 19 29 48 30 5 0 2 2 6 2007–08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 64 17 19 36 12 — — — — — 2008–09 Manitoba Moose AHL 46 13 27 40 30 — — — — — 2008–09 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2009–10 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 11 1 4 5 4 5 1 1 2 4 2010–11 Hamburg Freezers DEL 39 11 17 28 24 — — — — — NHL totals 190 52 64 116 58 5 0 2 2 6 References
- ^ a b "Canucks acquire Shane O'Brien and Michel Ouellet". Vancouver Canucks. 2008-10-06. http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=385125. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ Michel Ouellet: „Sid ist ein cooler Typ!“
- ^ "Fitting into the Bay area". 2007-07-26. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/26/Lightning/Fitting_into_the_bay_.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Ouellet waived". TampaBay.com. 2008-09-29. http://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/article832246.ece. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Canucks recall Michel Ouellet". Vancouver Canucks. 2008-11-04. http://canucks.nhl.com/team/app/?!service=page&page=NHLPage&id=18196. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ "Dubielewicz added to Spengler Cup roster". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009-12-21. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2009/12/21/sp-spengler-roster-changes.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Ex-Pittsburgh Penguin Michel Ouellet joins Freezer" (in German). Hamburg Freezers. 2010-04-14. http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/cgi-bin/adframe/de/news/detail.html?ADFRAME_MCMS_ID=1721. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
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Categories:- 1982 births
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- French Quebecers
- Hamburg Freezers players
- HC Fribourg-Gottéron players
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- Living people
- Manitoba Moose players
- Memorial Cup winners
- People from Rimouski
- Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
- Pittsburgh Penguins players
- Rimouski Océanic alumni
- Tampa Bay Lightning players
- Vancouver Canucks players
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players
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