Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre

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Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
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Grand-Pierre with Füchse Duisburg in 2006
Born (1977-02-02) February 2, 1977 (age 47)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 228 lb (103 kg; 16 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot 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
NHL Draft 179th overall, 1995
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 1997–2013

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 Bally Sports Ohio. [1]

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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. [2]

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. [3]

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. [4]

Grand-Pierre was released from the Leksands IF organization on September 1, 2011. [5] Subsequently, he signed a one-year contract with the Swe-1 team Malmö Redhawks on October 4, 2011. [6]

Personal life

Grand-Pierre, of Haitian descent, [7] is a cousin of Georges Laraque and QMJHL-player Jules-Edy Laraque. [8] He is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Ohio, and currently works for HER Real Living and The Raines Group. [9]

Grand-Pierre joined Top Shelf Hockey Club (TSHC) as a goalie in 2017. He led Top Shelf to a championship in the winter of 2017.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1992–93Laval RégentsQMAAA10002—————
1993–94 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 4614527—————
1994–95 Val–d'Or Foreurs QMJHL59101323126—————
1995–96 Val–d'Or ForeursQMJHL671321342091314547
1996–97 Val–d'Or ForeursQMJHL589243319613581346
1997–98 Rochester Americans AHL 75461021140002
1998–99 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1601117—————
1998–99 Rochester AmericansAHL5554990—————
1999–2000 Buffalo SabresNHL110001540004
1999–2000 Rochester AmericansAHL6258131241701140
2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL6414573—————
2001–02 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL8126890—————
2002–03 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL4110164—————
2002–03 Syracuse Crunch AHL21016—————
2003–04 Columbus Blue JacketsNHL1600012—————
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL2722426—————
2003–04 Washington Capitals NHL1310114—————
2003–04 Syracuse CrunchAHL—————40118
2004–05 IF Troja/Ljungby Allsv 11112451012324
2005–06 Füchse Duisburg DEL 4510919176—————
2006–07 DEG Metro Stars DEL449142363911210
2007–08 Lowell Devils AHL6335882—————
2008–09 Füchse DuisburgDEL475813135911210
2009–10 Stjernen NOR 700010—————
2009–10 Leksands IF Allsv37628146100336
2010–11 TPS SM-l 1601161—————
2010–11 Leksands IFAllsv1923555—————
2011–12 Malmö Redhawks Allsv442579161126
2012–13Füchse Duisburg GER.3 733612—————
2012–13 Karlskrona HK Allsv1110114900012
AHL totals2611824425212101142
NHL totals2697132031140004
DEL totals136243155374911210

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References

  1. ↑ Former Blue Jacket Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre named Studio Analyst for club’s televised games on FOX Sports Ohio
  2. ↑ AHL All-Star Notes
  3. ↑ (in Norwegian) Back med 269 NHL-kamper klar for Stjernen
  4. ↑ (in Finnish) Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre vuokralle TPS:ään
  5. ↑ Emil Nilsén (2011-09-01). "LIF bryter med Grand-Pierre" (in Swedish). Leksands IF. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  6. ↑ Marcus Larsson (2011-10-04). "Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre är klar för Malmö Redhawks" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks . Retrieved 2011-10-04.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Walsh, Melissa. "Black Biography: Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre hockey player". Powerplay Communications. Gale Group. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "JEAN-LUC GRAND-PIERRE". Elite Hockey Prospects. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Raines Group Central Ohio Real Estate Agents".
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