Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre

Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
Grand-Pierre with Füchse Duisburg in 2006
Born	(1977-02-02) February 2, 1977 (age 48) 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 FanDuel Sports Network Ohio. ^[1]

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]

On January 4, 2024, Grand-Pierre gained U.S. citizenship. ^[10]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992–93	Laval Régents	QMAAA		1	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL		46	1	4	5	27		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Val–d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL		59	10	13	23	126		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Val–d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL		67	13	21	34	209		13	1	4	5	47
1996–97	Val–d'Or Foreurs	QMJHL		58	9	24	33	196		13	5	8	13	46
1997–98	Rochester Americans	AHL		75	4	6	10	211		4	0	0	0	2
1998–99	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		16	0	1	1	17		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Rochester Americans	AHL		55	5	4	9	90		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		11	0	0	0	15		4	0	0	0	4
1999–2000	Rochester Americans	AHL		62	5	8	13	124		17	0	1	1	40
2000–01	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		64	1	4	5	73		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		81	2	6	8	90		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		41	1	0	1	64		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		2	1	0	1	6		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		16	0	0	0	12		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		27	2	2	4	26		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Washington Capitals	NHL		13	1	0	1	14		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		4	0	1	1	8
2004–05	IF Troja/Ljungby	Allsv		11	1	1	2	45		10	1	2	3	24
2005–06	Füchse Duisburg	DEL		45	10	9	19	176		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		44	9	14	23	63		9	1	1	2	10
2007–08	Lowell Devils	AHL		63	3	5	8	82		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Füchse Duisburg	DEL		47	5	8	13	135		9	1	1	2	10
2009–10	Stjernen	NOR		7	0	0	0	10		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Leksands IF	Allsv		37	6	2	8	146		10	0	3	3	6
2010–11	TPS	SM-l		16	0	1	1	61		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Leksands IF	Allsv		19	2	3	5	55		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Malmö Redhawks	Allsv		44	2	5	7	91		6	1	1	2	6
2012–13	Füchse Duisburg	GER.3		7	3	3	6	12		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Karlskrona HK	Allsv		11	1	0	1	14		9	0	0	0	12
AHL totals				261	18	24	42	521		21	0	1	1	42
NHL totals				269	7	13	20	311		4	0	0	0	4
DEL totals				136	24	31	55	374		9	1	1	2	10

References

1. Former Blue Jacket Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre named Studio Analyst for club’s televised games on FanDuel Sports Network
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. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. 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".
10. Stitts, Kellyanne (2024-01-14). "Grand-Pierre gains official U.S. citizenship". ABC 6. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database