Jonathan Girard

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Jonathan Girard
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Girard with the Providence Bruins in 2002
Born (1980-05-27) May 27, 1980 (age 45)
Rawdon, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Boston Bruins
NHL draft 48th overall, 1998
Boston Bruins
Playing career 19982005

Jonathan Girard (born May 27, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. Girard was born in Rawdon, Quebec and raised in Joliette, Quebec.

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Playing career

As a youth, Girard played in the 1993 and 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Sélects-du-Nord minor ice hockey team. [1]

A defenceman, Girard played junior hockey for the Laval Titan Collège Français (later the Acadie-Bathurst Titan) of the QMJHL and was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the Bruins in 1998).

He played 150 games over five seasons with Boston, scoring 10 goals and recording 34 assists. He also spent time with the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL and the Providence Bruins, Boston's AHL affiliate.

On July 24, 2003, Girard was driving near his hometown in Quebec when he lost control of his car and it flipped over. Girard required surgery for a broken pelvis. [2] While at the time it was not known if Girard would ever play hockey again, he showed tremendous resilience in returning to skating at the Bruins' practice facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts in March, 2004. However, the loss of the 2004–05 NHL season due to a lockout nullified his attempt at a return to hockey that year.

Girard signed a one-year contract with the Bruins on August 10, 2005, [3] and played one game with Providence in the AHL on October 15, 2005. On November 30, Girard announced his decision to retire, having fully recovered from his injuries but unable to play professional hockey again. [4]

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1996–97 Laval Titan College Francias QMJHL 391121322330330
1997–98 Laval Titan College FranciasQMJHL6420476744162161813
1998–99 Boston Bruins NHL 30000
1998–99 Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL5095867602313183122
1999–00 Boston BruinsNHL231232
1999–00 Moncton Wildcats QMJHL2610253536163151836
1999–00 Providence Bruins AHL 50110
2000–01 Boston BruinsNHL313131614
2000–01 Providence BruinsAHL39321246170554
2001–02 Boston BruinsNHL20033910002
2001–02 Providence BruinsAHL59631373620002
2002–03 Boston BruinsNHL73616222120110
2005–06 Providence BruinsAHL10000
NHL totals1501034444630112

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  2. "Bruins' Girard injured in car crash". cbc.ca. July 25, 2003. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  3. "Jordan Sigalet and Jonathan Girard sign one-year contracts". NHL.com. August 10, 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  4. "Bruins' Girard, unable to recover from accident, retires". ESPN.com. November 30, 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2018.