| Matthieu Descoteaux | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born | September 23, 1977 Pierreville, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Montreal Canadiens Tappara HC Asiago | ||
| NHL draft | 19th Overall, 1996 Edmonton Oilers | ||
| Playing career | 1997–2009 | ||
Matthieu Andre Jean Marc Luc Descoteaux (born September 23, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens.
As a youth, Descoteaux played in the 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Francheville, Quebec. [1]
Descoteaux was selected in the first round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 19th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers.[ citation needed ] On March 9, 2000, he was traded from Edmonton to Montreal with Christian Laflamme in exchange for Igor Ulanov and Alain Nasreddine. [2] He played five games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens.[ citation needed ]
He spent the majority of his career in the American Hockey League, and also played in Finland, Italy and Germany.[ citation needed ] He last played in the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey for Sainte-Marie Poutrelles Delta.[ citation needed ]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | Trois-Rivières Estacades | QMAAA | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 50 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | ||
| 1995–96 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 69 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 129 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1996–97 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 38 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 32 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 29 | ||
| 1997–98 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 74 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 49 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 73 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2000–01 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 65 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 48 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Tappara | SM-l | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Sport | Mestis | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Asiago | ITA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Kansas City Outlaws | UHL | 48 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Wölfe Freiburg | 2.GBun | 49 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Quebec RadioX | LNAH | 30 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Thetford Mines Isothermic | LNAH | 48 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Thetford Mines Isothermic | LNAH | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Sainte-Marie Poutrelles Delta | LNAH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 388 | 38 | 77 | 115 | 273 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| NHL totals | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| CHL | ||
| Memorial Cup (Hull Olympiques) | 1997 | |
| AHL | ||
| All-Star Game | 2001 | [3] |
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