Maxime Ouellet

Maxime Ouellet
Ouellet with the Hershey Bears in 2005
Born	(1981-06-17) June 17, 1981 (age 44) Beauport, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Philadelphia Flyers Washington Capitals Vancouver Canucks
NHL draft	22nd overall, 1999 Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	2000–2009

Maxime Ouellet (born June 17, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2006. He also played several years in the American Hockey League, retiring in 2009. Internationally he played for the Canadian national junior team at both the 2000 and 2001 World Junior Championships, winning a bronze medal each year.

Playing career

Medal record
Representing   Canada
World Junior Championships
	2000 Sweden
	2001 Russia

As a youth, Ouellet played in the 1994 and 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Beauport, Quebec City. ^[1]

Ouellet was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, 22nd overall at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He later was traded with a first, second, and third round draft choice in 2002 NHL Entry Draft to the Washington Capitals for Adam Oates. He holds several records for the former AHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals, the Portland Pirates. On December 2, 2005, the Washington Capitals traded Ouellet to the Canucks in exchange for a fifth round selection in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft (Maxime Lacroix).^{[ citation needed ]}

After not playing to start the 2006–07 season, in late December 2006, Ouellet was signed by the Portland Pirates to goal tend alongside Dov Grumet-Morris. One week later in January 2007, he left Portland without playing a game and was reportedly trying to sign with a European team. In January 2007, Ouellet signed to a contract with the German hockey club Kassel Huskies.

Ouellet was signed by the New York Islanders to a minor-league contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on July 26, 2007. After failing to make the team, he signed a contract on November 11, 2007, with the Salzburg Red Bulls of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga in Austria. ^[2]

On January 24, 2008, Ouellet signed a contract with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL. ^[3] He was traded from the Sea Wolves to the Trenton Devils where he played 5 games with a 3.21 GAA and a 0.877 save percentage.

On October 16, 2008, it was announced that Ouellet had signed with the St. Marie Poutrelles Delta of the LNAH.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season											Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	OTL	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1996–97	Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs	QAAA		29	16	8	0	—	1470	81	0	2.75	—		9	4	5	555	31	0	3.37	—
1997–98	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		24	12	7	1	—	1188	66	0	3.33	.893		7	3	1	305	16	0	3.15	.892
1998–99	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		59	40	12	6	—	3447	155	3	2.70	.909		13	6	7	803	41	1	3.06	.910
1999–00	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		53	31	16	4	—	2984	133	2	2.67	.916		11	7	4	638	28	2	2.63	.912
2000–01	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL		25	18	6	1	—	1471	65	3	2.65	.913		8	4	4	490	25	0	3.06	.904
2000–01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		2	0	1	0	—	76	3	0	2.38	.889		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		2	1	0	0	—	86	4	0	2.78	.926		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		41	16	13	8	—	2294	104	1	2.72	.911		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Portland Pirates	AHL		6	3	3	0	—	358	17	0	2.85	.923		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Portland Pirates	AHL		48	22	16	7	—	2773	111	7	2.40	.929		2	1	1	120	8	0	4.00	.889
2003–04	Washington Capitals	NHL		6	2	3	1	—	365	19	1	3.12	.910		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Portland Pirates	AHL		52	15	29	8	—	3050	101	10	1.99	.930		5	2	2	303	8	0	1.59	.942
2004–05	Portland Pirates	AHL		40	15	20	3	—	2305	111	0	2.89	.911		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Hershey Bears	AHL		1	0	0	—	0	41	5	0	7.37	.737		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		4	0	2	—	1	222	12	0	3.25	.894		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Manitoba Moose	AHL		16	9	7	—	0	946	46	0	2.92	.894		3	0	1	127	6	0	2.85	.919
2006–07	Kassel Huskies	GER-2		2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.53	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Trenton Devils	ECHL		5	3	2	—	0	299	16	0	3.21	.887		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Sainte-Marie Poutrelles Delta	LNAH		9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.42	.870		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				206	81	88	26	0	11853	499	18	2.53	.919		10	3	4	550	24	0	2.61	.915
NHL totals				12	2	6	1	1	663	34	1	3.08	.903		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
2000	Canada	WJC		6	3	2	2	360	11	0	1.83	—
2001	Canada	WJC		7	4	2	1	398	10	1	1.51	—
Junior totals				13	7	4	3	758	21	1	1.66	—

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 2019-02-10.
2. Red Bull Salzburg - Icehockey Archived 2007-06-27 at archive.today
3. ECHL Transactions Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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

Preceded by Simon Gagne

Philadelphia Flyers' first-round draft pick 1999

Succeeded by Justin Williams