Michel Galarneau

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Michel Galarneau
Born (1961-03-01) March 1, 1961 (age 62)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Hartford Whalers
National teamFlag of France.svg  France
NHL Draft 29th overall, 1980
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 1981–2000

Michel Galarneau (born March 1, 1961) is a Canadian-born French former ice hockey centre. He played 78 games in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers between 1980 and 1983, while mainly playing in the minor leagues. He moved to Europe in 1984, spending one season in the Dutch Eredivisie, and then moved to the French domestic league in 1985, where he played until retiring in 2000. Internationally Galarneau represented the French national team at the 1995 World Championships.

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Biography

Galarneau was born in Montreal, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1973 and 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Rosemont, Montreal. [1] He played junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the Hull Olympiques where in his second season in 1979-80, he scored 39 goals and 64 assists for 103 points. He was drafted in the second round as a result of his highly productive performance, selected 29th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He was unable to repeat his performances as a pro however, receiving limited ice-time during his spell with the Whalers, splitting his ice-time with the American Hockey League's Binghamton Whalers. In his three seasons with the Whalers, Galarneau played 78 regular season games, scoring 7 goals and 10 assists for 17 points.

Galarneau spent one season in the Central Hockey League for the Montana Magic as well as brief spells in the AHL for the Binghamton Whalers and the Fredericton Express before moving to the Netherlands for one season with Eindhoven Kemphanen. In 1985, Galaneau moved to France's Ligue Magnus and signed for HC Amiens. After six seasons, he moved to HC Briançon for one season before moving to Division 1 team Anglet for one season. In 1993, he moved to Brest where he won two French Championships in 1996 and 1997. He remained with the team until his retirement in 2000.

Galarneau spent a total of 16 seasons in France. Though a Canadian, he obtained French citizenship during his lengthy spell in the country and represented his adopted country in the 1995 World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1976–77Rosemount SelectsQAHA——————————
1977–78 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 3101040000
1978–79 Hull OlympiquesQMJHL6722375970—————
1979–80 Hull OlympiquesQMJHL72396410349431412
1980–81 Hull OlympiquesQMJHL309213048—————
1980–81 Hartford Whalers NHL 302689—————
1980–81 Binghamton Whalers AHL 9101450110
1981–82 Hartford WhalersNHL100004—————
1981–82 Binghamton WhalersAHL6415173252142022
1982–83 Hartford WhalersNHL3854921—————
1982–83 Binghamton WhalersAHL25461020—————
1983–84 Montana Magic CHL 6618224044—————
1983–84 Binghamton WhalersAHL41010—————
1983–84 Fredericton Express AHL20000—————
1984–85 Eindhoven Kemphanen NED ——————————
1985–86 HC Amiens FRA ——————————
1986–87 HC AmiensFRA3651338428—————
1987–88 HC AmiensFRA3028225036—————
1988–89 HC AmiensFRA32132—————
1989–90 HC AmiensFRA12117181332132
1990–91 HC AmiensFRA3225244950441514
1991–92 Diables Rouges de Briançon FRA3225244950—————
1992–93 Anglet Hormadi Élite FRA-2 2622234526—————
1993–94 Brest Albatros Hockey FRA2014152945675126
1994–95 Brest Albatros HockeyFRA271419335494262
1995–96 Brest Albatros HockeyFRA2791221381005537
1996–97 Brest Albatros HockeyFRA30141125551025714
1997–98Brest Albatros HockeyFRA-4——————————
1998–99Brest Albatros Hockey FRA-3 28312758——————
1999–00Brest Albatros HockeyFRA-229131629——————
FRA totals2491931683613714219193875
NHL totals787101734—————

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1995 France WC 61122
Senior totals561122

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References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
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