François Groleau

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François Groleau
Born	(1973-01-23) January 23, 1973 (age 52) Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Montreal Canadiens Augsburger Panther Adler Mannheim Füchse Duisburg EHC Black Wings Linz
NHL draft	41st overall, 1991 Calgary Flames
Playing career	1993–2013

François Groleau (born January 23, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens over three seasons between 1996 and 1997. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2013, was mainly spent in the minor leagues and then in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Playing career

As a youth, Groleau played in the 1985 and 1986 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Rive-Sud.[1]

Groleau was drafted 41st overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He spent two seasons in the American Hockey League with the Saint John Flames before he was traded to the Quebec Nordiques in March 1995 for Ed Ward. He finished the 1994–95 season in the AHL with the Cornwall Aces.^[citation needed]

He signed with the Montreal Canadiens in July 1995 and played eight NHL games for the team over three seasons, scoring one assist. He spent most of his tenure in the AHL with the Fredericton Canadiens and also spent a season in the International Hockey League with the San Francisco Spiders.^[citation needed]

With his NHL career now at an end, Groleau moved to Germany in 1998, playing one season in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Augsburger Panther. He then returned to the AHL with the Quebec Citadelles again for one season. In 2000, Groleau returned to the DEL, signing for Adler Mannheim. He spent five seasons with the team, winning the league title in 2001 and the German Cup in 2003. He signed for the Füchse Duisburg in 2005, but the team finished bottom of the league. He signed for EHC Black Wings Linz in 2006. After his second season with the Black Wings, Groleau spent two years in France with Diables Rouges de Briançon before returning to Canada to play with Thetford Mines Isothermic in 2010–11.^[citation needed]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988–89	Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs	QMAAA		42	3	24	27	42		13	1	7	8	28
1989–90	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL		66	11	54	65	80		6	0	1	1	12
1990–91	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL		70	9	60	69	70		6	0	3	3	2
1991–92	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL		65	8	70	78	74		10	5	15	20	8
1992–93	Shawinigan Cataractes	QMJHL		33	4	24	28	50		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Saint-Jean Lynx	QMJHL		15	3	14	17	16		4	0	1	1	14
1993–94	Saint John Flames	AHL		73	8	14	22	49		7	0	1	1	2
1994–95	Saint John Flames	AHL		65	6	34	40	28		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Cornwall Aces	AHL		8	1	2	3	7		14	2	7	9	16
1995–96	San Francisco Spiders	IHL		63	6	26	32	60		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		12	3	5	8	10		10	1	6	7	14
1995–96	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		2	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		47	8	24	32	43		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		5	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		63	14	26	40	70		4	0	2	2	4
1997–98	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Augsburger Panther	DEL		52	9	21	30	67		5	0	4	4	4
1999–00	Quebec Citadelles	AHL		63	7	24	31	48		3	0	2	2	0
2000–01	Adler Mannheim	DEL		59	2	16	18	52		4	0	0	0	2
2001–02	Adler Mannheim	DEL		60	2	7	9	72		12	1	1	2	10
2002–03	Adler Mannheim	DEL		43	2	8	10	56		8	0	2	2	6
2003–04	Adler Mannheim	DEL		52	2	20	22	58		6	1	0	1	4
2004–05	Adler Mannheim	DEL		40	1	6	7	42		14	0	1	1	32
2005–06	Füchse Duisburg	DEL		32	1	14	15	34		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	EHC Black Wings Linz	EBEL		56	4	33	37	110		3	0	1	1	0
2007–08	EHC Black Wings Linz	EBEL		46	4	18	22	54		11	2	4	6	16
2008–09	Diables Rouges de Briançon	FRA		21	5	17	22	16		12	3	2	5	16
2009–10	Diables Rouges de Briançon	FRA		23	6	20	26	40		9	0	6	6	12
2010–11	Thetford Mines Isothermic	LNAH		34	5	32	37	14		9	0	5	5	6
2011–12	Thetford Mines Isothermic	LNAH		17	0	11	11	4		8	0	6	6	6
2012–13	Thetford Mines Isothermic	LNAH		12	0	13	13	12		4	0	4	4	0
2015–16	Thetford Assurancia	LNAH		9	0	2	2	4		1	0	0	0	0
DEL totals				370	20	95	115	427		49	2	8	10	58
NHL totals				8	0	1	1	6		—	—	—	—	—

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 March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

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