Francis Paré

Francis Paré
Born (1987-06-30) June 30, 1987 (age 37)
LeMoyne, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NL team
Former teams		 Lausanne HC
Grand Rapids Griffins
HC TPS
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk
HC Slovan Bratislava
Medveščak Zagreb
Genève-Servette HC
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Dinamo Minsk
Avangard Omsk
National team  Belarus
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Francis Paré (born June 30, 1987) is a Canadian-Belarusian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing under contract with Lausanne HC of the National League (NL).

Playing career

Undrafted, Paré previously played with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League (AHL). On July 27, 2011, Pare signed a two-year, two-way contract extension with the Griffins NHL affiliate, the Detroit Red Wings.[1]

On July 8, 2013, after helping the Griffins capture the Calder Cup, Paré was signed to a two-year contract abroad in Finland with TPS of the SM-liiga.[2] In the following years, Paré played for different teams in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), including Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Traktor Chelyabinsk and HC Slovan Bratislava. In 2014, he won the Gagarin Cup with Magnitogorsk. After returning to TPS for a second stint during the 2015–16 season, he again signed a deal with a KHL side, agreeing terms with Medvescak Zagreb in June 2016.[3]

On January 23, 2017, Paré left the KHL and signed a contract with Swiss club, Geneve-Servette HC of the National League A (NLA) for the remainder of the season. He appeared in 8 regular season games, with 11 points.

As a free agent in the off-season, Paré opted to return to the KHL, agreeing to an initial one-year contract for the 2017–18 season with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on March 24, 2017.[4]

Paré had two seasons in Yekaterinburg before leaving as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with fellow KHL club, HC Dinamo Minsk, on June 22, 2019.[5]

Paré left Minsk after two seasons, securing a one-year contract with reigning champions, Avangard Omsk, on May 10, 2021.[6] in the 2021–22 season, he collected 2 goals and 4 points through 16 appearances with Avangard before he was released from his contract on November 5, 2021. He continued his career abroad by signing an initial try-out contract and later securing a one-year deal with Swiss club, Lausanne HC of the NL, on December 10, 2021.[7]

International play

On January 26, 2021, the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation announced that Paré had accepted an offer to play for the Belarus men's national ice hockey team in the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[8] He registered 1 assist through 6 games in a 15th-place finish with Belarus.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Collège Charles–Lemoyne QMAAA 42 8 13 21 12 — — — — —
2003–04 Collège Charles–Lemoyne QMAAA 35 52 30 82 38 15 15 9 24 50
2003–04 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 5 2 0 2 2 — — — — —
2004–05 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 70 24 23 47 52 4 0 3 3 4
2005–06 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 55 26 48 74 66 5 1 3 4 4
2006–07 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 68 29 44 73 37 4 1 1 2 8
2007–08 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 69 54 48 102 54 6 5 3 8 4
2008–09 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 63 24 24 48 14 10 2 2 4 2
2009–10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 77 16 23 39 20 — — — — —
2010–11 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 80 24 30 54 49 — — — — —
2011–12 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 75 16 36 52 18 — — — — —
2012–13 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 68 22 22 44 37 24 3 9 12 12
2013–14 TPS Liiga 30 13 15 28 4 — — — — —
2013–14 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 20 7 2 9 0 21 7 2 9 6
2014–15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 35 4 4 8 20 — — — — —
2014–15 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 23 10 5 15 8 5 1 1 2 4
2015–16 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 14 3 1 4 2 — — — — —
2015–16 HC Slovan Bratislava KHL 16 3 2 5 0 — — — — —
2015–16 TPS Liiga 18 10 4 14 18 8 2 2 4 26
2016–17 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 51 10 26 36 18 — — — — —
2016–17 Genève–Servette HC NLA 8 5 6 11 2 2 1 0 1 0
2017–18 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 49 11 18 29 10 6 2 1 3 0
2018–19 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 58 16 19 35 8 5 1 0 1 4
2019–20 Dinamo Minsk KHL 52 11 9 20 35 — — — — —
2020–21 Dinamo Minsk KHL 35 3 7 10 6 5 0 1 1 2
2021–22 Avangard Omsk KHL 16 2 2 4 4 — — — — —
AHL totals 363 102 135 237 138 34 5 11 16 14
KHL totals 369 80 95 175 111 42 11 5 16 16

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Canada Quebec U17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 2 7 9 4
2021 Belarus WC 15th 6 0 1 1 0
2021 Belarus OGQ DNQ 3 0 1 1 2
Junior totals 6 2 7 9 4
Senior totals 9 0 2 2 2

Awards and honours

Award Year
QMJHL
First All-Star Team 2008 [9]
Michel Brière Memorial Trophy 2008 [10]
CHL Second All-Star Team 2008 [9]

References

  1. ^ "Red Wings sign two to contract extensions". Detroit News. July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "Pare, Sexton and Seiga sign contracts". TPS (in Finnish). July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  3. ^ "Unbelievable reinforcement - Calder and Gagarin cup winner joins the Bears". www.medvescak.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Avtomobilist agree to terms with Francis Pare" (in Russian). Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "Gagarin Cup champion Pare signs with Dinamo Minsk". HC Dinamo Minsk (in Belarusian). June 22, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Center Francis Pare comes to Avangard" (in Russian). Avangard Omsk. May 10, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Lausanne welcome Francis Pare!" (in French). Lausanne HC. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Pare, Prince to play for Belarus". Twitter. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  9. ^ a b National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 323. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  10. ^ "Francis Paré player profile". The Hockey News. October 1, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2010.