José Charbonneau

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José Charbonneau
Born (1966-11-02) November 2, 1966 (age 57)
Ferme-Neuve, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Vancouver Canucks
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 12th overall, 1985
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1986–2001

Jose Pierre Charbonneau (born November 2, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who spent parts of 4 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1987 and 1995.

Playing career[edit]

A scoring winger who also possessed a gritty element to his game, Charbonneau was selected 12th overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. As a Francophone drafted with such a high pick by Montreal expectations were very high. He turned pro in 1986, but experienced a difficult first pro season, scoring just 14 goals for Montreal's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in Sherbrooke. He rebounded the next year to score 30 goals for Sherbrooke and received his first NHL action for the Canadiens, although he registered just 2 assists in 16 games. He played 9 more games for Montreal in 1988–89 and scored his first NHL goal, but was traded to the Vancouver Canucks mid-season. In 13 games for the Canucks, he continued to struggle, recording just a single assist.

Charbonneau spent one more season in the Canuck organization, but failed to see any more NHL action and was released by the club in 1990, having produced just 1 goal and 7 points in 38 NHL games. Following his release, he spent the 1990–91 season with the Canadian National Team, and had brief stints over the next two seasons in Germany, Switzerland, and Holland. By the summer of 1993, he was playing roller hockey for the Vancouver Voodoo.

Charbonneau's performance with the Voodoo impressed the team's GM, ex-NHL star Tiger Williams, who convinced the Canucks to give him another chance. He was given an invite to the club's 1993 training camp, and shocked everyone by making the team. Charbonneau was playing and scoring regularly for the first two months of the season, until back and knee injuries struck and caused him to miss 4 months of action. He returned late in the season, but struggled to get back his regular lineup spot. He finished the season with 7 goals and 14 points in 30 games. He was also a member of the Canuck team which went to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1994, playing in 3 playoff games and scoring a goal.

Charbonneau started the 1994–95 season with the Canucks, but played only 3 games before being loaned to Las Vegas of the IHL. Unable to get another NHL contract, he signed in Germany, where he enjoyed 6 productive and successful seasons in the DEL before retiring from the game in 2001.

He finished his career with 9 goals and 22 points in 71 career NHL games, along with 67 penalty minutes.

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1981–82 Laval Insulaires QMAAA 42 15 31 46 61
1982–83 Laval Insulaires QMAAA 48 40 50 90 56
1983–84 Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 65 31 59 90 110 10 5 5 10 9
1984–85 Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 46 34 40 74 91 12 5 10 15 20
1985–86 Drummondvile Voltigeurs QMJHL 57 44 45 89 158 23 16 20 36 40
1986–87 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 72 14 27 41 94 16 5 12 17 17
1987–88 Montreal Canadiens NHL 16 0 2 2 6 8 0 0 0 4
1987–88 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 55 30 35 65 108
1988–89 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 33 13 15 28 95
1988–89 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 13 8 5 13 46 10 3 2 5 23
1988–89 Montreal Canadiens NHL 9 1 3 4 6
1988–89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 13 0 1 1 6
1989–90 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 65 23 38 61 137 5 0 1 1 8
1990–91 Canadian National Team Intl 56 22 29 51 54
1991–92 EHC Dynamo Berlin GER.2 11 3 6 9 16
1991–92 SC Rapperswil–Jona SUI.2 15 20 10 30 42
1992–93 Eaters Geleen NLD 7 7 13 20 17 11 23 34
1992–93 Canadian National Team Intl 1 0 0 0 0
1993–94 Hamilton Canucks AHL 7 3 2 5 8
1993–94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 30 7 7 14 49 3 1 0 1 4
1994–95 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 27 8 12 20 102 9 1 1 2 71
1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 1 0 1 0
1995–96 EV Landshut DEL 47 32 24 56 102 11 10 6 16 28
1996–97 EV Landshut DEL 13 5 4 9 41
1996–97 Wedemark Scorpions DEL 31 12 23 35 97 6 1 0 1 27
1997–98 Frankfurt Lions DEL 40 13 16 29 156 7 4 1 5 18
1998–99 Frankfurt Lions DEL 47 16 19 35 76 2 0 0 0 6
1999–2000 Frankfurt Lions DEL 55 18 30 48 98 5 0 1 1 12
2000–01 Frankfurt Lions DEL 58 19 25 44 85
AHL totals 167 60 79 139 305 16 5 12 17 17
NHL totals 71 9 13 22 67 11 1 0 1 8
DEL totals 291 115 141 256 655 31 15 8 23 91

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Preceded by Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick
1985
Succeeded by