Matthieu Descoteaux

Matthieu Descoteaux
Born	September 23, 1977 (1977-09-23) Pierreville, QC, CAN
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
LNAH team Former teams	Thetford Mines Isothermic Montreal Canadiens
NHL Draft	19th Overall, 1996 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	1997–2009

Matthieu Descoteaux (born September 23, 1977) is a professional ice hockey defenceman. Selected in the first round of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, 19th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, Descoteaux played only five games at the NHL level, all with the Montreal Canadiens, and is widely viewed as a terrible first-round selection.

Descoteaux spent the majority of his career in the AHL, and also had spells in Finland, Italy and Germany. He last played in the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey for the Thetford Mines Isothermic.

Transactions

• March 9, 2000 - Descoteaux traded from Edmonton to Montreal with Christian Laflamme in exchange for Igor Ulanov and Alain Nasreddine.

External links

• Matthieu Descoteaux's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Boyd Devereaux

Edmonton Oilers first round draft pick 1996

Succeeded by Michel Riesen