Philippe DeRouville

Philippe DeRouville
Born	(1974-08-07) August 7, 1974 Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL draft	115th overall, 1992 Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career	1994–2008

Philippe DeRouville (born August 7, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career

DeRouville was a top prospect in junior hockey but his NHL tenure lasted all of three games in the 1990s. He bounced around the minors for five years before playing in various European leagues.

Born in Victoriaville, Quebec, DeRouville played in the QAAA with Magog before joining Longueuil Collège Français of the QMJHL. He was chosen 115th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992 then returned to junior for two more years. DeRouville represented Canada at the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The gifted youngster was named to the league's second all-star team in 1993 and 1994. In 1993–94 his 3.06 goals against average was the best in the QMJHL.

DeRouville played most of his first two pro seasons with the IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks but was recalled to make the odd appearance between the pipes for the Pens. In 1996–97, the emergence of rookie Patrick Lalime kept him from moving up to Pittsburgh. Eventually young goalie Jean-Sébastien Aubin and Peter Skudra supplanted DeRouville on the club's depth chart. Over his last two years he played in the ECHL, IHL, AHL and CHL before moving to Europe. He played in Britain for the Ayr Scottish Eagles, Sweden for Timrå IK, France for Briançon and Italy for Brunico SG . He signed for the British Elite Ice Hockey League side Belfast Giants towards the end of the 2006–07 season replace injured goalie Mike Minard. He re-signed for the Giants for the 2007–08 season but after the signing of Stevie Lyle from the Basingstoke Bison, it was announced on October 17, 2007 that DeRouville was released by the Giants.

DeRouville has received offers from 2 different teams on October 18, 2007 and signed on October 23, 2007 with the Croatian team KHL Medveščak from Zagreb, that plays in the Croatian and in the Slovenian league.

Career statistics

				Regular season							Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	SO	Avg		GP	W	L	T	SO	Avg
1989–90	Magog Cantonniers	QAAA		21	15	6	0	0	4.45		11	7	4	0	0	4.58
1990–91	Longueuil Collège Français	QMJHL		20	13	6	0	0	2.91
1991–92	Verdun Collège Français	QMJHL		34	20	6	3	2	3.20		11	7	3		1	2.83
1992–93	Verdun Collège Français	QMJHL		61	30	27	2	1	3.61		4	0	4		0	3.61
1993–94	Verdun Collège Français	QMJHL		51	28	22	0	1	3.06		4	0	4		0	4.00
1994–95	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		41	24	10	5	1	3.32		4	1	3		0	4.09
1994–95	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		1	1	0	0	0	3.00
1995–96	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		38	19	11	3	1	3.86
1996–97	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		2	0	2	0	0	3.24
1996–97	Kansas City Blades	IHL		26	11	11	4	2	2.82		2	0	1		0	7.35
1997–98	Louisville RiverFrogs	ECHL		8	5	2	1	0	3.38
1997–98	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		3	0	2	1	0	3.26
1997–98	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		30	18	9	1	3	2.56		2	1	1		0	3.25
1998–99	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		5	0	2	0	0	5.07
1998–99	San Antonio Iguanas	CHL		5	3	2	0	0	4.30
1998–99	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		19	6	6	2	0	3.00
1999–00	ERC Ingolstadt	German-2		45				2	2.65
2000–01	Ayr Scottish Eagles	BIHS		8	4	3	1	0	2.99
2001–02	Timrå IK	Elit		18				1	3.26
2001–02	Thetford-Mines Prolab	QSPHL		9	4	4	1	0	3.29		19	11	6	0	4	2.59
2003–04	Briançon	France		26
2004–05	Brunico SG	Italy		19				3	2.87
2005–06	Brunico SG	Italy		22				3	3.65
2006–07	Egna HC / Belfast Giants	Italy / EIHL		30/3	0/3	0/0	0/0	0/2	0/0.67
2007–08	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Croatian and Slovenian league		4					0/4.5
2 years	Totals	NHL		3	1	2	0	0	3.15

Awards

• QMJHL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1992)
• QMJHL Second All-Star Team (1993, 1994)

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database