Justin Papineau
Justin Papineau | |||
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Born |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | January 15, 1980||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
DEL team Former teams |
Adler Mannheim Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg (DEL) EHC Basel (Swiss A) Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) New York Islanders St. Louis Blues Worcester IceCats (AHL) Belleville Bulls (OHL) | ||
NHL draft |
46th overall, 1998 Los Angeles Kings 75th overall, 2000 St. Louis Blues | ||
Playing career | 2000–2011 |
Justin Papineau (born January 15, 1980), is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany until 2011. In the NHL, he played for the St. Louis Blues and the New York Islanders between 2001 and 2004.
Career
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Papineau was born in Ottawa, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from South Ottawa.[1] He was drafted in the second round, #46 overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.[citation needed]
He was then re-selected in the third round, #75 overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft when the Kings were unable to sign him to a contract within the two-year deadline and retain his rights. It was reported that negotiations between the team's front office and Papineau broke down at least partially due to the involvement an overbearing agent demanding a huge entry contract.[citation needed]
Papineau has played 81 career NHL games for the Blues and New York Islanders, scoring 11 goals and 8 assists for 19 points. Papineau was once compared to star Steve Yzerman, but those comparisons never came to fruition at the NHL level. He left then on 6 April 2009 EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams to sign with Adler Mannheim.[2]
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Adler Mannheim präsentieren zehn Neuzugänge
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Adler Mannheim players
- Belleville Bulls players
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Los Angeles Kings draft picks
- Lowell Devils players
- New York Islanders players
- St. Louis Blues draft picks
- St. Louis Blues players
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Worcester IceCats players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
- Canadian ice hockey centre, 1980s births stubs