James Desmarais
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| James Desmarais | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 4, 1979 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| LNAH team Former teams |
Les Pétroliers du Nord Worcester IceCats Peoria Rivermen B.C. Icemen Springfield Falcons Arkansas RiverBlades Reading Royals Dayton Bombers Greensboro Generals Alleghe Hockey Adirondack IceHawks Granby Prédateurs Verdun Dragons HC TWK Innsbruck HC Ajoie EHC Black Wings Linz EHC Biel SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers EHC Visp Belfast Giants Jonquière Marquis | ||
| NHL draft |
270th overall, 1999 St. Louis Blues | ||
| Playing career | 1999–present | ||
James Desmarais (born May 4, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Les Pétroliers du Nord in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.
Desmarais was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 9th round (270th overall) of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Though he never played in the National Hockey League, he played for several teams in the minor leagues such as the American Hockey League and the ECHL as well as for teams in Italy, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In Switzerland, he played for HC Ajoie from 2006 to 2013. In 2015, he signed for the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League and remained until 2017.[1]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Lac St-Louis Lions | QMAAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Lac St-Louis Lions | QMAAA | 44 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 67 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1997–98 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 68 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 56 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1998–99 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 66 | 62 | 73 | 135 | 127 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 1999–00 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Peoria Rivermen | ECHL | 59 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | B.C. Icemen | UHL | 33 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 37 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Arkansas RiverBlades | ECHL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Greensboro Generals | ECHL | 31 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | HC Alleghe | Italy | 40 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Adirondack IceHawks | UHL | 37 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Granby Predateurs | QSPHL | 31 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Verdun Dragons | LNAH | 57 | 51 | 61 | 112 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | HC Innsbruck | EBEL | 48 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 99 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 44 | 40 | 52 | 92 | 127 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 2006–07 | EHC Linz | EBEL | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 49 | 42 | 54 | 96 | 74 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 48 | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 47 | 35 | 55 | 90 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 35 | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 45 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 121 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 27 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 38 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 70 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 50 | 26 | 58 | 84 | 109 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Ajoie | NLB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | EHC Visp | NLB | 19 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 24 | ||
| 2014–15 | EHC Visp | NLB | 48 | 24 | 44 | 68 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2015–16 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 52 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 47 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Jonquiere Marquis | LNAH | 34 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Jonqiere Marquis | LNAH | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Petroliers du Nord | LNAH | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 47 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| ECHL totals | 127 | 42 | 59 | 101 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ James Desmarais [@jdesi79] (31 May 2017). "Thanks to everyone who made our time here in Belfast so memorable...we will miss it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1979 births
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- Arkansas RiverBlades players
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- Belfast Giants players
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- Granby Prédateurs players
- Greensboro Generals players
- HC Ajoie players
- HC Alleghe players
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- Innsbrucker EV players
- Laval Titan Collège Français players
- Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players
- Reading Royals players
- Rouyn-Noranda Huskies players
- Sportspeople from Montreal
- Springfield Falcons players
- St. Louis Blues draft picks
- Verdun Dragons players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
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