Pierre-Édouard Bellemare

Pierre-Édouard Bellemare
Born (1985-03-06) 6 March 1985
Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Philadelphia Flyers
Dragons de Rouen
Skellefteå AIK
National team  France
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2002–present

Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (born March 6, 1985) is a French professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]

Playing career

Bellemare previously played for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), where he won the Swedish Championship twice in 2013 and 2014.

On June 11, 2014, the Philadelphia Flyers signed Bellemare to a one-year contract.[2] He scored his first NHL goal later that year, on October 22, against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Later in his rookie season of 2014–15, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club on March 2, 2015.[3]

On April 19, 2016, Bellemare was assessed a major penalty, a game misconduct, and a one-game suspension by the NHL following a check from behind which sent Washington Capitals' defenceman Dmitry Orlov head-first into the end boards during a playoff game.[4] Though Orlov was not seriously injured, the incident drew the ire of many observers, with former NHL referee Kerry Fraser calling the hit "idiocy" and "a horrible decision" which could have resulted in a serious injury.[5]

International play

Bellemare participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the French national team.[6] He was also named to the French roster for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.[7] In the nation's opening group game on May 9, 2014, Bellemare scored the game-winning shootout goal to give France a 3–2 victory over Canada, France's second-ever victory over the Canadians in 83 years.[8]

Personal life

Bellemare's father was born on the French overseas Caribbean island of Martinique. His sister, Rose-Eliandre Bellemare, is an artistic gymnast; she participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[9] He is fluent in Swedish.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Dragons de Rouen FRA 11 0 1 1 6 — — — — —
2003–04 Dragons de Rouen FRA 22 10 10 20 16 4 1 1 2 4
2004–05 Dragons de Rouen FRA 28 4 15 19 20 12 7 5 12 6
2005–06 Dragons de Rouen FRA 26 12 17 29 24 9 2 7 9 6
2006–07 Leksands IF Swe.1 44 8 11 19 24 10 1 0 1 4
2007–08 Leksands IF J20 2 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2007–08 Leksands IF Swe.1 40 14 15 29 12 10 2 3 5 4
2008–09 Leksands IF Swe.1 41 31 18 49 113 10 5 5 10 6
2009–10 Skellefteå AIK SEL 49 9 5 14 16 12 2 7 9 8
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK SEL 53 10 8 18 20 16 1 4 5 0
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK SEL 55 19 17 36 40 15 4 8 12 12
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK SEL 29 6 16 22 47 9 0 1 1 2
2013–14 Skellefteå AIK SHL 52 20 15 35 32 14 9 5 14 6
2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 6 6 12 18 — — — — —
2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74 7 7 14 27 5 0 1 1 15
NHL totals 155 13 13 26 45 5 0 1 1 15
SHL totals 238 64 61 125 155 66 16 25 41 28

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2002 France WJC18-D2 5 6 4 10 4
2003 France WJC18-D1 4 3 1 4 29
2004 France WJC-D1 5 0 0 0 6
2004 France WC 3 0 0 0 2
2005 France WJC-D1 5 5 1 6 18
2005 France OGQ 6 1 2 3 6
2005 France WC-D1 5 1 0 1 0
2007 France WC-D1 5 2 3 5 2
2008 France WC 5 0 0 0 18
2009 France OGQ 3 1 1 2 0
2009 France WC 6 2 1 3 2
2010 France WC 6 1 2 3 4
2011 France WC 6 1 1 2 2
2012 France WC 5 2 4 6 4
2013 France OGQ 3 2 1 3 2
2013 France WC 7 1 3 4 0
2014 France WC 8 3 5 8 6
2016 France WC 7 1 3 4 0
2016 Team Europe WCH 6 1 1 2 4
Junior totals 19 14 6 20 57
Senior totals 81 19 27 46 52

References

  1. ↑ "Flyers sign forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare". Philadelphia Flyers. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Versatile Bellemare low risk addition for Flyers". CSN Philly. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Flyers sign Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a multi-year contract extension". Philadelphia Flyers. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pierre-Edouard Bellemare suspended one game for Orlov hit". Sportsnet.ca.
  5. ↑ "C'Mon Ref: Time for idiocy to end". TSN.
  6. ↑ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
  7. ↑ "Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  8. ↑ "Canada lose World Championship opener..to France". The National. 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  9. ↑ Merk, Martin (2014-06-16). "The Frenchmen are coming". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
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