Position Centre NHL team Tampa Bay Lightning Name Cedric Paquette Height 1.85 m Career start 2013 | Shoots Left Playing career Role Ice hockey player Weight 90 kg Salary 575,000 USD (2015) | |
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Born August 13, 1993 (age 31)
Gaspe, QC, CAN ( 1993-08-13 ) NHL Draft 101st overall, 2012
Tampa Bay Lightning Current team Tampa Bay Lightning (#13 / Centerman) Similar People Vladislav Namestnikov, Jason Garrison, Jon Cooper, Tim Taylor, John Tortorella Profiles | ||
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Cedric Paquette (born August 13, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Paquette was selected by the Lightning in the fourth round, 101st overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
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- Junior
- Professional
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Golden Knights’ Ryan Carpenter Left Woozy After Hard Hit By Cedric Paquette
Junior
Paquette played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with Montreal Juniors and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, scoring 58 goals and 73 assists for 131 points, with 193 penalty minutes, in 130 games played.
Professional
On May 3, 2013, the Tampa Bay Lightning signed Paquette to a three-year, entry-level professional contract, assigning him to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, to start the 2013–14 season. On April 11, 2014, after posting 20 goals and 22 assists, with 153 penalty minutes, in 70 games played with the Crunch, the Lighting recalled Paquette.
On November 4, 2014, during the 2014–15 season the Lightning recalled Paquette from Syracuse, his second recall of the season after having previously appeared in four games with the team. Two nights later, on November 6, Paquette scored his first two NHL goals in Tampa Bay's victory over the Calgary Flames, 5–2. On January 29, 2015, Paquette scored his first career NHL hat-trick in a 5–1 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings. On April 27, he scored his first career Stanley Cup playoff goal in a 5–2 Lightning win over the Red Wings in the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals.