Position Center Role Ice hockey player Current team Straubing Tigers Name Eric Chouinard Career start 2000 | Playing career Weight 99 kg Shoots Left Height 1.88 m Parents Guy Chouinard | |
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Born July 8, 1980 (age 43)
Atlanta, GA, USA ( 1980-07-08 ) Ligue Magnus team
Former teams Grenoble
Montreal Canadiens
Philadelphia Flyers
Minnesota Wild
Straubing Tigers
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Valerenga Ishockey NHL Draft 16th overall, 1998
Montreal Canadiens Similar People Guy Chouinard, Brendan Brooks, Simon Gagne | ||
Eric chouinard
Eric Guy Chouinard (born July 8, 1980) is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Grenoble in the French Ligue Magnus. He most recently played for Vålerenga Ishockey in the Norwegian GET-ligaen.
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Playing career
Born in Atlanta during his father's days with the Atlanta Flames, but raised in Cap-Rouge, Quebec, Chouinard has played for Team Canada in international competition despite getting offers to play for Team USA. After scoring 296 points in 180 games with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, he became a 1st-round draft choice (16th overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Since then, he has also played for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Minnesota Wild, where he played alongside his cousin, Marc Chouinard, during the 2003–04 season.
In 2006–2007, Chouinard played four games in Switzerland for HC Sierre-Anniviers. He received an offer to play for the Straubing Tigers of the German DEL where he played until January 19, 2009 when he was suspended by the team.
On September 2, 2009 Chouinard signed a contract with the Nurnberg Ice Tigers of the German elite league DEL. On January 15, 2011, he signed a new two-year contract extension with the Ice Tigers that will take him through the 2012–2013 season.
Personal life
Eric is the son of former Atlanta Flames star Guy Chouinard. and the cousin of Marc Chouinard.