Role Ice hockey player Current team Fuchse Duisburg Name Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre Career start 1997 | Playing career Weight 103 kg Shot Right Height 1.91 m | |
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Swe-1 teamFormer teams Malmo RedhawksNHLBuffalo SabresColumbus Blue JacketsAtlanta ThrashersWashington CapitalsDELDuisburg Die FuchseDEG Metro StarsSwe-1Troja/LjungbyLeksands IFGETStjernen NHL Draft 179th overall, 1995St. Louis Blues | ||
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Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (born February 2, 1977) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.
Contents
- Jean luc grand pierre vs peter bondra capitals vs sabres brawl
- Jean luc grand pierre tko s scott parker
- Career
- Personal life
- References
He was drafted in the seventh round, 179th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. Grand-Pierre is a very smooth and agile skater for a player of his size. He once won the Speed Skating competition of the AHL All-Star Game, beating Martin St. Louis among others.
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Career
After playing four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Grand-Pierre made his professional debut in the American Hockey League with the Rochester Americans during the 1997–98 season, recording ten points and 211 penalty minutes in 75 games. During the 1998–99 season, he made his NHL debut with the Buffalo Sabres, appearing in 16 games.
After once again spending part of the season with the Sabres in 1999–2000, Grand-Pierre was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft. Grand-Pierre spent three full seasons with Columbus before splitting the 2003–04 season between the Blue Jackets, Atlanta Thrashers, and Washington Capitals. In his NHL career, Grand-Pierre appeared in 269 games, scoring seven goals and 13 assists.
Grand-Pierre spent the 2005–06 season with Duisburg Die Füchse of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga before joining the DEG Metro Stars for the 2006–07 season. He then signed with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League for the 2007–08 season, spending the entire season with the Devils' AHL affiliate, the Lowell Devils. In 2008, he returned to Duisburg. On July 20, 2009, it was announced that he had signed a one-year deal with Leksands IF of the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan (Swe-1). He was loaned out to Stjernen of the Norwegian GET-ligaen for 10 matches in the fall of 2009.
Grand-Pierre was rented by the Finnish SM-liiga team TPS prior to the 2010–11 season, for taxation reasons. He played for the team until October 15, 2010.
Grand-Pierre was released from the Leksands IF organization on September 1, 2011. Subsequently, he signed a one-year contract with the Swe-1 team Malmö Redhawks on October 4, 2011.
Personal life
Grand-Pierre, of Haitian descent, is a cousin of Georges Laraque and QMJHL-player Jules-Edy Laraque. He is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Ohio, and currently works for HER Real Living and The Raines Group. He is also currently an associate head coach for the New Albany High School hockey team in New Albany, Ohio.
Jean Luc Grand-Pierre joined Top Shelf Hockey Club (CAHL) as a goalie in 2017. Grand-Pierre led Top Shelf to a championship in Winter 2017.