Maxime Gingras

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Maxime Gingras
 
 
Home Town Lorretteville, Québec
06-07 Team Trois-Rivières Caron & Guay
05-06 Team Trois-Rivières Caron & Guay
Numbers Worn 1, 30, 31, 35
Height 5'6"
Weight 160 lbs
Nicknames Max, Magic

Maxime Gingras (born April 22, 1978 in Lorretteville, PQ) is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Trois-Rivières Caron & Guay of the LNAH. He is a goalie.

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[edit] Playing Career

Max played for Laval Titan College Francais of the QMJHL from the 95-96 season to the 97-98 season going for an overall record of 40-49-5 playing an additional 16 games in the playoff his final season. In his rookie professional season, 98-99, Max started off with the Richmond Renegades of the ECHL. With the Renegades, he was 30-13-6 through 50 games played and had a 2.26 GAA and a .924 SV% he also palyed in 18 playoff games. That season he also played in a game for the Orlando Solar Bears of the IHL. In that game he played 18 minutes allowing 3 goals and making 3 saves. In the 99-00 campaign, Max was again a member of the Renegades to start the year, but he ended up only playing 7 games going 5-1-1 with a 2.22 GAA and a .920 SV% but this season he was only in 3 playoff games. He also spent time with the Providence Bruins of the AHL playing in 15 games and posting a 3-9-1 record with a GAA or 3.08 and a SV% of .911. In the same year, he played one game with the Houston Aeros of the IHL. He played 59 minutes allwoing 2 goals and picking up the loss with a .889 SV%.

The 00-01 season saw Max with the Renegades yet again. He would star the season with the team before being traded to the Mobile Mysticks. His stats with Richmond consisted of a 11-5-3 record with a 3.25 GAA and a .892 SV%. With Mobile, he posted a 12-4-1 record while managing a 2.32 GAA and a .921 SV%. He also spent some time in the AHL with the Louisville Panthers where he played in 9 games and had a 2-3-0 record posting a 3.55 GAA and a .894 SV%. 01-02 was his first season with the Pensacola Ice Pilots. He played in 49 games going 24-17-6 with a 3.05 GAA and a .918 SV%. He also played in 3 playoff games that season. The next season in 02-03, Max was 23-24-9 playing in 57 games and he had a 3.00 GAA with a .913 SV% and playing in 4 playoff games.

In 03-04, Max went to a new league but back to a familiar city, Richmond, to join the Richmond RiverDogs of the UHL. He played 57 games in his only season with the team going 34-15-5 with a GAA of 2.97 and a SV% of .900 and playing in 4 playoff games. During the off season, he was traded to the expansion Kansas City Outlaws before the team was even officially announced. As an Outlaw, Max went 19-28-5 posting a GAA of 3.18 with a .910 SV%.

In his first season in the LNAH with Trois-Rivières Caron & Guay, Max played in 36 games with a 20-10-0 record and a 2.82 GAA with a .920 SV%. The 06-07 season is still in procees, but so far he has played in 33 games for a record of 13-13-1, a 4.27 GAA, and a .894 SV%. [1]

[edit] Awards and Accolades

  • 1998-1999 ECHL Rookie of the Year
  • 1998-1999 ECHL Goalie of the Year
    • He was the first goalie to to win both of these awards
  • Multiple "Player of the Week" and "Goalie of the Week" awards in multiple leagues
  • Tied for first in the ECHL for the record of Shutouts in a season with 7 in 98-99[2]
  • Holds the ECHL record for shutouts in one playoff year with 5 in 1999[3]
  • Holds the ECHL record for shutouts in one playoff series with 2 in 1999 vs Mississippi[3]


[edit] External Links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Maxime Gingras' LNAH stats
  2. ^ PDF showing ECHL Individual Regular Season Records
  3. ^ a b PDF showing ECHL Individual Playoff Records