Jonathan Marchessault

Jonathan Marchessault
Born December 27, 1990
Cap-Rouge, QC, CAN
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 163 lb (74 kg; 11 st 9 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams 		Tampa Bay Lightning
Columbus Blue Jackets
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present

Jonathan Audy-Marchessault (born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL) whilst under contract to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Junior

Jonathan played his entire junior hockey career with the Quebec Remparts in the QMJHL. Audy-Marchessault joined Quebec as a 16 year old for the 2007-08 season after being drafted by them in the 12th round.[1]

In 2009-10, Audy-Marchessault won the Gaétan Duchesne Trophy as Quebec's best defensive player.[2] Audy-Marchessault was named player of the week in both the QMJHL and CHL for the week ending December 13, 2010.[3]

As Quebec's assistant captain[4] in his final junior hockey season Audy-Marchessault finished 6th in the QMJHL in scoring during the regular season.[5] He led the league in game-winning goals for that season with 11.[6] In the 2011 playoffs, he led the league in scoring even though Quebec was eliminated in the semi-finals.[7][8][9] He became the first player to lead the QMJHL in playoff scoring despite not playing in the final round.[1][10]

Audy-Marchessault was named the QMJHL top star of the week for the week ending September 19, 2010.[11] He was also named CHL player of the week for the week ending April 3, 2011 during the playoffs.[12][13] At the end of the season, Audy-Marchessault was awarded the Bud Light Cup as Quebec's player of the year.[14] He was named a QMJHL First Team All-Star.[9][15][16][17]

Professional

Jonathan Marchessault during the warmup to the Boston Bruins at Tampa Bay Lightning game 11 April 2015

On June 23, 2011, he signed his first professional contract with the New York Rangers' AHL affiliate, the Connecticut Whale, on a recommendation by Dean Stork, coach of the ECHL Greenville Road Warriors.[18][19][20][21] Former Rempart teammates Ryan Bourque and Kelsey Tessier are also in the Rangers organization.[15][18][19] Audy-Marchessault began his professional career in 2011-12 with the Connecticut Whale.[4][20][21][22]

In his second professional game with the Whale on October 9, 2011, Audy-Marchessault scored the game winner in a shootout in a game against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.[23] He scored his first official professional goal on October 22, 2011 in a game against the Springfield Falcons.[24] In his first professional season, he tied for the Whale team lead with 64 points, leading the team with 40 assists and adding 24 goals.[25]

After the 2011–12 season, Audy-Marchessault signed a three year entry level contract as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets.[26]

Beginning with the 2013–14 season, Audy-Marchessault dropped 'Audy' from his last name. In his second season with Columbus, at the trade deadline on March 5, 2014, he was traded by the Blue Jackets, along with Dalton Smith, to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Dana Tyrell and Matt Taormina.[27] On April 11, 2015, the Tampa Bay Lightning recalled Marchessault from the Syracuse Crunch to replace an ill Jonathan Drouin in the final game of the season. Marchessault has played in 64 games with Syracuse this season, leading the Crunch with 41 assists and 54 points. He is second on the team in goals with 23, and his six power-play goals are tied for second.[28] On April 11, 2015, Marchessault recorded his first NHL goal and point in a Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 shootout victory over the visiting Boston Bruins. Marchessault was also named the games first start by the attending media.[29] On April 12, 2015, the Lightning reassigned Marchessault to the Syracuse Crunch to join them for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs.[30]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 5610102018 111016
2008–09 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 62 18 35 53 75 14 2 4 6 10
2009–10 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 6830417154 93111414
2010–11 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 68 40 55 95 41 18 11 22 33 12
2011–12 Connecticut Whale AHL 7624406450 940426
2012–13 Springfield Falcons AHL 74 21 46 67 65 8 0 3 3 8
2012–13 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2013–14 Springfield Falcons AHL 56 14 27 41 51 — — — — —
2013–14 Syracuse Crunch AHL 21 9 6 15 8 — — — — —
2014–15 Syracuse Crunch AHL 68 24 43 67 38 3 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — —

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jonathan Audy-Marchessault's official website". Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Alex Wall, recipient of the Gaétan-Duchesne Trophy". Quebec Remparts. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  3. ↑ "Audy-Marchessault, QMJHL and CHL player week". Quebec Remparts. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Audy-Marchessault avec l'organisation des Rangers". 98.5 FM. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  5. ↑ "2010-11 QMJHL scoring leaders". QMJHL. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  6. ↑ "2010-11 QMJHL game-winning goal leaders". QMJHL. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  7. ↑ "2010-11 QMJHL playoff scoring leaders". QMJHL. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  8. ↑ "Congratulations to Jon Audy-Marchessault". Quebec Remparts. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Jonathan Audy-Marchessault". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  10. ↑ Sager, N. (May 16, 2011). "Sunday's 3 Stars: Maidens, Huberdeau clutch in clinchers". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  11. ↑ "Audy-Marchessault, Laporte and Andrews named TELUS three stars of the week". QMJHL. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  12. ↑ "Audy-Marchessault Named CHL Player of the Week". Hockey's Future. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  13. ↑ "Remparts’ Audy-Marchessault Named CHL Player of the Week". QMJHL. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  14. ↑ "Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, player of the year". Quebec Remparts. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Jonathan Audy-Marchessault". The American Hockey League. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Whale's Audy-Marchessault Making Big Impression". SportsPageMagazine.com. September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Chronicle Herald, April 7, 2011
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Caisse, P. (June 23, 2011). "Audy-Marchessault avec les Rangers". canoe.ca. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Johnston, K. (June 23, 2011). "Un premier contrat professionnel pour Jonathan Audy-Marchessault". LeSoleil. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Fortin, D. (June 23, 2011). "Jonathan Audy-Marchessault s’entend avec les Rangers de New York". Québec Hebdo. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Whale's Audy-Marchessault Making Big Impression". sportspagemagazine.com. September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  22. ↑ "Whale Announce Opening Roster". Whalers Sports & Entertainment. October 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  23. ↑ "Johnson Carries Whale to First Win". Whalers Sports & Entertainment. October 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  24. ↑ Ring, B. (October 22, 2011). "Zuccarello's Late Goal Gives Whale Comeback Win". Whalers Sports & Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  25. ↑ "Connecticut Whale 2011-12 Individual Stats". Connecticut Whale. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  26. ↑ "Columbus signs Audy-Marchessault". American Hockey League. July 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  27. ↑ "Lightning shake up Crunch with trades of Tyrell, Taormina". Syracuse.com. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  28. ↑ Tampa Bay, Lightning (April 11, 2015). "Lightning Recall Johnathan Marchessault". Tampa Bay Lightning News. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  29. ↑ Long, Corey (April 12, 2015). "Bruins miss playoffs, fall to Lightning in shootout". NHL.com. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  30. ↑ Smith, Joe (April 12, 2015). "Lightning enters playoffs 'ready to make noise'". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015.

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