Pierre-Édouard Bellemare

Pierre-Édouard Bellemare
France vs. Belarus – 1 May 2017 11.jpg
Born (1985-03-06) 6 March 1985
Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Vegas Golden Knights
Dragons de Rouen
Leksands IF
Skellefteå AIK
Philadelphia Flyers
National team  France
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2002–present

Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (born 6 March 1985) is a French professional ice hockey right winger for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]

Playing career

Bellemare previously played for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), where he won the Swedish Championship twice in 2013 and 2014.

On 11 June 2014, the Philadelphia Flyers signed Bellemare to a one-year contract.[2] He scored his first NHL goal later that year, on 22 October, against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Later in his rookie season of 2014–15, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club on 2 March 2015.[3] Bellemare was awarded the "A" (alternate captain) on 2 March 2017 a day after signing an additional two-year contract extension with the Flyers.[4]

On June 21, 2017, having been unprotected by the Flyers at the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, Bellemare was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights.[5]

International play

Bellemare participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the French national team.[6] He was also named to the French roster for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.[7] In the nation's opening group game on 9 May 2014, Bellemare scored the game-winning shootout goal to give France a 3–2 victory over Canada, France's second-ever victory over the Canadians in 83 years.[8]

In the 2017 IIHF World Championship, Bellmare was set to receive the Player of the Game award, scoring a goal and an assist in France's 5-1 win over Finland. In an act of pure selflessness and respect, he waived acceptance of the award, urging it deserved to go to the French Team goalie, Florian Hardy, who had 42 saves.[9]

Personal life

Bellemare's father was born on the French overseas Caribbean island of Martinique. His sister, Rose-Eliandre Bellemare, is an artistic gymnast; she participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[10] He is fluent in Swedish.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Dragons de Rouen FRA 11 0 1 1 6 — — — — —
2003–04 Dragons de Rouen FRA 22 10 10 20 16 4 1 1 2 4
2004–05 Dragons de Rouen FRA 28 4 15 19 20 12 7 5 12 6
2005–06 Dragons de Rouen FRA 26 12 17 29 24 9 2 7 9 6
2006–07 Leksands IF Allsv 44 8 11 19 24 10 1 0 1 4
2007–08 Leksands IF J20 2 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2007–08 Leksands IF Allsv 40 14 15 29 12 10 2 3 5 4
2008–09 Leksands IF Allsv 41 31 18 49 113 10 5 5 10 6
2009–10 Skellefteå AIK SEL 49 9 5 14 16 12 2 7 9 8
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK SEL 53 10 8 18 20 16 1 4 5 0
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK SEL 55 19 17 36 40 15 4 8 12 12
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK SEL 29 6 16 22 47 9 0 1 1 2
2013–14 Skellefteå AIK SHL 52 20 15 35 32 14 9 5 14 6
2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 6 6 12 18 — — — — —
2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74 7 7 14 27 5 0 1 1 15
2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 4 4 8 20 — — — — —
NHL totals 237 17 17 34 65 5 0 1 1 15
SHL totals 238 64 61 125 155 66 16 25 41 28

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2002 France WJC18-D2 5 6 4 10 4
2003 France WJC18-D1 4 3 1 4 29
2004 France WJC-D1 5 0 0 0 6
2004 France WC 3 0 0 0 2
2005 France WJC-D1 5 5 1 6 18
2005 France OGQ 6 1 2 3 6
2005 France WC-D1 5 1 0 1 0
2007 France WC-D1 5 2 3 5 2
2008 France WC 5 0 0 0 18
2009 France OGQ 3 1 1 2 0
2009 France WC 6 2 1 3 2
2010 France WC 6 1 2 3 4
2011 France WC 6 1 1 2 2
2012 France WC 5 2 4 6 4
2013 France OGQ 3 2 1 3 2
2013 France WC 7 1 3 4 0
2014 France WC 8 3 5 8 6
2016 France WC 7 1 3 4 0
2016 France OGQ 3 0 1 1 2
2016 Team Europe WCH 6 1 1 2 4
2017 France WC 7 2 2 4 4
Junior totals 19 14 6 20 57
Senior totals 91 21 30 51 58

References

  1. ↑ "Golden Knights take Pierre-Edouard Bellemare from Flyers in NHL Expansion Draft: report". SB Nation. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Versatile Bellemare low risk addition for Flyers". CSN Philly. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Flyers sign Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a multi-year contract extension". Philadelphia Flyers. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Flyers extend with Bellemare and Neuvirth". Philadelphia Flyers. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  5. ↑ "Flyers' Bellemare goes to Vegas in expansion draft". Philly.com. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  6. ↑ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
  7. ↑ "Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  8. ↑ "Canada lose World Championship opener..to France". The National. 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  9. ↑ "Flyers' Pierre-Edouard Bellemare helps France win, then shows his selflessness". Philly.com. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  10. ↑ Merk, Martin (2014-06-16). "The Frenchmen are coming". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
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