David Morisset (ice hockey) explained

David Morisset
Played For:Florida Panthers
Position:Right Wing
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:191
Shoots:Right
Birth Date:6 April 1981
Birth Place:Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Draft Team:St. Louis Blues
Draft:65th overall
Draft Year:2000
Career Start:2001
Career End:2005

David Morisset (born April 6, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played briefly in the National Hockey League for the Florida Panthers.

Playing career

As a youth, Morriset played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Langley, British Columbia.[1]

Morriset was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round, 65th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Morisset played major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League for the Seattle Thunderbirds when his NHL rights were traded by the Blues to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Scott Mellanby.[2] Morriset made his professional debut in the 2001–02 season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League before he was recalled to the Panthers to make his NHL debut and feature in four games. Morisset retired from professional hockey after an attempted return from injury with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL in 2005.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1997–98Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL5862810451016
1998–99Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL17404311111222
1999–2000Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL6023345769734712
2000–01Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL6132366895942612
2001–02Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL6291019461901113
2001–02Florida PanthersNHL40005
2002–03San Antonio RampageAHL3033613
2004–05Idaho SteelheadsECHL307101727
AHL totals92121325591901113
NHL totals40005

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
1998CanadaU1834156
2001CanadaWJC701118
Junior totals 1042624

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-02-10. March 6, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Blues carry the day at NHL trade deadline . . 2001-02-09 . 2001-02-09.