Guillaume Gelinas | |
Played For: | Iowa Wild HC ’05 Banská Bystrica Belfast Giants |
Position: | Defence |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 203 |
Shoots: | Left |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1993 |
Birth Place: | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
Draft: | Undrafted |
Career Start: | 2014 |
Career End: | 2019 |
Guillaume Gélinas (born June 14, 1993) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) side Belfast Giants in Northern Ireland.
Gelinas played junior hockey for the Val-d'Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from the 2009–10 season. He received the Emile Bouchard Trophy as the league's best defenceman during the 2013–14 QMJHL season[1] but was not selected in the NHL draft.
On July 1, 2014, Gelinas signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild.[2]
At the conclusion of his entry-level deal with the Wild, after primarily spending the final 2016–17 season with secondary ECHL affiliate, the Quad City Mallards, Gelinas was not to be tendered a new contract with the Wild. As a free agent, Gelinas signed a one-year deal with Slovakian club, HC ’05 Banská Bystrica, on May 18, 2017.[3]