| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Played For: | San Jose Sharks |
| Birth Date: | May 28, 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada |
| Draft: | 75th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1989 |
| Draft Team: | Minnesota North Stars |
| Career Start: | 1989 |
| Career End: | 2003 |
Jean-François Quintin (born May 28, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Quintin played for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League between 1991 and 1993 and several minor league teams during his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2003.
Quintin was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.[1]
Quintin was drafted in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, fourth round, 75th overall, by the Minnesota North Stars. His NHL career was brief, playing for the San Jose Sharks in only eight games in 1991–92 and 14 more in 1992–93. In those 22 games, he scored 5 goals and added 5 assists for 10 points.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1984–85 | Richelieu Riverains | QMAAA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Richelieu Riverains | QMAAA | 38 | 34 | 46 | 80 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 1986–87 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 42 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1987–88 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 70 | 28 | 70 | 98 | 143 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||
| 1988–89 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 69 | 52 | 100 | 152 | 105 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 16 | ||
| 1989–90 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 68 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||
| 1990–91 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 78 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 1991–92 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 21 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 29 | ||
| 1992–93 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 64 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 169 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1993–94 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 41 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 63 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 130 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 57 | ||
| 1995–96 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 77 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 158 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 1996–97 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 79 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 126 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 34 | ||
| 1998–99 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | SLO | 19 | 14 | 16 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Star Bulls Rosenheim | DEL | 55 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 197 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Moskitos Essen | DEL | 54 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 217 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | DEG Metro Stars | DEL | 47 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | ||
| IHL totals | 512 | 163 | 227 | 390 | 880 | 80 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 183 | ||||
| NHL totals | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||