Kevin Asselin Explained

Position:Right wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:00
Weight Lb:210
Played For:Texas Wildcatters
Bakersfield Condors
Columbia Inferno
League:ECHL
Birth Date:9 February 1985
Birth Place:Acton Vale, Quebec
Career Start:2006
Career End:2011

Kevin Asselin (born February 9, 1985, in Acton Vale, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey player.

Asselin was drafted by the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in Round 2 (22nd overall) of the 2001 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft. He demonstrated plenty of offensive potential during his junior hockey career, scoring 121 goals between 2001 and 2006, all spent as a member of the Screaming Eagles. In his final junior season, Asselin scored 44 goals and added 44 assists for a total of 88 points in 67 games. Asselin was never drafted by a National Hockey League team.

He split the 2006–07 season between the Texas Wildcatters, Bakersfield Condors, and Columbia Inferno of the ECHL.

Asselin was a member of the Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) for two seasons, scoring a league leading 48 goals in 2007–08. He was named the LNAH's top offensive rookie, as well as the league's most valuable player in recognition of his season.[1] He was claimed by the Thetford Mines Isothermic in a dispersal draft in 2009 after the Chiefs ceased operations.[2]

In February, 2012, the Cape Breton Post named Asselin to the all-time All-Star Team of his former junior club, the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles,[3] saying "the numbers don’t show the heart Asselin played with on the ice".

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2001-02Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL5626869400025
2002-03Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL7128275513130004
2003-04Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL521621374450118
2004-05Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL6631285963514512
2005-06Cape Brenton Screaming EaglesQMJHL6744448892812318
2006-07Texas WildcattersECHL10002
2006-07Bakersfield CondorsECHL41381136
2006-07Columbia InfernoECHL1322410
2007-08St. Hyacinthe Top DesignLNAH5250388864
2008-09St. Hyacinthe ChiefsLNAH186101622
2009-10Saguenay MarquisLNAH3915213642
2010-11Saguenay MarquisLNAH4223153852
2011-12Trois-Rivieres Caron and GuayLNAH4619234234
2012-13Trois-Rivieres Caron and GuayLNAH301081842
2013-14Trois-Rivieres VikingsLNAH3711152635
2014-15Trois-Rivieres BlizzardLNAH31122
QMJHL totals[4] 3121211262473992527967
ECHL totals555101548
LNAH totals267135131266293

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kevin Asselin comblé . Réseau des sports . 2008-05-22 . 2010-01-29 . French.
  2. Web site: Nadeau . Pierre . L'Isothermic choisit Kevin Asselin . Cyberpresse . 2009-06-11 . 2010-01-29 . French.
  3. http://www.capebretonpost.com/Sports/Hockey/2012-02-28/article-2910925/Post-picks-Eagles-15th-anniversary-all-stars/2 Post picks Eagles 15th anniversary all-stars
  4. Web site: April 24, 2022 . Kevin Asselin . April 24, 2022 . hockeydb.com.