Michel Périard Explained

Michel Periard
Team:Free Agent
League:DEL
Former Teams:Louisville Panthers
San Antonio Rampage
Portland Pirates
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Frankfurt Lions
Adler Mannheim
ERC Ingolstadt
Iserlohn Roosters
Position:Defenceman
Birth Date:1979 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:185
Shoots:Left
Draft:188th overall
Draft Year:1998
Draft Team:Ottawa Senators
Career Start:2000

Michel Périard (born November 10, 1979) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent who last played for the Jonquière Marquis in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH).

Périard played for several minor-league teams across four leagues before moving to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 2005 where he remained until 2017. He holds a German passport since October 2015.[1]

Playing career

Périard played junior hockey with Shawinigan Cataractes from 1997 until 1999, when he was traded to the Rimouski Oceanic to play with the club in the run to the Memorial Cup.

Périard was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the seventh round (188th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, but did not sign with the club in the two years after the draft. He became a free agent and signed with the Florida Panthers in August 2000. Périard was assigned to the Rockford Ice Hogs for the 2000–01 season. Périard would play the next four seasons with various American minor league teams.

In 2005, Périard moved to Europe, signing with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has played since then in the DEL. In 2009, he transferred to Frankfurt Lions. He played the 2010–11 season with the Adler Mannheim of the DEL.[2] [3]

Upon completion of the 2012–13 season, Périard agreed to return for his third year with Ingolstadt in signing a one-year contract extension on April 30, 2013.[4]

On September 7, 2015, Périard belatedly signed a contract to remain in Germany, agreeing to a one-year contract with the Iserlohn Roosters.[5] In February 2016, it was announced that Périard has signed a contract extension with the Roosters that will keep him at the club through the 2016–17 season.[6] After the 2016–17 season with the Roosters, in which he posted 15 assists, as Iserlohn finished out of playoff contention, it was announced that Périard's contract would not be renewed.[7]

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1996–97Collège Charles-LemoyneQMAAA40815231572027
1997–98Shawinigan CataractesQMJHL6814304464500018
1998–99Shawinigan CataractesQMJHL641440549061234
1999–2000Rimouski OcéanicQMJHL70257510058145172216
2000–01Port Huron Border CatsUHL2318930
2000–01Rockford IceHogsUHL313141720
2000–01Louisville PanthersAHL70110
2001–02Macon WhoopeeECHL724192326
2002–03Laredo BucksCHL501835532693584
2002–03San Antonio RampageAHL103586
2003–04San Antonio RampageAHL779233230
2004–05Portland PiratesAHL52221238
2005–06Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL51512174841128
2006–07Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL5162430821314518
2007–08Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL56819275251018
2008–09Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL491122333651126
2009–10Frankfurt LionsDEL56926353240112
2010–11Adler MannheimDEL5029114960220
2011–12ERC IngolstadtDEL48920292290664
2012–13ERC IngolstadtDEL49714211462352
2013–14ERC IngolstadtDEL4952227161929116
2014–15ERC IngolstadtDEL454151926122352
2015–16Iserlohn RoostersDEL44113142060000
2016–17Iserlohn RoostersDEL420151510
2017–18Jonquière MarquisLNAH5033240222
AHL totals14614506444
DEL totals590672112784078910304056

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iserlohns Kahle fehlt monatelang . "Sport1" . 2015-10-29 . 2016-02-01.
  2. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=13641 Eliteprospects.com - Michel Périard
  3. Web site: http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?d<!--[-->nr<!---->=2452 Adler commit to Michel Periard ]. Adler Mannheim . German . 2010-07-09 . 2011-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723140552/http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?dnr=2452 . 2011-07-23 . dead .
  4. Web site: Periard remains a Panther . German . . 2013-04-30 . 2013-04-30 . dead . https://archive.today/20130630221833/http://www.erc-ingolstadt.de/html/index.php?nav=news&id=1966 . 2013-06-30 .
  5. Web site: Michel Periard replaces Mike Little . . 2015-09-07 . 2015-09-07 . German .
  6. Web site: Iserlohn Roosters. 2016-02-20.
  7. Web site: Roosters make initial personnel decisions. . 2017-03-03 . 2017-03-03 . German .