Maxime Ouellet

Maxime Ouellet (born June 17, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2006. He also played several years in the American Hockey League, retiring in 2009. Internationally he played for the Canadian national junior team at both the 2000 and 2001 World Junior Championships, winning a bronze medal each year.

Maxime Ouellet
Ouellet with the Hershey Bears in 2005
Born (1981-06-17) June 17, 1981 (age 42)
Beauport, Quebec, Canada
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
PositionGoaltender
CaughtLeft
Played forPhiladelphia Flyers
Washington Capitals
Vancouver Canucks
NHL draft22nd overall, 1999
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career2000–2009

Playing career

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Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Junior Championships
2000 Sweden
2001 Russia

As a youth, Ouellet played in the 1994 and 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Beauport, Quebec City.[1]

Ouellet was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, 22nd overall at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He later was traded with a first, second, and third round draft choice in 2002 NHL Entry Draft to the Washington Capitals for Adam Oates. He holds several records for the former AHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals, the Portland Pirates. On December 2, 2005, the Washington Capitals traded Ouellet to the Canucks in exchange for a fifth round selection in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft (Maxime Lacroix).[citation needed]

After not playing to start the 2006–07 season, in late December 2006, Ouellet was signed by the Portland Pirates to goal tend alongside Dov Grumet-Morris. One week later in January 2007, he left Portland without playing a game and was reportedly trying to sign with a European team. In January 2007, Ouellet signed to a contract with the German hockey club Kassel Huskies.

Ouellet was signed by the New York Islanders to a minor-league contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on July 26, 2007. After failing to make the team, he signed a contract on November 11, 2007, with the Salzburg Red Bulls of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga in Austria.[2]

On January 24, 2008, Ouellet signed a contract with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL.[3] He was traded from the Sea Wolves to the Trenton Devils where he played 5 games with a 3.21 GAA and a 0.877 save percentage.

On October 16, 2008, it was announced that Ouellet had signed with the St. Marie Poutrelles Delta of the LNAH.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPWLTOTLMINGASOGAASV%GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1996–97Sainte-Foy GouverneursQAAA29168014708102.759455553103.37
1997–98Quebec RempartsQMJHL24127111886603.33.8937313051603.15.892
1998–99Quebec RempartsQMJHL5940126344715532.70.90913678034113.06.910
1999–00Quebec RempartsQMJHL5331164298413322.67.91611746382822.63.912
2000–01Rouyn-Noranda HuskiesQMJHL25186114716532.65.9138444902503.06.904
2000–01Philadelphia FlyersNHL201076302.38.889
2000–01Philadelphia PhantomsAHL210086402.78.926
2001–02Philadelphia PhantomsAHL4116138229410412.72.911
2001–02Portland PiratesAHL63303581702.85.923
2002–03Portland PiratesAHL4822167277311172.40.929211120804.00.889
2003–04Washington CapitalsNHL62313651913.12.910
2003–04Portland PiratesAHL52152983050101101.99.930522303801.59.942
2004–05Portland PiratesAHL4015203230511102.89.911
2005–06Hershey BearsAHL100041507.37.737
2005–06Vancouver CanucksNHL40212221203.25.894
2005–06Manitoba MooseAHL169709464602.92.894301127602.85.919
2006–07Kassel HuskiesGER-223.53
2007–08Trenton DevilsECHL53202991603.21.887
2008–09Sainte-Marie Poutrelles DeltaLNAH95.42.870
AHL Totals206818826011853499182.53.91910345502402.61.915
NHL totals1226116633413.08.903

International

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YearTeamEventGPWLTMINGASOGAASV%
2000CanadaWJC63223601101.83
2001CanadaWJC74213981011.51
Junior totals137437582111.66

References

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  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  2. ^ Red Bull Salzburg - Icehockey Archived 2007-06-27 at archive.today
  3. ^ ECHL Transactions Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
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Preceded by Philadelphia Flyers' first round draft pick
1999
Succeeded by