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).

Michel Periard
Born (1979-11-10) November 10, 1979 (age 45)
Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams
Free Agent
Louisville Panthers
San Antonio Rampage
Portland Pirates
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Frankfurt Lions
Adler Mannheim
ERC Ingolstadt
Iserlohn Roosters
NHL draft 188th overall, 1998
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2000–present

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

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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

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Collège Charles-Lemoyne QMAAA 40 8 15 23 15 7 20 27
1997–98 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 68 14 30 44 64 5 0 0 0 18
1998–99 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 64 14 40 54 90 6 1 2 3 4
1999–2000 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 70 25 75 100 58 14 5 17 22 16
2000–01 Port Huron Border Cats UHL 23 1 8 9 30
2000–01 Rockford IceHogs UHL 31 3 14 17 20
2000–01 Louisville Panthers AHL 7 0 1 1 0
2001–02 Macon Whoopee ECHL 72 4 19 23 26
2002–03 Laredo Bucks CHL 50 18 35 53 26 9 3 5 8 4
2002–03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 10 3 5 8 6
2003–04 San Antonio Rampage AHL 77 9 23 32 30
2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 52 2 21 23 8
2005–06 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 51 5 12 17 48 4 1 1 2 8
2006–07 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 51 6 24 30 82 13 1 4 5 18
2007–08 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 56 8 19 27 52 5 1 0 1 8
2008–09 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 49 11 22 33 36 5 1 1 2 6
2009–10 Frankfurt Lions DEL 56 9 26 35 32 4 0 1 1 2
2010–11 Adler Mannheim DEL 50 2 9 11 49 6 0 2 2 0
2011–12 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 48 9 20 29 22 9 0 6 6 4
2012–13 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 49 7 14 21 14 6 2 3 5 2
2013–14 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 49 5 22 27 16 19 2 9 11 6
2014–15 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 45 4 15 19 26 12 2 3 5 2
2015–16 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 44 1 13 14 20 6 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 42 0 15 15 10
2017–18 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 5 0 3 3 2 4 0 2 2 2
AHL totals 146 14 50 64 44
DEL totals 590 67 211 278 407 89 10 30 40 56

Awards and honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Iserlohns Kahle fehlt monatelang". "Sport1". 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  2. ^ Eliteprospects.com - Michel Périard
  3. ^ "Adler commit to Michel Periard". Adler Mannheim (in German). 2010-07-09. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. ^ "Periard remains a Panther". ERC Ingolstadt (in German). 2013-04-30. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  5. ^ "Michel Periard replaces Mike Little". Iserlohn Roosters (in German). 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-09-07.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Iserlohn Roosters". Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. ^ "Roosters make initial personnel decisions". Iserlohn Roosters (in German). 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
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