Steve Ott
Born	(1982-08-19) August 19, 1982 (age 29) Summerside, PEI, CAN
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
NHL team	Dallas Stars
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	25th overall, 2000 Dallas Stars
Playing career	2002–present

Steve Ott (born August 19, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, an alternate captain of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career[link]

Born in Summerside, PEI, Ott's family moved to the village of Stoney Point, Ontario in the Windsor area. Ott played his minor hockey with the Sun County Panthers of the OMHA in the mid-1990s before signing for the 1998-99 season with the Leamington Flyers Jr.B. club (WOJHL).

After a solid Jr.B. season, Ott was selected in the 2nd round (41st overall) of the 1998 OHL Priority Selection by the Windsor Spifires.

Ott was a first round draft pick of the Dallas Stars, 25th overall at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He played junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Windsor Spitfires and had a brief spell with the Utah Grizzlies of the American Hockey League (AHL) before joining the Stars NHL roster. Ott played for the Leamington Flyers of the Junior B Hockey League in Ontario before being drafted by the Windsor Spitfires.

Ott represented Canada at the 2001 World Junior Hockey Championship, helping the team win the bronze medal. As part of his pestiness, Ott learned and memorized offensive phrases in other languages to strategically annoy his opponents on the ice in a language they could understand.^[1] During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Ott played for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL where he set a team record for penalty minutes in a season, earning 279.

In the 2007–08 season, Ott was suspended by the NHL for three games for a hit to the head of Jordan Leopold of the Colorado Avalanche during a game on March 9, 2008.^[2] Ott also played in 18 playoff games for the Stars on their run to the Western Conference finals.

Ott was suspended one game by the NHL on March 1, 2009 for an incident during a game on February 28, 2009 against the Anaheim Ducks, where he received a match penalty for eye gouging Travis Moen. Ott claimed the eye gouge was accidental.^[3]

On March 31, 2010, Ott scored his first NHL career hat trick at home against the San Jose Sharks. ^[4]

Personal life[link]

Steve has a daughter, Layna Grace, born May 9, 2007.^[5] Steve has also raced stock outboard boats in the American Power Boat Association and the Canadian Boating Federation. His racing career predated his hockey career and occurred while he was a resident of the Windsor area.

Awards and achievements[link]

• 2000–01 OHL Third All-Star Team
• 2000–01 CHL Second All-Star Team
• 2001–02 OHL Second All-Star Team

Career statistics[link]

Personal[link]

Before beginning his professional hockey career, Ott raced kneeldown outboard hydroplanes and runabouts in the American Power Boat Association (APBA). His father is the current world champion and a past national champion in the Outboard Performance Craft - SST 45 class. He pit crews for his father during his off-season in the summer.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Steve Ott's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Francis Bouillon
Bouillon playing for the Nashville Predators in 2010
Born	(1975-10-17) October 17, 1975 (age 36) New York, NY, USA
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Defense
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Nashville Predators Montreal Canadiens
National team	United States
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1996–present

Francis Bouillon (born October 17, 1975) is an American professional hockey defenseman for the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League. Nicknames in English for Francis include "Cube" or "Soupy" (as a reference to bouillon cubes), "Frank the Tank", and "Franky B". In French, people call him "le petit guerrier" which means "the little warrior", due to his physical intensity and his small stature.^[1]

Early life[link]

Bouillon was born in New York City to a French-Canadian mother and a Haitian father. Bouillon moved to Quebec with his mother when he was only 3 years old. He played Junior hockey in the Quebec Junior Hockey League with the Laval Titans and the Granby Predateurs.

Playing career[link]

Francis made his professional debut the 1996-97 season in the ECHL with the Wheeling Nailers and played the following season in the IHL with the Quebec Rafales before he was signed as a free agent to an NHL contract by the Montreal Canadiens in 1998.

He played the next 11 seasons, the majority of his career (except for a short stint with the Predators in 2002–03 within the Canadiens organization. At 5'8" and 201 lbs,^[1] Bouillon is considered small for an NHL defencemen but is never one to shy away from physical play. According to Pierre Houde, he is one of the strongest players in the NHL, according to official physical tests.

On September 30, 2009, just prior to the 2009–10 season, Bouillon was signed to a one-year contract as a late inclusion to the Nashville Predators after joining the team on a try-out for training camp.^[2] In returning to the Predators after an initial four game stint in 2002, Bouillon established himself within the Predators defense as a stay-at-home d-man to appear in 81 games, missing only a single game, for 3 goals and 11 points. On June 18, 2010, he signed a two-year extension to remain with the Predators.^[3]

Personal life[link]

Francis is married to Ginette and has 2 sons; Michael and Anthony.^[4] Bouillon resides in Nashville with his family. He retains his US citizenship.

Career statistics[link]

Regular season and playoffs[link]

International[link]

See also[link]

• List of Black ice hockey players

References[link]

External links[link]

• Francis Bouillon's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Claude Giroux
Born	(1988-01-12) January 12, 1988 (age 24) Hearst, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position	Center / Right Wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Philadelphia Flyers
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	22nd overall, 2006 Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career	2007–present
Website	claudegiroux28.com

Claude Giroux (French pronunciation: [klod ʒiʁu]; born January 12, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center and alternate captain of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Giroux was the Flyers' first round draft selection in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, selected 22nd overall. Prior to playing in the NHL, Giroux played his major junior career with the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), where he helped win a 2008 President's Cup and earned the Guy Lafleur Trophy as the 2008 playoff MVP. Internationally, he won a gold medal with Team Canada in the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Giroux made his debut with the Flyers in February 2008 and joined the roster full-time midway through the 2008-2009 season.^[1][2] In 2011, after the blockbuster trades of Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, Giroux took over the role of the club's first line center. Giroux was the club's top point-scorer in both the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons. In 2012, Giroux finished third in the league in point-scoring.^[3]

Playing career[link]

Minor hockey[link]

Giroux grew up playing hockey in his hometown of Hearst, Ontario, and played Bantam A for the Hearst Lumber Kings (NOHA) in the 2001–02 season. He and his family moved to Orléans, Ontario in the summer of 2002.^[4] In Orléans, Giroux played Major Bantam AA and Minor Midget AA for the Cumberland Barons, and was the club's leading scorer in the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons.^[4] Eligible for the 2004 OHL draft, Giroux entered but was undrafted.^[5] In the 2004-2005 season, Giroux played for the Cumberland Grads. Despite missing most of the season after contracting mononucleosis, Giroux scored 40 points in 48 games and was named CJHL's Rookie of the Year.^[4] However, Giroux went undrafted once again at the 2005 OHL Draft.^[4]

Junior career[link]

Giroux playing for Gatineau in 2007.

A free agent, Giroux was invited to Gatineau Olympiques training camp for a walk-on tryout.^[4] He was signed shortly after. During his rookie season with the Olympiques, Giroux scored 39 goals for a total of 103 points in 69 games and was named QMJHL's Rookie of the Year.^[4] He entered the 2006 NHL Entry Draft and was selected 22nd overall by the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers signed Giroux to an entry level contract on July 23, 2007.^[6]

Giroux made his NHL debut when the Flyers visited the Ottawa Senators on February 19, 2008, recording no points and being the team's first shooter in the shootout.^[1] Sent back down to the Olympiques, he helped the club win the QMJHL Playoffs and earned himself the Guy Lafleur Trophy as MVP in the QMJHL Playoffs by scoring 17 goals and 34 assists in 19 playoff games, also setting a franchise record.^[7]

Professional career[link]

2008-2009[link]

After a disappointing training camp for the Flyers at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, he was assigned to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms. However, after getting used to professional hockey, things turned around quickly. He was named Rookie of the Month for December for his 8 goals and 6 assists in 8 games played. He was called up to the Flyers after the Christmas break and remained there throughout the rest of the season.^[2] On December 31, he recorded his first NHL point by assisting on a Jeff Carter goal in a win over the Vancouver Canucks. He suffered a mild concussion during the next game when Corey Perry of the Anaheim Ducks elbowed him in the head. Giroux finished the game but missed the next five; Perry was suspended for four games.

On January 27, 2009, Giroux scored his first NHL goal against goaltender Tomáš Vokoun and the Florida Panthers in a 3–2 loss. His first playoff goal came in a 6–3 win in game three of the 2009 Eastern Conference quarter-finals against Marc-André Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The same game also saw him setting up a short-handed goal when he stole the puck in the corner of the Penguins zone and outworked their backcheck, skating past the back of their net twice protecting the puck while looking for incoming support in the form of Simon Gagné. Giroux ended the 2008-2009 season with 9 goals and 27 points in 42 games played.^[2]

2009-2010[link]

The Flyers were an inconsistent team for the bulk of the 2009–10 season, which affected all of their players. Giroux spent a large amount of time centering James van Riemsdyk, the highly touted rookie winger that the Flyers had drafted No. 2 overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. However, the Flyers' fortunes soon turned dramatically: they qualified for the playoffs on Giroux's game-winner in a shootout against the New York Rangers. Giroux was a major point producer in a first round of the playoffs, dismantling the second seeded New Jersey Devils. The Flyers made an historic comeback from 3 games to 0 down against the Boston Bruins to win the next four and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they dominated the Montreal Canadiens. Giroux scored the winning goal in overtime against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, but despite his continued production, the Flyers eventually lost in overtime in Game 6 of the finals. Giroux ended the post-season with 21 playoff points, cementing his reputation as an outstanding young talent.

2010-2011[link]

A month into the 2010–11 season, the Flyers signed Giroux to a three-year, $11.25 million contract extension. The contract, which was signed on November 8, 2010, will account for a $3.75 million cap hit annually.^[8] On January 11, 2011, Giroux was named to the 2011 NHL All-Star Game roster. Giroux finished his breakout season with 25 goals and 51 assists in 82 games and scored a goal and 11 assists in 11 playoff games, in which the Flyers defeated the Sabres and were defeated by the Bruins. Giroux played his 200th career game on March 26, 2011, against the New York Islanders.

2011-2012[link]

After the Flyers traded away Jeff Carter and Mike Richards in the 2011 off-season, Giroux took over the role as first line center for the club. This change formed a line with Scott Hartnell and free agent acquisition Jaromir Jagr. Giroux dominated the league in point-scoring for much of the season, and was handled as a favorite for the Hart Trophy for league MVP early at the season's All-Star break.^[9] On April 13, 2012, Giroux recorded his first career hat trick during game two of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins.^[10] He recorded six points during that same game, earning a Flyers record for most points during a single Stanley Cup Playoffs game.^[10] On May 7, 2012, Giroux received a one game suspension for a hit to the head of New Jersey Devils forward Dainius Zubrus during game four of a second round playoff series.^[11] After the Flyers were eliminated by the Devils, Giroux ended the season as both the Flyers' top regular season point-scorer (93 points) and top playoff point scorer (17 points).^[2] After the Flyers' elimination, Giroux had surgery on both of his wrists.^[12]. At the time news of the surgery was revealed, Giroux was still the playoffs' leading point scorer, even though his team had been eliminated two weeks earlier.

International play[link]

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Competitor for  Canada
World Junior Championships
Gold	2008 Czech Republic

Giroux competed with Team Canada in the IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championship in 2008. He scored two goals and four assists in seven games to help Canada win its fourth consecutive WJC.

Personal life[link]

Giroux was born on January 12, 1988, in Hearst, Ontario to Raymond and Nicole Giroux.^[13] He has one sister, Isabelle.^[13] He attended Béatrice-Desloges High School in Orléans, Ontario.^[14]

During the 2010-2011 season, Giroux lived with teammate Danny Brière and Brière's three sons in their Haddonfield, New Jersey home.^[15] In 2011, Giroux moved out and into an apartment with teammate Brayden Schenn.^[16]

Awards and honors[link]

QMJHL[link]

• Played in the 2005–06 CHL Top Prospects Game
• QMJHL Rookie of the Month – December 2005 and March 2006
• 2005–06 QMJHL All-Rookie Team
• QMJHL Offensive Player of the Month – September 2006
• 2008 President's Cup (QMJHL playoff champion) with Gatineau Olympiques
• 2008 Guy Lafleur Trophy (QMJHL playoff MVP)
• 2007–08 QMJHL First All-Star Team
• 2007–08 Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team

AHL[link]

• AHL Rookie of the Month December 2008

NHL[link]

• 2010 Prince of Wales Trophy with the Philadelphia Flyers
• Played in the NHL All-Star Game in 2011 and 2012

Other[link]

• 2012 recipient of the John Wannamaker Athletic Award, an award presented by the Philadelphia Sports Congress (PSC), in recognition of his contributions to the Flyers during the 2011-12 season

Records[link]

• Philadelphia Flyers - Most points in a single Stanley Cup Playoffs game (6)^[10]

Career statistics[link]

Regular season and playoffs[link]

International[link]

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2008	Canada	WJC			7	2	4	6	8
Junior international totals					7	2	4	6	8

References[link]