Pierre-Édouard Bellemare

Pierre-Édouard Bellemare
Bellemare with the Golden Knights in 2018
Born (1985-03-06) 6 March 1985
Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Vegas Golden Knights
Dragons de Rouen
Leksands IF
Skellefteå AIK
Philadelphia Flyers
National team  France
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2002–present

Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (born 6 March 1985) is a French professional ice hockey left winger and an alternate captain for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1][2]

Playing career

Bellemare made France's top professional league in 2002 as a 17-year-old, and played in France until he was 20, when he accepted an offer to play for Leksands IF, in Sweden's second tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan.[2]

He then played for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), where he won the Swedish Championship twice in 2013 and 2014.

On 11 June 2014, the Philadelphia Flyers signed Bellemare to a one-year contract.[3] He scored his first NHL goal later that year, on 22 October, against the Pittsburgh Penguins.[4] Later in his rookie season of 2014–15, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club on 2 March 2015.[5] Bellemare was suspended for one game on 19 April 2016 for an illegal check to Dmitry Orlov.[6]

Bellemare was named an alternate captain on 2 March 2017 a day after signing an additional two-year contract extension with the Flyers.[7]

On 21 June 2017, having been unprotected by the Flyers at the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, Bellemare was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights.[8] He was placed on injured reserve on 19 February 2018 after being injured in a game against the Montreal Canadiens.[9] He returned on 6 March for a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.[10]

International play

Bellemare in 2017

Bellemare participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the French national team.[11] He was also named to the French roster for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.[12] In the nation's opening group game on 9 May 2014, Bellemare scored the game-winning shootout goal to give France a 3–2 victory over Canada, France's second-ever victory over the Canadians in 83 years.[13]

In the 2017 IIHF World Championship, Bellmare was set to receive the Player of the Game award, scoring a goal and an assist in France's 5–1 win over Finland. In an act of selflessness and respect, he waived acceptance of the award, urging it deserved to go to the French Team goalie, Florian Hardy, who had 42 saves.[14]

Personal life

Bellemare was born in a suburb of Paris, the third of five children. His father was born on the French overseas Caribbean island of Martinique. He learned to skate and play hockey at age 6 when his 13-year-old sister, Aurore-Annick, wanted to play hockey and he and his brother tagged along.[2] Another sister, Rose-Eliandre Bellemare, is an artistic gymnast; she participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[15] Bellemare was in first year chiropractor school, studying to become a chiropractor, when he accepted an offer to play in Sweden at age 20.[2]

He is fluent in Swedish, French and English.[16][2]

Bellemare and his wife Hannah had their first child, son Leandre Lian, in January 2018. They live near the Knights' practice rink in Summerlin, about 15 miles from downtown Vegas.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Dragons de Rouen FRA 110116 —————
2003–04 Dragons de Rouen FRA 2210102016 41124
2004–05 Dragons de Rouen FRA 284151920 1275126
2005–06 Dragons de Rouen FRA 2612172924 92796
2006–07 Leksands IF Allsv 448111924 101014
2007–08 Leksands IF J20 21014 —————
2007–08 Leksands IF Allsv 4014152912 102354
2008–09 Leksands IF Allsv 41311849113 1055106
2009–10 Skellefteå AIK SEL 49951416 122798
2010–11 Skellefteå AIK SEL 531081820 161450
2011–12 Skellefteå AIK SEL 5519173640 15481212
2012–13 Skellefteå AIK SEL 296162247 90112
2013–14 Skellefteå AIK SHL 5220153532 1495146
2014–15 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81661218 —————
2015–16 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74771427 501115
2016–17 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 8244820 —————
2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 72 6 10 16 14 20 0 3 3 14
NHL totals 30923275079 2504429
SHL totals 2386461125155 6616254128

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2002 France WJC18-D2 5 6 4 10 4
2003 France WJC18-D1 4 3 1 4 29
2004 France WJC-D1 5 0 0 0 6
2004 France WC 3 0 0 0 2
2005 France WJC-D1 5 5 1 6 18
2005 France OGQ 6 1 2 3 6
2005 France WC-D1 5 1 0 1 0
2007 France WC-D1 5 2 3 5 2
2008 France WC 5 0 0 0 18
2009 France OGQ 3 1 1 2 0
2009 France WC 6 2 1 3 2
2010 France WC 6 1 2 3 4
2011 France WC 6 1 1 2 2
2012 France WC 5 2 4 6 4
2013 France OGQ 3 2 1 3 2
2013 France WC 7 1 3 4 0
2014 France WC 8 3 5 8 6
2016 France WC 7 1 3 4 0
2016 France OGQ 3 0 1 1 2
2016 Team Europe WCH 6 1 1 2 4
2017 France WC 7 2 2 4 4
Junior totals 19 14 6 20 57
Senior totals 91 21 30 51 58

References

  1. ↑ "Golden Knights take Pierre-Edouard Bellemare from Flyers in NHL Expansion Draft: report". SB Nation. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kaplan, Emily (April 28, 2018). "French connection: Vegas' Pierre-Edouard Bellemare might just be the most interesting man in hockey". ESPN. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Versatile Bellemare low risk addition for Flyers". CSN Philly. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  4. ↑ Crosby, Wes (22 October 2014). "Flyers rebound with hard-fought win against Penguins". NHL.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Flyers sign Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a multi-year contract extension". Philadelphia Flyers. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Flyers' Bellemare suspended one game". NHL.com. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Flyers extend with Bellemare and Neuvirth". Philadelphia Flyers. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  8. ↑ "Flyers' Bellemare goes to Vegas in expansion draft". Philly.com. 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  9. ↑ "Golden Knights' Pierre-Edouard Bellemare: Placed on injured reserve". cbssports.com. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Korpisalo stops 37 shots as Columbus beats Vegas 4–1". cbssports.com. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. ↑ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
  12. ↑ "Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  13. ↑ "Canada lose World Championship opener..to France". The National. 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  14. ↑ "Flyers' Pierre-Edouard Bellemare helps France win, then shows his selflessness". Philly.com. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  15. ↑ Merk, Martin (2014-06-16). "The Frenchmen are coming". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  16. ↑ Schoen, David (November 11, 2017). "Multicultural Golden Knights feature strong French influence". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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