Pascal_Rhéaume
Pascal Rhéaume
Canadian ice hockey player
Pascal Rhéaume (born June 21, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League. He is currently a general manager and head coach for the Trois-Rivières Lions. He is the younger brother of Manon Rhéaume, the first woman to appear in an NHL preseason game. His daughter, Logane joined the Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey program in the autumn of 2016.
| Pascal Rhéaume | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Rhéaume during the 2015-16 season | |||
| Born |
(1973-06-21) June 21, 1973 (age 50) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
New Jersey Devils St. Louis Blues Chicago Blackhawks Atlanta Thrashers New York Rangers Phoenix Coyotes Vienna Capitals | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1993–2010 | ||
As a youth, he played in the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Charlesbourg, Quebec City.[1]
Rhéaume played for the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Thrashers, Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes. He won a Calder Cup with the Albany River Rats in 1995 and a Stanley Cup in 2003 with the New Jersey Devils. On August 5, 2008, Rhéaume signed a minor-league contract with the New Jersey Devils to return for a fourth stint with the organization.[citation needed]
Pascal's greatest career performance came in a game on January 19, 2002, while playing for the Atlanta Thrashers. During this game, he set a career high by scoring four goals and also assisted on another for a career high of five points.[2]
Rhéaume was assistant coach of the Drummonville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the 2010-11 season.[citation needed] He was assistant coach of the Sherbrooke Phoenix of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the 2012-13 season,[citation needed] and became head coach of the Sherbrooke Cougars of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League for 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.[citation needed]
Rhéaume was announced as an assistant coach to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League, affiliate of the Minnesota Wild, on July 8, 2015.[3]
He was announced as an assistant coach to the Sherbrooke Phoenix of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, on September 26, 2016.[citation needed]
Rhéaume was announced as the head coach of the Val d'or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on May 24, 2018.[4] He was fired from the position on February 24, 2020; he learned of his own firing via social media.[5]
He was announced as an assistant coach of the Trois-Rivières Lions on July 14, 2021. [6]
Rhéaume was named general manager and head coach of the Trois-Rivières Lions on June 22, 2023 [7] following the firing of former general manager and head coach Marc-André Bergeron.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | Trois-Rivières Draveurs | QMJHL | 65 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 84 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | ||
| 1992–93 | Sherbrooke Faucons | QMJHL | 65 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 88 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | ||
| 1993–94 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 55 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 78 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 1995–96 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 68 | 26 | 42 | 68 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 51 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 1996–97 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 48 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 60 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 53 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 42 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 56 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 2003–04 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | New York Rangers | NHL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 78 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 47 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 79 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 35 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||
| 2008–09 | Lowell Devils | AHL | 56 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Flint Generals | IHL | 73 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 2009–10 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 318 | 39 | 52 | 91 | 144 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | ||||
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- "Pascal Rheaume player profile". CBS Sports. April 15, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- "Iowa Wild names Pascal Rheaume assistant coach". Iowa Wild. July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- Radio-Canada (May 24, 2018). "Pascal Rhéaume nommé entraîneur-chef des Foreurs de Val-d'Or". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- Gaudreau, Jérôme (February 24, 2020). "Pascal Rhéaume apprend son congédiement sur les réseaux sociaux". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- "Pascal Rhéaume se joint au personnel d'entraîneurs des Lions de Trois-Rivières". RDS (in French). July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- "ECHL Breaking News: Marc-André Bergeron fired by the Lions". InsideTheRink.com. June 22, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database