Jonathan Girard (born May 27, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. Girard was born in Rawdon, Quebec and raised in Joliette, Quebec.
| Jonathan Girard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Girard with the Providence Bruins in 2002 | |||
| Born |
May 27, 1980 Rawdon, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Boston Bruins | ||
| NHL draft |
48th overall, 1998 Boston Bruins | ||
| Playing career | 1998–2005 | ||
Playing career
editAs a youth, Girard played in the 1993 and 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Sélects-du-Nord minor ice hockey team.[1]
A defenceman, Girard played junior hockey for the Laval Titan Collège Français (later the Acadie-Bathurst Titan) of the QMJHL and was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the Bruins in 1998).
He played 150 games over five seasons with Boston, scoring 10 goals and recording 34 assists. He also spent time with the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL and the Providence Bruins, Boston's AHL affiliate.
On July 24, 2003, Girard was driving near his hometown in Quebec when he lost control of his car and it flipped over. Girard required surgery for a broken pelvis.[2] While at the time it was not known if Girard would ever play hockey again, he showed tremendous resilience in returning to skating at the Bruins' practice facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts in March, 2004. However, the loss of the 2004–05 NHL season due to a lockout nullified his attempt at a return to hockey that year.
Girard signed a one-year contract with the Bruins on August 10, 2005,[3] and played one game with Providence in the AHL on October 15, 2005. On November 30, Girard announced his decision to retire, having fully recovered from his injuries but unable to play professional hockey again.[4]
Career statistics
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996–97 | Laval Titan College Francias | QMJHL | 39 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | Laval Titan College Francias | QMJHL | 64 | 20 | 47 | 67 | 44 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 13 | ||
| 1998–99 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Acadie-Bathurst Titan | QMJHL | 50 | 9 | 58 | 67 | 60 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 22 | ||
| 1999–00 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Moncton Wildcats | QMJHL | 26 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 36 | ||
| 1999–00 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 31 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 39 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 59 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 73 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 150 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
- ^ "Bruins' Girard injured in car crash". cbc.ca. July 25, 2003. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Jordan Sigalet and Jonathan Girard sign one-year contracts". NHL.com. August 10, 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Bruins' Girard, unable to recover from accident, retires". ESPN.com. November 30, 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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