Jocelyn Lemieux
| Jocelyn Lemieux | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
November 18, 1967 Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
St. Louis Blues Montreal Canadiens Chicago Blackhawks Hartford Whalers New Jersey Devils Calgary Flames Phoenix Coyotes | ||
| NHL draft |
10th overall, 1986 St. Louis Blues | ||
| Playing career | 1986–1999 | ||
Jocelyn Jean-Marc Lemieux (born November 18, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and television analyst. A right winger, he played 597 regular-season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) over 13 seasons between 1986 and 1998, appearing for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames and Phoenix Coyotes. He concluded his professional playing career with the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League (IHL).
Selected tenth overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, Lemieux made his NHL debut during the 1986–87 season. Over the course of his career, he recorded 80 goals and 84 assists for 164 points in the regular season, while adding 15 points (five goals and 10 assists) in 60 Stanley Cup playoff games. He was a member of the Chicago Blackhawks team that reached the 1992 Stanley Cup Final and recorded two regular-season hat tricks during his NHL career.
Lemieux is the younger brother of four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux. Following his retirement from professional hockey, he became a television analyst for Le Hockey des Sénateurs on RDS.
Awards and accomplishments
- 1985-86, QMJHL First All-Star Team
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1983–84 | Montreal-Concordia | QMAAA | 40 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 104 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | ||
| 1984–85 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 68 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 71 | 57 | 68 | 125 | 131 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 37 | ||
| 1986–87 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 53 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1987–88 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| 1987–88 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 73 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 134 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1989–90 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 34 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 39 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 47 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | ||
| 1990–91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 67 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 78 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 80 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 33 | ||
| 1992–93 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 80 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 111 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 66 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 41 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||
| NHL totals | 597 | 80 | 84 | 164 | 740 | 60 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 88 | ||||
Personal
Jocelyn is the brother of four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux, who played twenty seasons in the National Hockey League and the uncle of Brendan Lemieux. Despite his surname, he is not related to hockey great Mario Lemieux.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1967 births
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian people of French descent
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Hartford Whalers players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Ice hockey people from Laurentides
- Laval Titan players
- Laval Voisins players
- Living people
- Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players
- Montreal Canadiens players
- NHL first-round draft picks
- New Jersey Devils players
- People from Mont-Laurier
- Phoenix Coyotes players
- St. Louis Blues draft picks
- St. Louis Blues players
- Sherbrooke Canadiens players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Canadian ice hockey biography stubs