Joël Bouchard

**Joël Bouchard** (born January 23, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League.

### Regular season and playoffs

|colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Regular season|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1990–91|Longueuil College-Francais|QMJHL|53|3|19|22|34|8|1|0|1|11|
|1991–92|Verdun College-Francais|QMJHL|70|9|37|46|55|19|1|7|8|20|
|1992–93|Verdun College-Francais|QMJHL|60|10|49|59|126|4|0|2|2|4|
|1993–94|Verdun College-Francais|QMJHL|60|15|55|70|62|4|1|0|1|6|
|1993–94|Saint John Flames|AHL|1|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|0|
|1994–95|Saint John Flames|AHL|77|6|25|31|63|5|1|0|1|4|
|1994–95|Calgary Flames|NHL|2|0|0|0|0|—|—|—|—|—|
|1995–96|Saint John Flames|AHL|74|8|25|33|104|16|1|4|5|10|
|1995–96|Calgary Flames|NHL|4|0|0|0|4|—|—|—|—|—|
|1996–97|Calgary Flames|NHL|76|4|5|9|49|—|—|—|—|—|
|1997–98|Saint John Flames|AHL|3|2|1|3|6|—|—|—|—|—|
|1997–98|Calgary Flames|NHL|44|5|7|12|57|—|—|—|—|—|
|1998–99|Nashville Predators|NHL|64|4|11|15|60|—|—|—|—|—|
|1999–00|Nashville Predators|NHL|52|1|4|5|23|—|—|—|—|—|
|1999–00|Dallas Stars|NHL|2|0|0|0|2|—|—|—|—|—|
|2000–01|Grand Rapids Griffins|IHL|19|3|9|12|8|—|—|—|—|—|
|2000–01|Phoenix Coyotes|NHL|32|1|2|3|22|—|—|—|—|—|
|2001–02|Albany River Rats|AHL|70|9|22|31|28|—|—|—|—|—|
|2001–02|New Jersey Devils|NHL|1|0|1|1|0|—|—|—|—|—|
|2002–03|Hartford Wolf Pack|AHL|22|6|14|20|22|—|—|—|—|—|
|2002–03|New York Rangers|NHL|27|5|7|12|14|—|—|—|—|—|
|2002–03|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|7|0|1|1|0|—|—|—|—|—|
|2003–04|New York Rangers|NHL|28|1|7|8|10|—|—|—|—|—|
|2004–05|Hartford Wolf Pack|AHL|7|1|3|4|6|6|0|2|2|20|
|2005–06|Bridgeport Sound Tigers|AHL|15|4|9|13|10|—|—|—|—|—|
|2005–06|New York Islanders|NHL|25|1|8|9|23|—|—|—|—|—|
|2006–07|Bridgeport Sound Tigers|AHL|4|0|3|3|0|—|—|—|—|—|
|2007–08|Hamilton Bulldogs|AHL|20|1|6|7|18|—|—|—|—|—|

## International

|Year|Team|Event|Result|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||GP|G|A|Pts|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1993|Canada|WJC||7|0|0|0|0|||
|1994|Canada|WJC||7|0|1|1|10|||
|1997|Canada|WC||11|0|1|1|2|||

## Transactions

- June 26, 1998 - Claimed off waivers by the Nashville Predators from the Calgary Flames.
- March 14, 2000 - Claimed off waivers by the Dallas Stars from the Nashville Predators.
- August 31, 2000 - Signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Coyotes.
- October 25, 2001 - Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Devils
- August 5, 2002 - Signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers.
- February 10, 2003 - Traded by the New York Rangers, along with Richard Lintner, Rico Fata, Mikael Samuelsson and future considerations to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alexei Kovalev, Mike Wilson, Janne Laukkanen and Dan LaCouture.
- July 14, 2003 - Signed as a free agent with the Buffalo Sabres.
- October 3, 2003 - Claimed off waivers by the New York Rangers from the Buffalo Sabres.
- August 18, 2005 - Signed as a free agent with the New York Islanders.
- October 23, 2007 - Signed a minor league contract with Hamilton Bulldogs, AHL affiliate of Montreal Canadiens.

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image size**: 230px
- **played for**: Calgary Flames
Nashville Predators
Dallas Stars
Phoenix Coyotes
New Jersey Devils
New York Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins
New York Islanders
- **ntl team**: CAN
- **position**: Defenceman (ice hockey), Defence
- **shoots**: Left
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 1
- **weight lb**: 209
- **birth place**: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **draft**: 129th overall
- **draft year**: 1992
- **draft team**: Calgary Flames
- **career start**: 1994
- **career end**: 2008