Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre

Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre
 	
Born 	February 2, 1977 (1977-02-02) (age 33),
Montreal, PQ, CAN
Height
Weight 	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
228 lb (103 kg; 16 st 4 lb)
Position 	Defence
Shoots 	Right
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (born February 2, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Leksand in HockeyAllsvenskan. Jean-Luc was rented by Finnish SM-liiga team TPS. He will play in Turku until 15th of october 2010.[1]
Jean-Luc is of Haitian descent. He was drafted in the seventh round, 179th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. Grand-Pierre is a very smooth and agile skater for a player his size. He once won the Speed Skating competition of the AHL All-Star Game, beating Martin St. Louis among others.[2]
== Career==
After playing four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Grand-Pierre made his professional debut in the American Hockey League with the Rochester Americans during the 1997–98 season, recording ten points and 211 penalty minutes in 75 games. During the 1998–99 season, he made his NHL debut with the Buffalo Sabres, appearing in 16 games.
After once again spending part of the season with the Sabres in 1999–2000, Grand-Pierre was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft. Grand-Pierre spent three full seasons with Columbus before splitting the 2003–04 season between the Blue Jackets, Atlanta Thrashers, and Washington Capitals. In his NHL career, Grand-Pierre has appeared in 269 games, scoring seven goals and 13 assists.
Grand-Pierre spent the 2005–06 season with Duisburg Die Füchse of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga before joining the DEG Metro Stars for the 2006–07 season, then signing with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League for the 2007–08 season spending the entire season with the Devils' AHL affiliate, the Lowell Devils. In 2008 he returned to Duisburg. On July 20, 2009, it was announced that he had signed a one-year deal with Leksand. He got loaned out to Stjernen of the Norwegian GET-ligaen for 10 matches in the fall of 2009.[3]
=== Career statistics===
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1993–94 	Beauport Harfangs 	QMJHL 		46 	1 	4 	5 	27 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Val d'Or Foreurs 	QMJHL 		59 	10 	13 	23 	126 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Val d'Or Foreurs 	QMJHL 		67 	13 	21 	34 	209 		13 	1 	4 	5 	47
1996–97 	Val d'Or Foreurs 	QMJHL 		58 	9 	24 	33 	196 		13 	5 	8 	13 	46
1997–98 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 		75 	4 	6 	10 	211 		4 	0 	0 	0 	2
1998–99 	Buffalo Sabres 	NHL 		16 	0 	1 	1 	17 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 		55 	5 	4 	9 	90 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 		62 	5 	8 	13 	124 		17 	0 	1 	1 	40
1999–00 	Buffalo Sabres 	NHL 		11 	0 	0 	0 	15 		4 	0 	0 	0 	4
2000–01 	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL 		64 	1 	4 	5 	73 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL 		81 	2 	6 	8 	90 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 		2 	1 	0 	1 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL 		41 	1 	0 	1 	64 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL 		16 	0 	0 	0 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 		4 	0 	1 	1 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Atlanta Thrashers 	NHL 		27 	2 	2 	4 	26 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Washington Capitals 	NHL 		13 	1 	0 	1 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Troja/Ljungby 	Swe2 		11 	1 	1 	2 	45 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Duisburg Die Füchse 	DEL 		45 	10 	9 	19 	176 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	DEG Metro Stars 	DEL 		44 	9 	14 	23 	63 		9 	1 	1 	2 	10
2007–08 	Lowell Devils 	AHL 		63 	3 	5 	8 	82 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Duisburg Die Füchse 	DEL 		47 	5 	8 	13 	135 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Stjernen 	GET 		7 	- 	- 	- 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Leksands IF 	Swe2 		20 	3 	0 	3 	92 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	TPS 	SM-liiga 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		269 	7 	13 	20 	311 		4 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
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