Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre

Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (born February 2, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman playing for Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan (Swe-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 of his size. He once won the Speed Skating competition of the AHL All-Star Game, beating Martin St. Louis among others.AHL All-Star Notes
==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 Leksands IF of the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan (Swe-1). He was loaned out to Stjernen of the Norwegian GET-ligaen for 10 matches in the fall of 2009. Back med 269 NHL-kamper klar for Stjernen
Grand-Pierre was rented by the Finnish SM-liiga team TPS prior to the 2010–11 season, for taxiation reasons. He played for the team until October 15, 2010. Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre vuokralle TPS:ään
Grand-Pierre was released from the Leksands IF organization on September 1, 2011. Subsequently he signed a one-year contract with the Swe-1 team Malmö Redhawks on October 4, 2011.
===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 	 	10 	1 	2 	3 	24
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 	 	9 	1 	1 	2 	10
2009–10 	Stjernen 	GET 	 	7 	0 	0 	0 	10 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Leksands IF 	Swe2 	 	37 	6 	2 	8 	146 	 	10 	0 	3 	3 	6
2010–11 	TPS 	SM-liiga 	 	7 	0 	0 	0 	47 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Leksands IF 	Swe2 	 	19 	2 	3 	5 	55 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	269 	7 	13 	20 	311 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Personal life==
Grand-Pierre is cousin to Georges Laraque and QMJHL-player Jules-Edy Laraque. He is a licensed real estate agent in the State of Ohio, and currently works for HER Real Living and The Raines Group.
http://www.therainesgroup.com/staff/jeanluc
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Category:Born in 1977
Category:Atlanta Thrashers players
Category:Beauport Harfangs alumni
Category:Buffalo Sabres players
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Columbus Blue Jackets players
Category:DEG Metro Stars players
Category:EV Duisburg Die Füchse players
Category:Leksands IF players
Category:Lowell Devils players
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Syracuse Crunch players
Category:Stjernen Hockey players
Category:Val-d'Or Foreurs alumni
Category:Washington Capitals players