Michel Picard

Michel Picard (born November 7, 1969 in Beauport, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers, San Jose Sharks, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, and Philadelphia Flyers. He last played for Thetford Mines Prolab in the LNAH.
==Playing career==
Picard began his career playing for Trois-Rivières Draveurs in the QMJHL, where he established himself as a scoring force who was also tough and hard hitting. His final year there he scored 140 points in 66 games. Picard was drafted by the Whalers in the 9th round, 178th overall, in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He met with great success in the minor leagues, leading the American Hockey League in goals with 56 for the Springfield Indians in 1991, setting a franchise record while leading the team to its final Calder Cup championship.
However, Picard would never translate his earlier success to the NHL. He never played a full season in the NHL and only played in at least half of the games in a season once, which was during the 1998–1999 sseason. That season he also played in five playoff games, the only time he played in the NHL playoffs. 
For the 2001–2002 season Picard played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Mannheim Eagles. He then played for two years with the Grand Rapids Griffins (a team for which he played parts of six seasons in all, and is the career leader in goals, assists and points) in the AHL before joining his current team Thetford Mines Prolab. He has led the team in scoring the past three seasons and was the leading scorer in the LNAH in the 2007 season.
As of the end of the 2008 season, Picard is the 13th leading goal scorer in minor league history with 555, as well as 27th in assists with 692 and 18th in points with 1247.
==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
1985–86 	Ste-Foy 	QAAA 	 	60 	36 	55 	91 	22 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1986–87 	Trois-Rivières Draveurs 	QMJHL 	 	66 	33 	35 	68 	53 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1987–88 	Trois-Rivières Draveurs 	QMJHL 	 	69 	40 	55 	95 	71 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1988–89 	Trois-Rivières Draveurs 	QMJHL 	 	66 	59 	81 	140 	107 	 	4 	1 	3 	4 	2
1989–90 	Binghamton Whalers 	AHL 	 	67 	16 	24 	40 	98 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1990–91 	Springfield Indians 	AHL 	 	77 	56 	40 	96 	61 	 	18 	8 	13 	21 	18
1990–91 	Hartford Whalers 	NHL 	 	5 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1991–92 	Springfield Indians 	AHL 	 	40 	21 	17 	38 	44 	 	11 	2 	0 	2 	34
1991–92 	Hartford Whalers 	NHL 	 	25 	3 	5 	8 	6 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1992–93 	Kansas City Blades 	IHL 	 	33 	7 	10 	17 	51 	 	12 	3 	2 	5 	20
1992–93 	San Jose Sharks 	NHL 	 	25 	4 	0 	4 	24 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94 	Portland Pirates 	AHL 	 	61 	41 	44 	85 	99 	 	17 	11 	10 	21 	22
1994–95 	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL 	 	57 	32 	57 	89 	58 	 	8 	4 	4 	8 	6
1994–95 	Ottawa Senators 	NHL 	 	24 	5 	8 	13 	14 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Ottawa Senators 	NHL 	 	17 	2 	6 	8 	10 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL 	 	55 	37 	45 	82 	79 	 	5 	5 	1 	6 	2
1996–97 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	82 	46 	55 	101 	58 	 	5 	2 	0 	2 	10
1996–97 	Västra Frölunda HC 	SEL 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	58 	28 	41 	69 	42 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 	 	16 	1 	8 	9 	29 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	6 	2 	2 	4 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	St. Louis Blues 	NHL 	 	45 	11 	11 	22 	16 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
1999–00 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 	 	65 	33 	35 	68 	50 	 	17 	8 	9 	17 	4
1999–00 	Edmonton Oilers 	NHL 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Philadelphia Phantoms 	AHL 	 	72 	31 	39 	70 	22 	 	10 	4 	5 	9 	4
2000–01 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	 	7 	1 	4 	5 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Mannheim Eagles 	DEL 	 	60 	24 	28 	52 	30 	 	12 	7 	6 	13 	4
2002–03 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	AHL 	 	78 	32 	52 	84 	34 	 	15 	3 	1 	4 	8
2003–04 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	AHL 	 	75 	17 	37 	54 	35 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
2004–05 	Thetford Mines Prolab 	LNAH 	 	60 	36 	55 	91 	22 	 	17 	6 	11 	17 	8
2005–06 	Thetford Mines Prolab 	LNAH 	 	55 	50 	37 	87 	35 	 	18 	5 	15 	20 	12
2006–07 	Thetford Mines Prolab 	LNAH 	 	48 	48 	51 	99 	18 	 	7 	6 	3 	9 	2
2007–08 	Thetford Mines Isothermic 	LNAH 	 	52 	22 	51 	73 	36 	 	7 	3 	6 	9 	2
2008–09 	Sainte-Marie Poudrelle Delta 	LNAH 	 	7 	5 	5 	10 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Thetford Mines Isothermic 	LNAH 	 	7 	3 	4 	7 	2 	 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
NHL totals 	NHL totals 	NHL totals 	 	166 	28 	42 	70 	103 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
LNAH totals 	LNAH totals 	LNAH totals 	 	229 	164 	203 	367 	117 	 	50 	20 	36 	56 	24
QMJHL totals	QMJHL totals 	QMJHL totals	 	201 	132 	171 	303 	294 	 	4 	1 	3 	4 	2
AHL totals 	AHL totals 	AHL totals 	 	582 	283 	355 	638 	530 	 	88 	37 	34 	71 	96
IHL totals 	IHL totals 	IHL totals 	 	244 	116 	143 	259 	203 	 	34 	13 	11 	24 	26
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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