Jonathan Paiement

Jonathan Paiement (born March 7, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Sorel-Tracy Éperviers of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). Paiement was selected by the New York Rangers in the eighth round (247th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
==Amateur career==
Paiement played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
==Professional career==
Paiement's first professional season was played in the ECHL with the 2006–07 Texas Wildcatters.
On February 19, 2009, Paiement and four other people were seriously injured when the bus carrying the Albany River Rats home from a game in Lowell, Massachusetts struck a guard rail and rolled on its side on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Paiement, Nicolas Blanchard, Joe Jensen, Casey Borer, and the River Rats' radio color commentator, John Hennessy, were all taken to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with "serious" injuries.
==Awards and honours==
Award 	Year
QMJHL First team All-Star	2003–04
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Category:1985 births
Category:Albany River Rats players
Category:Augsburger Panther players
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Florida Everblades players
Category:Hershey Bears players
Category:Lewiston Maineiacs players
Category:New York Rangers draft picks
Category:Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
Category:Sherbrooke Castors players
Category:Texas Wildcatters players
Category:Jonquière Marquis players
Category:Pétroliers du Nord players
Category:Rivière-du-Loup 3L players
Category:Sorel-Tracy Éperviers players