Gilbert Dionne

Gilbert Marc Dionne (born September 19, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League from 1990–91 until 1995–96. He is the younger brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne, who is nineteen years his senior. He now resides in Tavistock, Ontario with his wife and 5 children.
==Biography==
As a youth, Dionne played in the 1982 and 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Drummondville.
Dionne was drafted 81st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft after a productive career in juniors.
Following a solid first season with the Montreal affiliate Fredericton in 1990-91, he was brought up to the Canadiens for two regular season games.
He returned to Fredericton for the start of 1991-92 and scored 46pts in 29 games prompting Montreal to being Dionne back to the parent team part way through the 1991–92 NHL season. After scoring 21 goals and 34 points in only 39 games, and another 7 points in 11 playoff games he would end up being named in the NHL All-Rookie Team.
He played a few games with Fredericton the following 1992-93 season, scoring 7 points in 3 games, but was soon called up and appeared in 75 games for Montreal, scoring 48 points. More significantly, he was a valuable contributor in the playoffs with 12 points in 20 games as the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.
The following 93-94 season, he stayed with Montreal, but after a bright start, his scoring trailed off and he found himself a healthy scratch in several games, and two in the playoffs.
The following season started quietly, and Dionne struggled to make the ice on a regular basis. With the Canadiens struggling to keep pace for a playoff slot, they entered into a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. The deal saw Mark Recchi join Montreal along with a draft pick, while the Flyers gained defenseman Eric Desjardins, and power forward John Leclair along with Dionne.
His Flyers career saw him suit up 20 times in the first season and manage 6 assists, but he soon lost his regular position and found himself fighting to stay on the lower order lines. After being waived the following season, he played for a short while for the Florida Panthers affiliate the Carolina Monarchs where he was again prolific, but found opportunities back in the NHL lacking.
Overall, he played 223 career NHL games, scoring 61 goals and 79 assists for 140 points.
Sent down to the minor leagues thereafter, he remained a minor league star, playing seven more seasons in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League before closing out his professional career with two seasons in Germany.
His jersey number (21) was retired by the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL on December 2, 2006, in recognition of "Gilbert Dionne Day". He played four seasons for the Cyclones, then in the International Hockey League, leading the team in scoring twice and being the franchise's second leading career scorer behind Don Biggs.
==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
1986–87 	Niagara Falls Canucks	GHL 	 	17 	9 	6 	15 	16 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1987–88 	Niagara Falls Canucks	GHL 	 	36 	36 	48 	84 	60 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1988–89 	Kitchener Rangers 	OHL 	 	66 	11 	33 	44 	13 	 	5 	1 	1 	2 	4
1989–90 	Kitchener Rangers 	OHL 	 	64 	48 	57 	105 	85 	 	17 	13 	10 	23 	22
1989–90 	Kitchener Rangers 	MC 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	5 	4 	6 	10 	8
1990–91 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1990–91 	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL 	 	77 	40 	47 	87 	62 	 	9 	6 	5 	11 	8
1991–92 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	39 	21 	13 	34 	10 	 	11 	3 	4 	7 	10
1991–92 	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL 	 	29 	19 	27 	46 	20 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1992–93 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	75 	20 	28 	48 	63 	 	20 	6 	6 	12 	20
1992–93 	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL 	 	3 	4 	3 	7 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	74 	19 	26 	45 	31 	 	5 	1 	2 	3 	0
1994–95 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	6 	0 	3 	3 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	 	20 	0 	6 	6 	2 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4
1995–96 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Florida Panthers 	NHL 	 	5 	1 	2 	3 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Carolina Monarchs 	AHL 	 	55 	43 	58 	101 	29 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Carolina Monarchs 	AHL 	 	72 	41 	47 	88 	69 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Cincinnati Cyclones 	IHL 	 	76 	42 	57 	99 	54 	 	9 	3 	4 	7 	28
1998–99 	Cincinnati Cyclones 	IHL 	 	76 	35 	53 	88 	123 	 	3 	0 	2 	2 	6
1999–2000 	Cincinnati Cyclones 	IHL 	 	81 	34 	49 	83 	88 	 	11 	4 	3 	7 	8
2000–01 	Cincinnati Cyclones 	IHL 	 	80 	23 	43 	66 	46 	 	5 	0 	2 	2 	0
2001–02 	Krefeld Pinguine 	DEL 	 	57 	15 	26 	41 	26 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2
2002–03 	Hannover Scorpions 	DEL 	 	51 	17 	29 	46 	55 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Cambridge Hornets 	OHA-Sr. 	 	17 	22 	20 	42 	6 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Cambridge Hornets 	OHA-Sr. 	 	25 	16 	28 	44 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Cambridge Hornets 	MLH 	 	19 	11 	24 	35 	8 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	223 	61 	79 	140 	108 	 	39 	10 	12 	22 	34
AHL totals	AHL totals 	AHL totals	 	236 	147 	182 	329 	180 	 	9 	6 	5 	11 	8
IHL totals	IHL totals 	IHL totals	 	313 	134 	202 	336 	311 	 	28 	7 	11 	18 	42
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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