Danick Paquette

Danick Paquette
Born (1990-07-17) July 17, 1990
Montreal, QC, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 217 lb (98 kg; 15 st 7 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
ECHL team
Former teams		 Manchester Monarchs
AHL
Hershey Bears
Chicago Wolves
ECHL
Utah Grizzlies
Reading Royals
Chicago Express
South Carolina Stingrays
Gwinnett Gladiators
Missouri Mavericks
NHL Draft 64th overall, 2008
Atlanta Thrashers
Playing career 2009–present

Danick Hudon-Paquette (born July 17, 1990) is a Canadian professional Ice Hockey Winger currently playing for the Manchester Monarchs of the ECHL.

Playing career

Prior to being selected in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, Paquette played Midget "AAA" Ice Hockey for the École Éd.-Montpetit Prédateurs of the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association and Major Junior Ice Hockey for the Lewiston MAINEiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).[1][2][3] After being drafted, Paquette returned to the QMJHL, playing for the MAINEiacs during the 2008-09 season.[1][2][3] At the end the QMJHL playoffs that season, Paquette got his first Professional experience, playing four games for the Chicago Wolves, the Thrashers' American Hockey League affiliate.[3]

Paquette attended the Thrashers' 2009 Training Camp, but was sent to the Québec Remparts of the QMJHL for the 2009-10 season.[2][3] The Remparts acquired Paquette's QMJHL rights MAINEiacs on June 5, 2009, along with Peter Delmas, Patrick Cusack, Dominic Sovoie, and a First Round pick in the 2010 QMJHL European Entry Draft.[4] In return, the Remparts sent to the MAINEiacs Sébastien Trudeau, Samuel Carrier, and a choice of either a package of both a First-Round and a Third-Round pick in the 2009 QMJHL European Entry Draft, or a First-Round pick in the 2010 QMJHL European Entry Draft[4]

In May 2010, Paquette signed an entry-level contract with the Atlanta Thrashers.[3] On September 21, 2010, the Thrashers assigned Paquette to the Chicago Wolves, before being reassigned to the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL on October 6, 2010.[5][6] Paquette would spend the entire 2010-11 season with the Gladiators.[3]

After the Thrashers left Atlanta and became the Winnipeg Jets, Paquette was dealt, along with a fourth-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, to the Washington Capitals for Forward Eric Fehr.[7][8] Paquette remained under contract to the Capitals through the 2012-13 season.[9][10][11] Paquette spent the entire 2011-12 ECHL season playing in the ECHL for the South Carolina Stingrays Utah Grizzlies, and Chicago Express[3][9][12] He then split the 2012-13 season between the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League and the Reading Royals of the ECHL.[10]

On August 13, 2013, Paquette signed with the San Francisco Bulls of the ECHL.[11] On October 9, 2013, Before playing a regular season game for the Bulls, Paquette was traded from the Bulls to the Utah Grizzlies.[1][13] Paquette would spend the next two seasons with the Grizzlies, before signing with the Missouri Mavericks of the ECHL on July 14, 2015[14] However, he was traded to the Manchester Monarchs after playing in only two games.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06École Éd.-Montpetit PrédateursQMAAA3617163319130116
2006–07Lewiston MAINEiacsQMJHL63414181121400018
2007–08Lewiston MAINEiacsQMJHL63291342213512330
2008–09Lewiston MAINEiacsQMJHL61252550230212325
2008–09Chicago WolvesAHL400012—————
2009–10Quebec RempartsQMJHL64362965136513421
2010–11Gwinnett GladiatorsECHL5913720179—————
2011–12South Carolina StingraysECHL3161117118—————
2011–12Utah GrizzliesECHL900064—————
2011–12Chicago ExpressECHL13741127—————
2012–13Reading RoyalsECHL1925778—————
2012–13Hershey BearsAHL20005—————
2013–14Utah GrizzliesECHL67232649277512316
2014–15Utah GrizzliesECHL41511162201040420
2015–16Missouri MavericksECHL20002—————
AHL totals 6 0 0 0 17 — — — — —

Awards and honours

Award Year
QMJHL Most Penalized Player 2008-09 (230 Penalty Minutes)[4][15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Danick Paquette (F)". ECHL. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Danick Paquette". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Danick Paquette". HockeysFuture.com. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Les Remparts font l'acquisition de Danick Paquette" (in French). The Canadian Press. June 5, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ Astorian, Laura (September 22, 2010). "Thrashers Trim Roster By Fourteen". SB Nation Atlanta. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Paquette Assigned to Gwinnett". OurSportsCentral.com. October 6, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Thrashers Headed to Winnipeg". ESPN. June 1, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ Soule, Jack (July 8, 2011). "NHL Trade News: Washington Capitals Shed Salary by Trading Eric Fehr". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "TRANSACTION HISTORY". ECHL. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "TRANSACTION HISTORY". ECHL. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Bulls Agree to Terms with Pair of Power Forwards, Perdicaro and Paquette". OurSportsCentral.com. August 13, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Stingrays Receive Turnbull from Utah; Oreskovic Recalled to Hershey". OurSportsCentral.com. January 9, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "ECHL Transactions - Oct. 7". ECHL. October 7, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Mavericks Sign Paquette and Lauwers". OurSportsCentral.com. July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Quebec's Patrick Roy busy on eve of QMJHL draft". The Canadian Press. June 5, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

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