Pascal Dupuis

Pascal Dupuis
Born (1979-04-07) April 7, 1979
Laval, QC, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Wing
Shot Left
Played for Minnesota Wild
New York Rangers
Atlanta Thrashers
Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2000–2015

Pascal Dupuis (born April 7, 1979) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. Dupuis played 14 seasons in the NHL for the Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Dupuis retired in December 2015 due to health issues, although contractually he remains a Pittsburgh Penguin on the long-term injury reserve list.

Playing career

Pascal Dupuis started his career with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He played four seasons in the QMJHL, but was never drafted by an NHL club. On August 18, 2000, he was signed by the Minnesota Wild. It took Dupuis a year of development in the International Hockey League before he became a regular player in the NHL. In his second full season, he scored 20 goals and 48 points while having a plus-minus rating of +17. However, in 2003–04, he was bothered by injuries and he was unable to improve on his totals from the previous year.

During the 2004–05 NHL lock-out, Dupuis played 8 games for HC Ajoie of the Swiss League.

When the NHL returned in 2005–06, Dupuis managed only 26 points in 67 games. After 48 games with the Wild in the 2006–07 season, he was traded to the New York Rangers for Adam Hall on February 9, 2007. On February 27, 2007, he was traded again, this time to the Atlanta Thrashers for Alex Bourret. On February 9, 2008, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he helped them to the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals. He won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2009. On June 28, 2011, he re-signed for 2 more years, keeping him through the 2012–13 season.

On December 11, 2008, in his 461st game, Dupuis scored his first NHL hat-trick in a game against the New York Islanders. On November 14, 2009, he earned his 100th career goal, an overtime game winner against the Boston Bruins.

As an impending free agent on July 2, 2013, Dupuis opted to remain in Pittsburgh and re-signed to a four-year contract extension.

In the 2013–14 season, on December 23, 2013, Dupuis suffered a season ending knee injury (torn right anterior cruciate ligament). Teammate Sidney Crosby was hip-checked by Senators defenceman Marc Methot. Crosby then hit Dupuis, who went crashing to the boards. He was helped off the ice and did not return.[1] The Penguins lost 5–0 to the Senators, ending a 7 game winning streak, in which Dupuis had scored 3 goals and 2 assists during the streak.

Pascal Dupuis and Sidney Crosby, October 2010.

On February 12, 2014, after a long seven-and-a-half-week wait between injury and appointment, he underwent successful surgery to repair his ACL.[2]

On October 16, 2014, during the second period of a game against the Dallas Stars, Dupuis was crosschecked to the ice by an opponent and while prone was struck by the puck near the back of his neck on a shot by teammate Kris Letang. Dupuis dropped to his knees and then laid on the ice for several minutes while attended to by medical staff from both teams. He was eventually stretchered off the ice. Dupuis would return to action days later.

On November 19, 2014, Dupuis was diagnosed with a blood clot in the lung. He did not play the day before in Montreal and left practice two days before with tightness in his chest. The medical staff said that the blood clot travelled from the leg to the lung. Expected to be out six months, he did not play for the remainder of the 2014–15 season. It was the second such incident for Dupuis; he had previously been diagnosed with a blood clot in January 2014, shortly after he suffered the knee injury, and was on blood thinners for six months while recovering from surgery and rehabilitating his knee. [3][1]

Dupuis returned to play in to the 2015–16 season, featuring in 18 games for 4 points despite continuing to suffer from lingering health concerns related to blood clots. On December 8, 2015, having twice left games in progress due to ill health, he announced that he was unable to play hockey any longer. He was placed on long-term injured reserve but remains under contract with the Penguins.[4]

Personal

Dupuis is the son of Claude Dupuis, a former draft pick of the Quebec Nordiques who played 120 games in the NAHL.

Pascal Dupuis is married to Carole-Lyne. They have four children together: Daughter Maeva (born 2004), son Kody (born February 9, 2006), both born in St. Paul[5] and daughters Zoe (born March 24, 2008 in Atlanta)[6] and Lola. Their youngest daughter Lola was born on November 3, 2010 in Pittsburgh. Pascal made it to the hospital with 8 minutes to spare.[7]

Since retiring from the NHL, Dupuis has remained active with the Penguins organization.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 44 9 15 24 20 — — — — —
1997–98 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 39 9 17 26 36 — — — — —
1997–98 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 28 7 13 20 10 6 2 0 2 4
1998–99 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 57 30 42 72 118 6 1 8 9 18
1999–00 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 61 50 55 105 99 13 15 7 22 4
2000–01 Minnesota Wild NHL 4 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2000–01 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 70 19 24 43 37 4 — — — —
2001–02 Minnesota Wild NHL 76 15 12 27 16 — — — — —
2002–03 Minnesota Wild NHL 80 20 28 48 44 16 4 4 8 8
2003–04 Minnesota Wild NHL 59 11 15 26 20 — — — — —
2004–05 HC Ajoie NLB 8 5 5 10 26 — — — — —
2005–06 Minnesota Wild NHL 67 10 16 26 40 — — — — —
2006–07 Minnesota Wild NHL 48 10 3 13 38 — — — — —
2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 6 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 17 3 2 5 4 4 1 2 3 4
2007–08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 62 10 5 15 24 — — — — —
2007–08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 16 2 10 12 8 20 2 5 7 18
2008–09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 71 12 16 28 30 16 0 0 0 8
2009–10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 81 18 20 38 16 13 2 6 8 4
2010–11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 81 17 20 37 59 7 1 0 1 2
2011–12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 25 34 59 34 6 2 4 6 0
2012–13 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 48 20 18 38 26 15 7 4 11 12
2013–14 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 39 7 13 20 8 — — — — —
2014–15 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 16 6 5 11 4 — — — — —
2015–16 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18 2 2 4 12 — — — — —
NHL totals 871 190 219 409 387 97 19 25 44 56

Awards and achievements

References

  1. 1 2 Dupuis, Pascal (February 27, 2015). "In My Blood". The Players' Tribune. The Players' Tribune. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Penguins Dupuis has successful Knee surgery". National Hockey League. February 12, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Penguins' Dupuis Diagnosed With Blood Clot In His Lung, Will Be Sidelined At Least Six Months". NHL.com. November 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Pens’ Dupuis Will No Longer Play Hockey Because of Medical Condition". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Avalanche defeat Wild 2 to 1". Colorado Avalanche. February 9, 2006. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Islanders 4, Penguins 1". Pittsburgh Penguins. March 24, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Penguins notebook: Malkin moves back to center". The Post Gazette. November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.

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