Éric Houde
| Éric Houde | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 19, 1976 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Montreal Canadiens | ||
| NHL Draft |
216th overall, 1995 Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1996–2012 | ||
Éric Pierre Joseph Houde (born December 19, 1976) is a professional ice hockey player who played 30 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens.
Career[]
Houde was drafted 216th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft and made his debut for the team during the 1996–97 NHL season, playing 13 games for Montreal. He would play 17 more games over two seasons for a total of 30 games, scoring two goals and three assists for five points. Over the next two seasons, Houde had spells in the American Hockey League for the Hamilton Bulldogs and Springfield Falcons and the International Hockey League for the Utah Grizzlies and the Chicago Wolves.
In 2001, Houde moved to Italy's Serie A for Asiago and then moved to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 2002 with the SERC Wild Wings. He returned to Quebec in 2003, signing for the Verdun Dragons of the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League before returning to Europe, joining Swiss Nationalliga B side SC Langenthal.
In 2004, Houde returned to Germany, spending three seasons in the 2nd Bundesliga for the Essen Mosquitoes and the Landshut Cannibals. He moved to France in 2007 with Dragons de Rouen.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992–93 | Saint-Hubert Selects | QMAAA | 35 | 45 | 40 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Richelieu Riverains | QMAAA | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Saint-Jean Lynx | QMJHL | 71 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1994–95 | Saint-Jean Lynx | QMJHL | 40 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 28 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL | 69 | 40 | 48 | 88 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 66 | 30 | 36 | 66 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 71 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 69 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 57 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 34 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | HC Asiago | Italy | 30 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | SERC Wild Wings | DEL | 52 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Verdun Dragons | QSMHL | 29 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 12 | ||
| SC Langenthal | NLB | 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Moskitos Essen | Germany2 | 51 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Moskitos Essen | Germany2 | 51 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Landshut Cannibals | Germany2 | 52 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 2007–08 | Dragons de Rouen | France | 26 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 38 | ||
| 2008–09 | Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs | LNAH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Sorel-Tracy GCI | LNAH | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Sorel-Tracy Carvena HC | LNAH | 24 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 281 | 116 | 153 | 269 | 129 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10 | ||||
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Chicago Wolves players
- Essen Mosquitoes players
- EV Landshut players
- Fredericton Canadiens players
- French Quebecers
- Halifax Mooseheads players
- Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
- Asiago Hockey 1935 players
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- SC Langenthal players
- Montreal Canadiens draft picks
- Montreal Canadiens players
- Rouen HE 76 players
- Saint-Jean Lynx players
- Schwenninger Wild Wings players
- Sportspeople from Montreal
- Springfield Falcons players
- Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in France
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
- Canadian ice hockey centre, 1970s births stubs