Pascal Rhéaume
Rhéaume during the 2015-16 season
Born (1973-06-21) June 21, 1973
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for New Jersey Devils
St. Louis Blues
Chicago Blackhawks
Atlanta Thrashers
New York Rangers
Phoenix Coyotes
Vienna Capitals
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1993–2010

Pascal Rhéaume (born June 21, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League. He is currently a general manager and head coach for the Trois-Rivières Lions. He is the younger brother of Manon Rhéaume, the first woman to appear in an NHL preseason game. His daughter, Logane joined the Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey program in the autumn of 2016.

Playing career

As a youth, he played in the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Charlesbourg, Quebec City.[1]

Rhéaume played for the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Thrashers, Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes. He won a Calder Cup with the Albany River Rats in 1995 and a Stanley Cup in 2003 with the New Jersey Devils. On August 5, 2008, Rhéaume signed a minor-league contract with the New Jersey Devils to return for a fourth stint with the organization.

Pascal's greatest career performance came in a game on January 19, 2002, while playing for the Atlanta Thrashers. During this game, he set a career high by scoring four goals and also assisted on another for a career high of five points.[2]

Rhéaume was assistant coach of the Drummonville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the 2010-11 season. He was assistant coach of the Sherbrooke Phoenix of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the 2012-13 season, and became head coach of the Sherbrooke Cougars of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League for 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.

Rhéaume was announced as an assistant coach to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League, affiliate of the Minnesota Wild, on July 8, 2015.[3]

He was announced as an assistant coach to the Sherbrooke Phoenix of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, on September 26, 2016.

Rhéaume was announced as the head coach of the Val d'or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on May 24, 2018.[4] He was fired from the position on February 24, 2020; he learned of his own firing via social media.[5]

He was announced as an assistant coach of the Trois-Rivières Lions on July 14, 2021. [6]

Rhéaume was named general manager and head coach of the Trois-Rivières Lions on June 22, 2023 [7] following the firing of former general manager and head coach Marc-André Bergeron.

Career statistics

Rhéaume with the San Antonio Rampage in 2006
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 65 17 20 37 84 14 5 4 9 23
1992–93 Sherbrooke Faucons QMJHL 65 28 34 62 88 14 6 5 11 31
1993–94 Albany River Rats AHL 55 17 18 35 43 5 0 1 1 0
1994–95 Albany River Rats AHL 78 19 25 44 46 14 3 6 9 19
1995–96 Albany River Rats AHL 68 26 42 68 50 4 1 2 3 2
1996–97 Albany River Rats AHL 51 22 23 45 40 16 2 8 10 16
1996–97 New Jersey Devils NHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1997–98 St. Louis Blues NHL 48 6 9 15 35 10 1 3 4 8
1998–99 St. Louis Blues NHL 60 9 18 27 24 5 1 0 1 4
1999–00 St. Louis Blues NHL 7 1 1 2 6 — — — — —
1999–00 Worcester IceCats AHL 7 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
2000–01 St. Louis Blues NHL 8 2 0 2 5 3 0 1 1 0
2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 53 23 36 59 63 11 2 4 6 2
2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 19 0 2 2 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 42 11 9 20 25 — — — — —
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 56 4 9 13 24 — — — — —
2002–03 New Jersey Devils NHL 21 4 1 5 8 24 1 2 3 13
2003–04 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2003–04 New York Rangers NHL 17 0 0 0 5 — — — — —
2003–04 St. Louis Blues NHL 25 1 3 4 4 3 0 0 0 2
2004–05 Albany River Rats AHL 78 24 25 49 85 — — — — —
2005–06 New Jersey Devils NHL 12 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
2005–06 Albany River Rats AHL 9 2 0 2 9 — — — — —
2005–06 San Antonio Rampage AHL 47 13 13 26 35 — — — — —
2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2006–07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 79 15 32 47 63 — — — — —
2007–08 Vienna Capitals EBEL 35 11 18 29 30 7 1 1 2 33
2008–09 Lowell Devils AHL 56 11 19 30 44 — — — — —
2009–10 Flint Generals IHL 73 21 36 57 35 12 6 12 18 14
2009–10 Manchester Monarchs AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Peoria Rivermen AHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 318 39 52 91 144 45 3 6 9 27

References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Pascal Rheaume player profile". CBS Sports. April 15, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Iowa Wild names Pascal Rheaume assistant coach". Iowa Wild. July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Radio-Canada (May 24, 2018). "Pascal Rhéaume nommé entraîneur-chef des Foreurs de Val-d'Or". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  5. ↑ Gaudreau, Jérôme (February 24, 2020). "Pascal Rhéaume apprend son congédiement sur les réseaux sociaux". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pascal Rhéaume se joint au personnel d'entraîneurs des Lions de Trois-Rivières". RDS (in French). July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ "ECHL Breaking News: Marc-André Bergeron fired by the Lions". InsideTheRink.com. June 22, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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