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FRANCOIS BOUCHARD
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Right Wing • Ht.: 6’1” • Wt.: 195 • Shoots: Left
Born: April 26, 1988 (Sherbrooke, Quebec)
Drafted: Capitals’ second-round choice, 35th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM
2004-05 Baie-Comeau QMJHL 54 11 13 24 13 - - - - - 6 1 1 2 2
2005-06 Baie-Comeau QMJHL 69 33 69 102 66 - - - - - 4 1 0 1 6
2006-07 Baie-Comeau QMJHL 68 45 *80 *125 72 - - - - - 11 7 11 18 4
2007-08 Baie-Comeau QMJHL 68 36 56 92 70 - - - - - 5 1 1 2 6
2008-09
Skated in 64 games for Hershey in his first professional season … Tallied 35 points
(15g-20a) … Second among team rookies in goals and assists; third in points …
Recorded 10 multiple-point games … Most productive month of the season was
November when he was +13 and had 15 points (5g-10a) in 13 games … Tallied three
assists 11/15 vs. Philadelphia … Registered two-goal games at Providence (1/2)
and at Toronto (3/7) … Had three points (1g-2a) at Bridgeport (1/16) … Played in 11
playoff games and had three points (1g-2a) as Hershey won the Calder Cup.
Junior Career
2007-08: Played in 68 games for Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) … Led the team in points
(92), assists (56) and was tied for the team lead in goals (36) … Finished eighth in
the QMJHL in scoring … Second in the league with 10 GWG … Had 11 PPG and
two SHG … Tallied a five-point game (2g-3a) vs. Gatineau (12/1) and added two
additional four-point games during the season … Had five multiple-goal games
and four games with three assists … Had two points (1g-1a) in five playoff games …
Played four regular-season games for Hershey (AHL), recording one goal … Played
in one playoff game for Hershey. 2006-07: Skated in 68 games for Baie-Comeau
Hershey AHL 4 1 0 1 2 - - - - - 1 0 0 0 2
2008-09 Hershey AHL 64 15 20 35 34 - - - - - 11 1 2 3 8
Jean Beliveau Trophy (2007) • QMJHL Second All-Star Team (2007)
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and led the team and the league in points (125) and assists (80) … Registered a
22-game point streak en route to being awarded the Jean Beliveau Trophy as the
QMJHL’s top scorer … Named to the QMJHL Second All-Star Team … His 45 goals
ranked seventh in the league and paced the team … Named the QMJHL Player of
the Month in December, after posting 22 points (7g-15a) in 11 games … Registered
two six-point games … Had one three-goal game and had four assists in three
different games … Led the team in scoring with seven goals and 11 assists in 11
playoff games. 2005-06: Led his Baie-Comeau club in assists (69) and points
(102) and was second in goals (33). 2004-05: Had 11 goals and 13 assists in 54
games for Baie-Comeau.
NHL Transactions
Selected by Washington in the second round, 35th overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft.
Personal
Brother, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, is a member of the Minnesota Wild … Favorite
athlete is Tiger Woods … Enjoys golf and tennis.