Eric Beaudoin

Eric P. Beaudoin (born May 3, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers.

Playing career Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Beaudoin started his hockey career in the OHL. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL entry draft. He has played for the Florida Panthers in the NHL as well as several AHL teams. In the fall of 2005, he signed with the Newcastle Vipers, but was released from his contract for a one-month tryout with Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga.

When he was not signed on after the tryout, Beaudoin agreed to a subsequent two-game tryout with HPK that also did not lead to a contract. Eventually Beaudoin agreed to a contract for the rest of the season with Ässät, but instead signed with Mora IK in the Swedish Elitserien. He stayed in Mora for three years before signing a one-year contract with Swedish top-team Linköpings HC. After concluding a one-year contract with Linköpings, in May 2009, he signed another one-year term contract with Rögle BK.

Upon completion of his contract with Rögle, Beaudoin opted to switch leagues and joined EHC Biel of the Swiss National League A.

Beaudoin enjoyed parts of three seasons with Biel, before joining as a free agent to sign with German club, Straubing Tigers of the DEL on June 23, 2013. After just 10 games with the Tigers, Beaudoin opted for a release from his contract to return to Biel.

In the 2014–15 season, Beaudoin signed an optional two-year contract with Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb of the KHL. He played in three games in Zagreb before suffering a season-ending injury.

In January 2016, as a free agent, he signed a deal in a return to Switzerland with NLB club, EHC Olten for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. When Olten sacked head coach Heikki Leime during the playoff semifinal series in March 2016, Beaudoin took on head coaching duties alongside sport director Jakob Kölliker on an interim basis.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1997–98 Guelph Storm OHL 62 9 13 22 43 12 3 2 5 4 1998–99 Guelph Storm OHL 66 28 43 71 79 11 5 3 8 12 1999–00 Guelph Storm OHL 68 38 34 72 126 6 3 0 3 2 2000–01 Louisville Panthers AHL 71 15 10 25 78 — — — — — 2001–02 Utah Grizzlies AHL 44 5 16 21 83 — — — — — 2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 8 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 2002–03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 41 14 23 37 36 3 1 0 1 0 2002–03 Florida Panthers NHL 15 0 1 1 25 — — — — — 2003–04 San Antonio Rampage AHL 38 20 22 42 45 — — — — — 2003–04 Florida Panthers NHL 30 2 4 6 12 — — — — — 2004–05 San Antonio Rampage AHL 32 6 4 10 21 — — — — — 2004–05 Edmonton Roadrunners AHL 24 3 1 4 9 — — — — — 2005–06 Newcastle Vipers EIHL 7 1 6 7 14 — — — — — 2005–06 Jokerit SM-l 11 1 2 3 14 — — — — — 2005–06 HPK SM-l 2 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2005–06 Mora IK SEL 32 2 9 11 24 — — — — — 2006–07 Mora IK SEL 55 14 12 26 64 4 2 0 2 6 2007–08 Mora IK SEL 52 11 16 27 95 — — — — — 2008–09 Linköpings HC SEL 53 16 7 23 53 7 2 0 2 4 2009–10 Rögle BK SEL 55 14 20 34 59 — — — — — 2010–11 EHC Biel NLA 8 5 2 7 2 — — — — — 2011–12 EHC Biel NLA 50 11 12 23 20 5 3 2 5 2 2012–13 EHC Biel NLA 30 10 6 16 26 7 3 3 6 2 2013–14 Straubing Tigers DEL 10 0 5 5 8 — — — — — 2013–14 EHC Biel NLA 24 10 8 18 16 — — — — — 2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 3 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 2015–16 EHC Olten NLB 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 NHL totals 53 3 8 11 41 — — — — —