Jonathan Paiement

Jonathan Paiement (born March 7, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Paiement was selected by the New York Rangers in the eighth round (247th overall) of the 2004 NHL entry draft.

Amateur career Paiement played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Professional career Paiement's first professional season was played in the ECHL with the 2006–07 Texas Wildcatters.

On February 19, 2009, Paiement and four other people were seriously injured when the bus carrying the Albany River Rats home from a game in Lowell, Massachusetts struck a guard rail and rolled on its side on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Paiement, Nicolas Blanchard, Joe Jensen, Casey Borer, and the River Rats' radio color commentator, John Hennessy, were all taken to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with "serious" injuries.

Awards and honours Award Year QMJHL First team All-Star 2003–04

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Lac St–Louis Lions QMAAA 33 3 3 6 108 — — — — — 2001–02 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 65 5 7 12 61 — — — — — 2002–03 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 71 4 14 18 118 12 2 5 7 18 2003–04 Lewiston Maineiacs QMJHL 68 13 52 65 140 7 0 2 2 10 2004–05 Lewiston Maineiacs QMJHL 67 11 51 62 198 8 2 7 9 34 2005–06 Lewiston Maineiacs QMJHL 63 16 33 49 136 4 0 2 2 31 2006–07 Texas Wildcatters ECHL 72 6 37 43 76 10 1 2 3 13 2007–08 Texas Wildcatters ECHL 22 3 14 17 28 — — — — — 2007–08 Rockford IceHogs AHL 3 2 0 2 4 — — — — — 2007–08 Hershey Bears AHL 37 2 11 13 30 5 1 0 1 6 2008–09 Albany River Rats AHL 45 1 11 12 38 — — — — — 2008–09 Florida Everblades ECHL 9 3 6 9 10 11 0 2 2 11 2009–10 Albany River Rats AHL 73 4 21 25 34 — — — — — 2010–11 Augsburger Panther DEL 52 5 9 14 28 — — — — — 2011–12 HC TWK Innsbruck AUT.2 32 13 22 35 81 10 5 7 12 18 2012–13 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 40 4 26 30 36 11 4 3 7 12 2013–14 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 33 5 12 17 55 17 5 8 13 36 2014–15 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 38 8 30 38 86 9 3 3 6 26 2015–16 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 40 7 19 26 82 11 1 4 5 24 2016–17 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 37 7 16 23 42 15 4 5 9 35 2017–18 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 35 4 12 16 53 5 0 1 1 4 2018–19 Les Pétroliers du Nord LNAH 36 1 8 9 69 4 0 0 0 8 2019–20 Rivière–du–Loup 3L LNAH 18 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 2021–22 Sorel–Tracy Éperviers LNAH 12 0 0 0 18 10 0 0 0 8 AHL totals 158 9 43 52 106 5 1 0 1 6 LNAH totals 289 36 124 160 449 82 17 24 41 153