Justin Papineau

Justin Papineau (born January 15, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany until 2011. In the NHL, he played for the St. Louis Blues and the New York Islanders between 2001 and 2004.

Career

Papineau was born in Ottawa, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from South Ottawa. In 1998-99 with the Belleville Bulls, he set the OHL playoff record for most points in a single post-season with 51. He was drafted in the second round, #46 overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1998 NHL entry draft.

He was then re-selected in the third round, #75 overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2000 NHL entry draft when the Kings were unable to sign him to a contract within the two-year deadline and retain his rights. It was reported that negotiations between the team's front office and Papineau broke down at least partially due to the involvement an overbearing agent demanding a huge entry contract.

Papineau has played 81 career NHL games for the Blues and New York Islanders, scoring 11 goals and 8 assists for 19 points. Papineau was once compared to star Steve Yzerman, but those comparisons never came to fruition at the NHL level. He left then on 6 April 2009 EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams to sign with Adler Mannheim.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Ottawa Jr. Senators CJHL 52 31 19 50 51 — — — — — 1996–97 Belleville Bulls OHL 50 10 32 42 32 — — — — — 1997–98 Belleville Bulls OHL 66 41 53 94 34 10 5 9 14 6 1998–99 Belleville Bulls OHL 68 52 47 99 28 21 21 30 51 20 1999–2000 Belleville Bulls OHL 60 40 36 76 52 16 4 12 16 16 2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 43 7 22 29 33 11 7 3 10 8 2001–02 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Worcester IceCats AHL 75 38 38 76 86 3 1 2 3 4 2002–03 St. Louis Blues NHL 11 2 1 3 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 44 21 17 38 42 — — — — — 2002–03 New York Islanders NHL 5 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 5 7 1 8 4 7 1 3 4 7 2003–04 New York Islanders NHL 64 8 5 13 8 — — — — — 2004–05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 59 18 16 34 52 — — — — — 2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 12 6 6 12 12 5 1 3 4 4 2006–07 Lowell Devils AHL 29 12 17 29 24 — — — — — 2007–08 EHC Basel NLA 41 6 22 28 40 — — — — — 2008–09 Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg DEL 49 21 34 55 58 10 0 3 3 8 2009–10 Adler Mannheim DEL 51 19 25 44 38 2 1 1 2 0 2010–11 Adler Mannheim DEL 13 4 4 8 6 — — — — — AHL totals 267 109 117 226 253 26 10 11 21 23 NHL totals 81 11 8 19 12 1 0 0 0 0 DEL totals 113 44 63 107 102 12 1 4 5 8