Laurent Meunier

Laurent Meunier (born January 16, 1979) is a French-Swiss former professional ice hockey player who spent most of his career in Switzerland playing in the National League (NL) and the Swiss League (SL). He also captained the French National team for 13 years, the longest serving captain of a national sporting team in the world.

Meunier currently co-hosts hockey TV show, Le Repas d'équipe, with fellow French-born Swiss former goaltender Cristobal Huet on MySports.

Career

International retirement In May 2017, Meunier played at the 2017 IIHF World Championship, in Paris, representing France, as lead team captain. This represented his swan song, and he retired from the national team after finishing the tournament. He played his last game at the final round robin game of France, against Slovenia, with a win, retiring with France's Lead Goaltender Cristobal Huet. Team France (Les Bleus) did not advance to the medal round, but was not relegated.

Awards and honors Award Year All-Hockey East Rookie Team 2000–01

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1996–97 Brûleurs de Loups FRA 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 LHC Les Lions FRA 40 11 13 24 48 — — — — — 1998–99 LHC Les Lions FRA 41 11 25 36 42 — — — — — 1999–2000 LHC Les Lions FRA 32 16 14 30 42 — — — — — 2000–01 University of Massachusetts Lowell HE 35 10 24 34 54 — — — — — 2001–02 University of Massachusetts Lowell HE 27 9 15 24 34 — — — — — 2002–03 Florida Everblades ECHL 68 20 31 51 106 1 1 1 2 0 2003–04 Brûleurs de Loups FRA 26 11 16 27 36 — — — — — 2004–05 Brûleurs de Loups FRA 27 16 18 34 79 12 1 4 5 12 2005–06 Brûleurs de Loups FRA 26 11 17 28 36 7 2 6 8 10 2006–07 Genève–Servette HC NLA 43 10 14 24 36 5 1 1 2 0 2007–08 Genève–Servette HC NLA 20 10 8 18 24 15 6 7 13 16 2007–08 Lausanne HC SUI.2 11 8 7 15 6 — — — — — 2008–09 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NLA 38 8 10 18 58 8 1 2 3 4 2009–10 Timrå IK SEL 47 4 13 17 46 5 1 1 2 4 2010–11 Genève–Servette HC NLA 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2010–11 HC La Chaux–de–Fonds SUI.2 7 2 9 11 4 — — — — — 2010–11 Straubing Tigers DEL 31 9 15 24 34 — — — — — 2011–12 Straubing Tigers DEL 52 17 24 41 54 8 3 3 6 12 2012–13 Straubing Tigers DEL 50 7 21 28 80 7 0 2 2 6 2013–14 Straubing Tigers DEL 33 5 25 30 46 — — — — — 2014–15 Straubing Tigers DEL 50 5 24 29 32 — — — — — 2015–16 HC La Chaux–de–Fonds SUI.2 34 7 27 34 47 4 1 3 4 18 2015–16 Lausanne HC NLA 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2016–17 HC La Chaux–de–Fonds SUI.2 40 15 27 42 26 10 3 7 10 20 2017–18 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NL 50 4 7 11 40 5 0 2 2 4 2018–19 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NL 40 0 5 5 16 — — — — — 2018–19 HC Ajoie SUI.2 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — FRA totals 194 76 103 179 283 19 3 10 13 22 NLA/NL totals 194 33 44 77 176 33 8 12 20 24 DEL totals 216 43 109 152 246 15 3 5 8 18

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1996 France EJC B 5 4 4 8 6 1997 France WJC B 7 0 1 1 6 1997 France EJC B 6 4 4 8 8 1998 France WJC B 6 6 0 6 12 1999 France WJC B 5 2 5 7 4 1999 France WC 3 0 0 0 0 1999 France WC Q 3 0 0 0 2 2000 France WC 6 4 3 7 2 2001 France OGQ 3 0 0 0 4 2001 France WC D1 5 0 3 3 2 2002 France OG 4 0 1 1 6 2002 France WC D1 5 3 2 5 2 2003 France WC D1 5 1 4 5 12 2005 France OGQ 6 3 4 7 4 2005 France WC D1 5 0 3 3 6 2006 France WC D1 5 3 1 4 2 2007 France WC D1 5 3 5 8 8 2008 France WC 3 0 0 0 0 2009 France OGQ 2 0 0 0 2 2009 France WC 4 0 3 3 14 2010 France WC 5 2 1 3 4 2011 France WC 6 2 1 3 8 2012 France WC 7 1 6 7 22 2013 France OGQ 3 2 1 3 4 2013 France WC 5 0 2 2 4 2014 France WC 8 2 1 3 16 2015 France WC 7 1 2 3 0 2016 France WC 7 0 1 1 10 2016 France OGQ 3 0 2 2 0 2017 France WC 7 0 2 2 8 Junior totals 29 16 14 30 40 Senior totals 122 27 48 75 142