Maxime Ouellet

Maxime Ouellet (born June 17, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2006. He also played several years in the American Hockey League, retiring in 2009. Internationally he played for the Canadian national junior team at both the 2000 and 2001 World Junior Championships, winning a bronze medal each year.

Playing career

As a youth, Ouellet played in the 1994 and 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Beauport, Quebec City.

Ouellet was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, 22nd overall at the 1999 NHL entry draft. He later was traded with a first, second, and third round draft choice in 2002 NHL entry draft to the Washington Capitals for Adam Oates. He holds several records for the former AHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals, the Portland Pirates. On December 2, 2005, the Washington Capitals traded Ouellet to the Canucks in exchange for a fifth round selection in the 2006 NHL entry draft (Maxime Lacroix).

After not playing to start the 2006–07 season, in late December 2006, Ouellet was signed by the Portland Pirates to goal tend alongside Dov Grumet-Morris. One week later in January 2007, he left Portland without playing a game and was reportedly trying to sign with a European team. In January 2007, Ouellet signed to a contract with the German hockey club Kassel Huskies.

Ouellet was signed by the New York Islanders to a minor-league contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on July 26, 2007. After failing to make the team, he signed a contract on November 11, 2007, with the Salzburg Red Bulls of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga in Austria.

On January 24, 2008, Ouellet signed a contract with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL. He was traded from the Sea Wolves to the Trenton Devils where he played 5 games with a 3.21 GAA and a 0.877 save percentage.

On October 16, 2008, it was announced that Ouellet had signed with the St. Marie Poutrelles Delta of the LNAH.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1996–97 Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs QAAA 29 16 8 0 — 1470 81 0 2.75 — 9 4 5 555 31 0 3.37 — 1997–98 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 24 12 7 1 — 1188 66 0 3.33 .893 7 3 1 305 16 0 3.15 .892 1998–99 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 59 40 12 6 — 3447 155 3 2.70 .909 13 6 7 803 41 1 3.06 .910 1999–00 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 53 31 16 4 — 2984 133 2 2.67 .916 11 7 4 638 28 2 2.63 .912 2000–01 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 25 18 6 1 — 1471 65 3 2.65 .913 8 4 4 490 25 0 3.06 .904 2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 1 0 — 76 3 0 2.38 .889 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 2 1 0 0 — 86 4 0 2.78 .926 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 41 16 13 8 — 2294 104 1 2.72 .911 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Portland Pirates AHL 6 3 3 0 — 358 17 0 2.85 .923 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Portland Pirates AHL 48 22 16 7 — 2773 111 7 2.40 .929 2 1 1 120 8 0 4.00 .889 2003–04 Washington Capitals NHL 6 2 3 1 — 365 19 1 3.12 .910 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Portland Pirates AHL 52 15 29 8 — 3050 101 10 1.99 .930 5 2 2 303 8 0 1.59 .942 2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 40 15 20 3 — 2305 111 0 2.89 .911 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Hershey Bears AHL 1 0 0 — 0 41 5 0 7.37 .737 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4 0 2 — 1 222 12 0 3.25 .894 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Manitoba Moose AHL 16 9 7 — 0 946 46 0 2.92 .894 3 0 1 127 6 0 2.85 .919 2006–07 Kassel Huskies GER-2 2 — — — — — — — 3.53 — — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Trenton Devils ECHL 5 3 2 — 0 299 16 0 3.21 .887 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Sainte-Marie Poutrelles Delta LNAH 9 — — — — — — — 5.42 .870 — — — — — — — — AHL totals 206 81 88 26 0 11853 499 18 2.53 .919 10 3 4 550 24 0 2.61 .915 NHL totals 12 2 6 1 1 663 34 1 3.08 .903 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2000 Canada WJC 6 3 2 2 360 11 0 1.83 — 2001 Canada WJC 7 4 2 1 398 10 1 1.51 — Junior totals 13 7 4 3 758 21 1 1.66 —