P. C. Drouin

Pierre-Claude Drouin (born April 22, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Boston Bruins, various teams in Europe, and the Fort Wayne Komets of the Central Hockey League.

Playing career As a youth, Drouin played in the 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

Drouin played for Cornell University Big Red in the NCAA, and has represented a number of professional hockey teams. He has played 3 NHL games for the Boston Bruins in the 1996–97 NHL season, scoring no points.

He was signed by the Bruins from Cornell University as a free agent and had spells in the American Hockey League with the Providence Bruins and the ECHL for the Charlotte Checkers. In 1998, he moved to the United Kingdom to play in the now-defunct British Ice Hockey Superleague for the Bracknell Bees, where he won the Superleague title in 1999–2000. He then moved to the Nottingham Panthers in a two-year spell which saw him lead the team in points both seasons. He then played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Augsburger Panther and then in Finland's SM-liiga for JYP and Jokerit.

He returned to America and joined the Fort Wayne Komets of the United Hockey League in an impressive two-year spell which saw him [score 24 goals and 50 assists for 74 points in both seasons. He then spent a season with the Hockey Club de Morzine Avoriaz in France as a player/assistant coach, before returning to the Nottingham Panthers as a player/assistant coach in 2007. After being released by Nottingham mid-season, Drouin returned home to Fort Wayne, where he helped the Fort Wayne Komets win the Turner Cup in a dramatic final in 2008. He returned to the Fort Wayne Komets for the third straight year.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 49 23 51 74 59 — — — — — 1992–93 Cornell University ECAC 23 3 6 9 30 — — — — — 1993–94 Cornell University ECAC 21 6 14 20 30 — — — — — 1994–95 Cornell University ECAC 26 4 15 19 58 — — — — — 1995–96 Cornell University ECAC 31 18 14 32 60 — — — — — 1996–97 Providence Bruins AHL 42 12 11 23 10 — — — — — 1996–97 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Providence Bruins AHL 7 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 1997–98 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 62 21 46 67 57 7 2 4 6 4 1998–99 Bracknell Bees BISL 42 12 21 33 12 — — — — — 1999–00 Bracknell Bees BISL 40 15 29 44 46 6 2 3 5 10 2000–01 Nottingham Panthers BISL 48 20 34 54 64 6 3 2 5 18 2001–02 Nottingham Panthers BISL 48 18 34 52 78 6 2 4 6 4 2002–03 Augsburger Panther DEL 52 12 25 37 96 — — — — — 2003–04 Jokerit SM-l 57 11 15 26 82 8 2 2 4 8 2004–05 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 78 24 50 74 87 18 8 11 19 26 2005–06 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 72 24 50 74 92 5 0 6 6 2 2006–07 Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz FRA 26 20 17 37 78 10 9 7 16 22 2007–08 Nottingham Panthers EIHL 16 4 11 15 26 — — — — — 2007–08 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 62 23 51 74 53 13 3 4 7 8 2008–09 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 75 32 66 98 93 — — — — — 2009–10 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 76 26 56 82 58 12 5 13 18 16 UHL/IHL totals 363 129 273 402 382 48 16 34 50 52 NHL totals 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —