Philippe DeRouville

Philippe DeRouville (born August 7, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1994–95 and 1996–97 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1994 to 2008, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.

Playing career DeRouville was a top prospect in junior hockey but his National Hockey League tenure lasted all of three games in the 1990s. He bounced around the minors for five years before playing in various European leagues.

Born in Victoriaville, Quebec, DeRouville played in the QAAA with Magog before joining Longueuil Collège Français of the QMJHL. He was chosen 115th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992 then returned to junior for two more years. DeRouville represented Canada at the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The gifted youngster was named to the league's second all-star team in 1993 and 1994. In 1993–94 his 3.06 goals against average was the best in the QMJHL.

DeRouville played most of his first two pro seasons with the IHL's Cleveland Lumberjacks but was recalled to make the odd appearance between the pipes for the Pens. In 1996–97, the emergence of rookie Patrick Lalime kept him from moving up to Pittsburgh. Eventually young goalie Jean-Sébastien Aubin and Peter Skudra supplanted DeRouville on the club's depth chart. Over his last two years he played in the ECHL, IHL, AHL and CHL before moving to Europe. He played in Britain for the Ayr Scottish Eagles, Sweden for Timrå IK, France for Briançon and Italy for Brunico SG . He signed for the British Elite Ice Hockey League side Belfast Giants towards the end of the 2006–07 season replace injured goalie Mike Minard. He re-signed for the Giants for the 2007–08 season but after the signing of Stevie Lyle from the Basingstoke Bison, it was announced on October 17, 2007, that DeRouville was released by the Giants.

DeRouville has received offers from 2 different teams on October 18, 2007, and signed on October 23, 2007, with the Croatian team KHL Medveščak from Zagreb, that plays in the Croatian and in the Slovenian league.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1989–90 Magog Cantonniers QAAA 21 15 6 0 — 1213 90 0 4.45 — 11 7 4 708 54 0 4.58 — 1990–91 Longueuil Collège Français QMJHL 20 13 6 0 — 1030 50 0 2.91 .888 1 0 0 11 2 0 10.53 .800 1991–92 Verdun Collège Français QMJHL 34 20 6 3 — 1854 99 2 3.20 .891 11 7 3 593 28 1 2.83 .899 1992–93 Verdun Collège Français QMJHL 61 30 27 2 — 3491 210 1 3.61 .891 4 0 4 256 18 0 3.61 .891 1993–94 Verdun Collège Français QMJHL 51 28 22 0 — 2845 145 1 3.06 .904 4 0 4 210 14 0 4.00 .890 1994–95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 1 1 0 0 — 60 3 0 3.00 .889 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 41 24 10 5 — 2369 131 1 3.32 — 4 1 3 263 18 0 4.09 .893 1995–96 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 38 19 11 3 — 2008 129 1 3.86 .894 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 2 0 2 0 — 112 6 0 3.24 .909 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Kansas City Blades IHL 26 11 11 4 — 1470 69 2 2.82 .911 2 0 1 32 4 0 7.35 .692 1997–98 Louisville RiverFrogs ECHL 8 5 2 1 — 480 27 0 3.38 .915 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 3 0 2 1 — 184 10 0 3.26 .888 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Utah Grizzlies IHL 30 18 9 1 — 1524 65 3 2.56 .916 2 1 1 129 7 0 3.25 .922 1998–99 Utah Grizzlies IHL 5 0 2 0 — 142 12 0 5.07 .826 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 San Antonio Iguanas CHL 5 3 2 0 — 181 13 0 4.31 .877 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 19 6 6 2 — 921 46 0 3.00 .904 — — — — — — — — 1999–00 ERC Ingolstadt GER-2 45 — — — — 2515 111 2 2.65 — — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Ayr Scottish Eagles BISL 8 4 3 1 — 480 23 0 2.99 .908 6 — — — — — 3.29 .899 2001–02 Timrå IK SWE 18 — — — — 920 50 1 3.26 .879 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Thetford-Mines Prolab QSPHL 9 4 4 1 — 546 30 0 3.29 .875 19 11 6 1066 46 4 2.59 — 2003–04 Briançon FRA — — — — — — — — — — 4 — — — — — — — 2004–05 HC Pustertal ITA 19 — — — — 1107 53 3 2.87 .901 4 — — — — — 5.05 .844 2005–06 HC Pustertal ITA 22 — — — — 1297 79 0 3.65 .892 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Egna HC ITA-2 30 — — — — — — — 3.37 — — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Belfast Giants EIHL 9 — — — — — — — 1.73 .924 3 — — — — — 1.62 .935 2007–08 Belfast Giants EIHL 11 — — — — — — — 3.00 .897 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 KHL Medveščak Zagreb SLO 5 — — — — — — — 3.60 — — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Mission de Sorel-Tracy LNAH 12 — — — — — — — 5.29 .852 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 3 1 2 0 — 172 9 0 3.16 .903 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1993 Canada WJC 1 0 1 0 60 7 0 7.00 .875 Junior totals 1 0 1 0 60 7 0 7.00 .875

Awards QMJHL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1992) QMJHL Second All-Star Team (1993, 1994)