Rémi Royer

Rémi Royer (born February 12, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 18 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1998–99 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1996 to 2012, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.

Biography Royer was born in Donnacona, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City.

Royer was drafted 31st overall by the Blackhawks in the 1996 NHL entry draft. He played 18 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks. He scored no points, but collected 67 penalty minutes. He later played for EC Red Bull Salzburg, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, and Rivière-du-Loup CIMT in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94 Ste-Foy Gouverneurs QMAAA 44 8 24 32 86 — — — — — 1994–95 Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 57 3 17 20 144 4 0 1 1 7 1995–96 Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 43 12 14 26 209 — — — — — 1995–96 Saint-Hyacinthe Laser QMJHL 19 10 9 19 80 12 1 4 5 29 1996–97 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 29 3 12 15 87 — — — — — 1996–97 Indianapolis Ice IHL 10 0 1 1 17 — — — — — 1997–98 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 66 20 48 68 205 6 1 3 4 8 1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 5 0 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 12 1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 18 0 0 0 67 — — — — — 1998–99 Portland Pirates AHL 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1998–99 Indianapolis Ice IHL 54 4 15 19 164 7 0 0 0 44 1999–00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 57 3 13 16 204 8 1 1 2 12 2000–01 Portland Pirates AHL 40 1 7 8 140 — — — — — 2000–01 Louisville Panthers AHL 18 1 1 2 50 — — — — — 2001–02 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 15 0 7 7 67 — — — — — 2001–02 Providence Bruins AHL 24 3 5 8 69 — — — — — 2001–02 Florida Everblades ECHL 3 1 1 2 8 — — — — — 2001–02 Quebec Citadelles AHL 24 1 7 8 78 3 1 0 1 4 2002–03 Houston Aeros AHL 3 0 0 0 15 — — — — — 2002–03 Florida Everblades ECHL 2 0 1 1 18 — — — — — 2002–03 Reading Royals ECHL 29 7 7 14 186 — — — — — 2003–04 Salavat Yulaev Ufa-2 RUS-3 1 2 1 3 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Indianapolis Ice CHL 27 4 4 8 136 5 0 1 1 12 2004–05 Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivières LNAH 22 3 6 9 100 — — — — — 2004–05 Radio X de Québec LNAH 12 3 5 8 29 11 0 8 8 40 2005–06 Radio X de Québec LNAH 51 12 40 52 315 4 0 3 3 52 2006–07 Briançon FRA 20 2 10 12 110 8 0 0 0 12 2007–08 EC Salzburg EBEL 26 2 9 11 66 10 3 4 7 14 2007–08 EC Salzburg 2 AUT-2 10 6 8 14 59 — — — — — 2008–09 EC Salzburg 2 AUT-2 22 8 17 25 61 4 0 1 1 20 2009–10 Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 9 3 6 9 14 — — — — — 2009–10 CIMT de Rivière-du-Loup LNAH 23 5 18 23 57 — — — — — 2009–10 EHC Visp NLB 2 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2010–11 3L de Rivière-du-Loup LNAH 22 4 15 19 73 — — — — — 2010–11 VEU Feldkirch AUT-2 6 2 3 5 24 10 4 4 8 26 2011–12 Cool FM 103,5 de Saint-Georges LNAH 35 10 15 25 151 — — — — — LNAH totals 165 37 99 136 725 15 0 11 11 92 NHL totals 18 0 0 0 67 — — — — —