Pierre-Luc Dubois

Pierre-Luc Dubois (born June 24, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dubois was born in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, but grew up in Rimouski. He was drafted third overall in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Blue Jackets.

Youth
Dubois played in the 2010 and 2011 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Rimouski Océanic minor ice hockey team.

Junior
Dubois was drafted by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)'s Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in the first round, fifth overall, of the 2014 QMJHL Entry Draft, and began with the Screaming Eagles in the 2014–15 season. In his rookie season, Dubois was the league's top-scoring 16-year-old.

Leading up to 2016 NHL Entry Draft, Dubois was the top-ranked North American skater. He was described as a multi-dimensional player possessing the ability to influence a game in a number of ways, and a bona fide future star for an NHL club.

On December 11, 2016, Dubois was traded to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.

Professional
On June 24, 2016, his 18th birthday, Dubois was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets third overall at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. On June 29, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Columbus. He was invited to the Blue Jackets' development camp but was sent back to the Eagles for the 2016–17 season, after which he was traded to the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada.

Dubois began the 2017–18 season in the NHL, playing centre to wingers Artemi Panarin and Josh Anderson. He scored his first career NHL goal on October 6, 2017, against the New York Islanders in a 5–0 win. He scored his first career NHL hat-trick on March 29, 2018, against the Calgary Flames. With his hat-trick, Dubois broke the Blue Jackets rookie scoring record that was previously held by Rick Nash.

On August 6, 2020, Dubois recorded the first playoff hat trick in Blue Jackets franchise history in a 4–3 overtime victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

International play
On December 1, 2015, Dubois was announced as 1 of 30 players invited to the Canadian selection camp for the 2016 World Junior Hockey Championships; he was one of only two 17-year-olds invited.

On April 27, 2018, Dubois was named to Canada's senior team to compete at the 2018 IIHF World Championship.

On May 10, 2019, Dubois was a late inclusion to Canada's roster at the 2019 IIHF World Championship, joining the squad following the Blue Jackets' second-round defeat in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. Dubois helped Canada progress through to the playoff rounds before losing the final to Finland to finish with the silver medal on May 26. He finished the tournament with three goals and seven points through eight games.

Personal life
Dubois is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, with his mother originally from Atlanta, Georgia. His father, Éric Dubois, is a former professional ice hockey player and is currently defensive coach of Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League (AHL). Dubois began playing hockey when he was three years old in Germany while his father played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He also has a sister, older by two years, who is studying in Quebec.