Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers

Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers
With the 2010–11 Oklahoma City Barons
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg)
NHL Team (P) Cur. Team F. Teams	Anaheim Ducks Syracuse Crunch (AHL) Edmonton Oilers
Born	(1984-05-15)May 15, 1984, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, CAN
NHL Draft	31st overall, 2002 Edmonton Oilers
Pro Career	2004 – present

Jeffrey Drouin-Deslauriers (born May 15, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft with the 31st overall pick.

Playing career

Early years

Deslauriers was selected from Chicoutimi of the QMJHL, where he was the starting goaltender for three seasons. The 2004-05 season was Deslauriers' first professional experience. He split time between the Edmonton Road Runners of the AHL and the Greenville Grrrowl of the ECHL. It was not a good season for Deslauriers, as he fought injury problems, and played for an AHL team that failed to make the playoffs. In the 2005-06 season, due to the Oilers not having a farm team, Deslauriers only played 13 games and struggled, before being sent down once again to the Grrrowl. The 2006-07 season was a turnaround, however. Deslauriers was back in the AHL with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and eventually became the team's starting goaltender. He played well, and ranked among the top goaltenders in the league.

Deslauriers in an Edmonton Oilers uniform in 2009

On October 17, 2008, Deslauriers earned his first NHL win in a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames. Over the course of his first four appearances, he put up sparkling numbers, including a 3-0 record with a 1.50 GAA and a .951 save percentage. However, after two games where he allowed four goals or more, and as a result of the three-headed goaltending carousel of Dwayne Roloson and Mathieu Garon, he has been relegated to the bench and occasional rehab stints in the AHL. With the trade of Garon to the Pittsburgh Penguins, however, he regained his full-time backup position as Edmonton's number two goalie.

Recent

Following the 2008-09 NHL Season, Roloson left the Oilers via free-agency, and the Oilers replaced him with veteran goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. Deslauriers was to be his back-up, and he started off the season with limited playing time. He played just three times in Edmonton's first 21 games, but posted respectable stats, going 1-1-1 with a 1.96 goals against average and a .937 save percentage. Shortly after his 3rd start, Khabibulin was injured and Deslauriers went on to start 14 straight games in his absence, but with less impressive statistics. In January 2010, the Oilers announced that Khabibulin would undergo season ending surgery, thrusting Deslauriers into the starting role. After an unspectacular year as the Oilers number one goalie, Deslauriers had to battle in training camp for the back-up role against Devan Dubnyk and former NHLer Martin Gerber. At first the Oilers decided to keep both Dubnyk and Deslauriers, though Deslauriers did not receive any playing time. On November 1, 2010, Deslauriers was placed on waivers leaving Devan Dubnyk as the primary backup for the Oilers. Deslauriers was assigned to the Oklahoma City Barons where he was the number two goalie behind Gerber.

Deslauriers played for Team Canada at the 2010 Spengler Cup where he was named top goaltender.

Anaheim Ducks

On July 12, 2011, Deslauriers signed a two-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks.

Career statistics

Season	Team	League	GP	Min	W	L	T/OTL	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
2001–02	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QJMHL	51	2909	28	20	1	170	3.51	.900	1
2002–03	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QJMHL	49	2582	18	24	1	164	3.81	.888	0
2003–04	Chicoutimi Sagueneens	QJMHL	50	2701	21	20	6	129	2.87	.916	1
2004–05	Edmonton Roadrunners	AHL	22	1258	6	13	2	62	2.96	.888	0
2004–05	Greenville Grrrowl	ECHL	11	673	7	3	1	26	2.32	.940	1
2005–06	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	13	666	4	7	0	35	3.15	.897	0
2005–06	Greenville Grrrowl	ECHL	6	335	2	4	0	17	3.05	.899	0
2006–07	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	40	2231	22	12	3	92	2.47	.908	4
2007–08	Springfield Falcons	AHL	57	3045	26	23	5	147	2.90	.912	0
2008–09	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	10	540	4	3	0	30	3.34	.901	0
2008–09	Springfield Falcons	AHL	5	286	1	4	0	13	2.73	.906	0
2009–10	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	45	2550	15	26	3	134	3.15	.902	3
NHL Totals			53	3031	19	28	3	161	3.19	.901	3

External links

• Prospect report from HockeysFuture.com
• Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database