Nicolas Deschamps (ice hockey)

Nicolas Deschamps (born January 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing for Dragons de Rouen of the Ligue Magnus. Deschamps made his professional debut in the AHL in 2009 when he appeared in two games for the Iowa Chops. He made his National Hockey League debut in the 2013–14 season with the Washington Capitals.

Nicolas Deschamps
Born (1990-01-06) January 6, 1990
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
Magnus team
Former teams		 Dragons de Rouen
Washington Capitals
Oulun Kärpät
Straubing Tigers
Vienna Capitals
IK Oskarshamn
NHL Draft 35th overall, 2008
Anaheim Ducks
Playing career 2009–present

Playing career

Deschamps was a second round pick, 35th overall, of the Anaheim Ducks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

He began his junior career in 2007–08, scoring 24 goals and 67 points in 63 games for the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.[1] He won the Michel Bergeron Trophy as the QMJHL's offensive rookie of the year, and was named to both the QMJHL and CHL All-Rookie Teams.[2]

After recording 65 points in 65 games for Chicoutimi in 2008–09, he was assigned to the Chops, appearing in two games before their season also ended.[3] He began the 2009–10 QMJHL season with Chicoutimi, appearing in 31 games before he was traded to the Wildcats.[4]

On January 3, 2012, Deschamps was traded from the Anaheim Ducks to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for left winger Luca Caputi. He was directly assigned to AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, and re-established his scoring presence from his rookie season to record 30 points in 40 games, to help the Marlies reach the Calder Cup finals.

During the following 2012–13 season, Deschamps was again subject to trade, when he was dealt by the Maple Leafs to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Kevin Marshall on March 14, 2013.[5]

On July 23, 2014, Deschamps signed abroad in Finland, agreeing to a one-year deal with Liiga club, Oulun Kärpät.[6] In the 2014–15 season, Deschamps struggled initially with Kärpät, registering just 1 goal in 8 games before he was released from his contract. On October 30, 2014, Dechamps signed a short-term contract with German Deutsche Eishockey Liga club, the Straubing Tigers. After 8 points in 11 games, Deschamps moved to the neighbouring Austrian Hockey League for his third brief stint with the Vienna Capitals before opting to return to North America. On February 5, 2015, Deschamps was claimed off AHL waivers by the Syracuse Crunch from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.[7] After 12 games with the Crunch, Deschamps was reassigned to the ECHL with the Florida Everblades to finish the year.

Deschamps played the 2015–16, and 2016–17 seasons with IK Oskarshamn, and the 2017–18 season with Dragons de Rouen.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 70 24 43 67 63 6 2 3 5 6
2008–09 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 65 24 41 65 40 4 3 1 4 12
2008–09 Iowa Chops AHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 31 18 26 44 20 — — — — —
2009–10 Moncton Wildcats QMJHL 33 21 32 52 20 15 5 9 14 10
2010–11 Syracuse Crunch AHL 80 15 31 46 26 — — — — —
2011–12 Syracuse Crunch AHL 31 5 2 7 10 — — — — —
2011–12 Toronto Marlies AHL 40 7 23 30 13 17 3 9 12 8
2012–13 Toronto Marlies AHL 50 7 9 16 26 — — — — —
2012–13 Hershey Bears AHL 16 3 4 7 2 5 1 2 3 2
2013–14 Hershey Bears AHL 65 15 25 40 24 — — — — —
2013–14 Washington Capitals NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Oulun Kärpät Liiga 8 1 0 1 20 — — — — —
2014–15 Straubing Tigers DEL 11 2 6 8 6 — — — — —
2014–15 Vienna Capitals EBEL 10 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Syracuse Crunch AHL 12 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2014–15 Florida Everblades ECHL 13 3 7 10 2 12 4 9 13 2
2015–16 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 52 9 24 33 14 5 2 0 2 4
2016–17 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 42 16 20 36 24 — — — — —
2017–18 Dragons de Rouen FRA 44 20 28 48 24 15 10 10 20 4
2018–19 Dragons de Rouen FRA 36 11 22 33 16 16 2 11 13 2
2019–20 Dragons de Rouen FRA 40 12 33 45 26 4 2 4 6 2
NHL totals 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Canada WJC18 7 3 0 3 2
Junior totals 7 3 0 3 2

References
  1. "Nocholas Deshamps player profile". Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. "Nicholas Deschamps player profile". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  3. Émond, Serge (2009-04-14). "Nicolas Deschamps avec les Ducks en séries" (in French). Cyberpresse. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  4. "Deschamps has big impact in Moncton debut as Wildcats beat Halifax 10-1". National Hockey League. 2009-12-27. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  5. "Capitals, Maple Leafs announce trade". American Hockey League. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  6. "Deschamps coming to Karpat" (in Finnish). Oulun Kärpät. 2014-07-23. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  7. "Tampa Bay reunites forward Nicolas Deschamps with the Syracuse Crunch". Syracuse Crunch. 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
  8. "Nicolas Deschamps player profile". Eliteprospects. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
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