Jeff Deslauriers

Jeff Deslauriers
With the 2010–11 Oklahoma City Barons
Born	(1984-05-15) May 15, 1984 (age 32) Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Right
team Former teams	Free Agent Edmonton Oilers Anaheim Ducks Dinamo Riga Augsburger Panther
NHL Draft	31st overall, 2002 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	2004–present

Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (born May 15, 1984), is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Deslauriers was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft with the 31st overall pick.

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.

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.