Maxim Lapierre

Maxim Lapierre
Lapierre with the Blues in 2014.
Born	(1985-03-29) March 29, 1985 (age 32) Saint-Léonard, QC, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
NLA team Former teams	HC Lugano Montreal Canadiens Anaheim Ducks Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues Pittsburgh Penguins Modo Hockey
NHL Draft	61st overall, 2003 Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	2006–present

Maxim Lapierre (born March 29, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Lugano of the National League A (NLA). Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), he was selected 61st overall in 2003 by the Montreal Canadiens. He spent parts of his first three professional seasons with the Canadiens' minor league affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League (AHL), before playing his first full NHL season in 2008–09.

Lapierre spent five-and-a-half seasons in the Canadiens organization before being traded to the Anaheim Ducks in December 2010. Two months later, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks and helped the team to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins. On July 5, 2013, Lapierre signed with the St. Louis Blues as a free agent. On January 27, 2015, Lapierre was traded from St. Louis to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Marcel Goc.

Lapierre was born in Saint-Léonard, Quebec and grew up in Repentigny, Quebec. Beginning to play hockey at age nine, Lapierre's midget team was based out of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec. One of his teammates, Jean-François Jacques, went on to play with him on the Hamilton Bulldogs, as well.