Patrice Brisebois
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Brisebois in 2011
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| Born |
January 27, 1971 Montreal, QC, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
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Montreal Canadiens Colorado Avalanche |
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| NHL Draft | 2nd round, 30th overall, 1989 Montreal Canadiens |
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| Playing career | 1991–2009 | ||
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| NASCAR Pinty's Series career | |||||||
| 14 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 36th (2009, 2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2009 GP3R 100 (Trois-Rivières) | ||||||
| Last race | 2015 JuliaWine.com Le 50 Tours (Trois-Rivières) | ||||||
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Joseph Jean-Guy Patrice Brisebois (born January 27, 1971) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, playing nearly 900 games with the former and 1,009 games overall. Brisebois was recently the Canadiens' Director of Player Development.
Brisebois was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, 30th overall, of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played junior hockey for the Laval Titan and Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and for the Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League (AHL) during his first year of professional ice hockey. Brisebois's junior career was an unqualified success. In 1990–91, he captured the Emile Bouchard Trophy awarded to the best defencemen in the QMJHL, was named to the QMJHL All-Star team, and took home the award for the Canadian Hockey League (CHL)'s Best Defencemen.
He has played for the Canadiens for 14 seasons, winning one Stanley Cup with the franchise during the 1992–93 season. By 1999, Brisebois had become a staple of the Habs defence, specifically as their power play anchor. Brisebois was rewarded for his strong play with a hefty $12 millions/3 years contract.
Brisebois soon thereafter began to have a falling out with the general Montreal public. With his hefty contract came a plethora of expectations and the general consensus was that Brisebois was not living up to his pay. Furthermore, Brisebois's risky style as an offensive defenceman became a heated topic of interest.
As a free agent following the NHL lockout in 2004–05, Brisebois left the Canadiens to sign with the Colorado Avalanche in a two-year deal on August 3, 2005. Away from the previous pressures, Brisebois then enjoyed a career year statistically scoring a career-high 38 points with the Avalanche in the 2005–06 season.
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