Pierre-Édouard Bellemare | |||
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Born |
Le Blanc-Mesnil, France |
6 March 1985 ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL team Former teams |
Philadelphia Flyers Dragons de Rouen Skellefteå AIK |
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National team | France | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2002–present |
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (born March 6, 1985) is a French professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Bellemare previously played for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), where he won the Swedish Championship twice in 2013 and 2014.
On June 11, 2014, the Philadelphia Flyers signed Bellemare to a one-year contract. He scored his first NHL goal later that year, on October 22, against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Later in his rookie season of 2014–15, he signed a two-year contract extension with the club on March 2, 2015.
Bellemare participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the French national team. He was also named to the French roster for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship. In the nation's opening group game on May 9, 2014, Bellemare scored the game-winning shootout goal to give France a 3–2 victory over Canada, France's second-ever victory over the Canadians in 83 years.
Bellemare's father was born on the French overseas Caribbean island of Martinique. His sister, Rose-Eliandre Bellemare, is an artistic gymnast; she participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He is fluent in Swedish.