Gilbert Dionne

Gilbert Dionne
Born (1970-09-19) September 19, 1970 (age 54)
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Philadelphia Flyers
Florida Panthers
Cincinnati Cyclones
NHL draft 81st overall, 1990
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1990–2006

Gilbert Marc Dionne (born September 19, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League from 1990–91 until 1995–96. He is the younger brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne, who is nineteen years his senior.[1] He now resides in Tavistock, Ontario.[citation needed]

Biography

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As a youth, Dionne played in the 1982 and 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Drummondville.[2]

Dionne was drafted 81st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft after a productive career in juniors.

Following a solid first season with the Montreal affiliate Fredericton in 1990-91, he was brought up to the Canadiens for two regular season games.

He returned to Fredericton for the start of 1991-92 and scored 46pts in 29 games prompting Montreal to being Dionne back to the parent team part way through the 1991–92 NHL season. After scoring 21 goals and 34 points in only 39 games, and another 7 points in 11 playoff games he would end up being named in the NHL All-Rookie Team.

He played a few games with Fredericton the following 1992-93 season, scoring 7 points in 3 games, but was soon called up and appeared in 75 games for Montreal, scoring 48 points. More significantly, he was a valuable contributor in the playoffs with 12 points in 20 games as the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

The following 93-94 season, he stayed with Montreal, but after a bright start, his scoring trailed off and he found himself a healthy scratch in several games, and two in the playoffs.

The following season started quietly, and Dionne struggled to make the ice on a regular basis. With the Canadiens struggling to keep pace for a playoff slot, they entered into a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers. The deal saw Mark Recchi join Montreal along with a draft pick, while the Flyers gained defenseman Eric Desjardins, and power forward John Leclair along with Dionne.

His Flyers career saw him suit up 20 times in the first season and manage 6 assists, but he soon lost his regular position and found himself fighting to stay on the lower order lines. After being waived the following season, he played for a short while for the Florida Panthers affiliate the Carolina Monarchs where he was again prolific, but found opportunities back in the NHL lacking.

Overall, he played 223 career NHL games, scoring 61 goals and 79 assists for 140 points.[1]

Sent down to the minor leagues thereafter, he remained a minor league star, playing seven more seasons in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League before closing out his professional career with two seasons in Germany.[1]

His jersey number (21) was retired by the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL on December 2, 2006, in recognition of "Gilbert Dionne Day".[1] He played four seasons for the Cyclones, then in the International Hockey League, leading the team in scoring twice and being the franchise's second leading career scorer behind Don Biggs.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1986–87 Niagara Falls Canucks GHL 17 9 6 15 16 — — — — —
1987–88 Niagara Falls Canucks GHL 36 36 48 84 60 — — — — —
1988–89 Kitchener Rangers OHL 66 11 33 44 13 5 1 1 2 4
1989–90 Kitchener Rangers OHL 64 48 57 105 85 17 13 10 23 22
1989–90 Kitchener Rangers MC — — — — — 5 4 6 10 8
1990–91 Montreal Canadiens NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1990–91 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 77 40 47 87 62 9 6 5 11 8
1991–92 Montreal Canadiens NHL 39 21 13 34 10 11 3 4 7 10
1991–92 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 29 19 27 46 20 — — — — —
1992–93 Montreal Canadiens NHL 75 20 28 48 63 20 6 6 12 20
1992–93 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 3 4 3 7 0 — — — — —
1993–94 Montreal Canadiens NHL 74 19 26 45 31 5 1 2 3 0
1994–95 Montreal Canadiens NHL 6 0 3 3 2 — — — — —
1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 20 0 6 6 2 3 0 0 0 4
1995–96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1995–96 Florida Panthers NHL 5 1 2 3 0 — — — — —
1995–96 Carolina Monarchs AHL 55 43 58 101 29 — — — — —
1996–97 Carolina Monarchs AHL 72 41 47 88 69 — — — — —
1997–98 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 76 42 57 99 54 9 3 4 7 28
1998–99 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 76 35 53 88 123 3 0 2 2 6
1999–2000 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 81 34 49 83 88 11 4 3 7 8
2000–01 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 80 23 43 66 46 5 0 2 2 0
2001–02 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 57 15 26 41 26 3 0 1 1 2
2002–03 Hannover Scorpions DEL 51 17 29 46 55 — — — — —
2003–04 Cambridge Hornets OHA-Sr. 17 22 20 42 6 — — — — —
2004–05 Cambridge Hornets OHA-Sr. 25 16 28 44 4 — — — — —
2005–06 Cambridge Hornets MLH 19 11 24 35 8 — — — — —
NHL totals 223 61 79 140 108 39 10 12 22 34
AHL totals 236 147 182 329 180 9 6 5 11 8
IHL totals 313 134 202 336 311 28 7 11 18 42

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Glew, Kevin (22 January 2008). "Backchecking: Dionne 'King' in Tavistock". TheHockeyNews. The Hockey News. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
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