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#26 Nicolas Blanchard, LW

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Nicolas Blanchard

#26 Nicolas Blanchard

Position Left Wing
Height 6'3"
Weight 205
Shoots Left
Born May 31, 1987
Birthplace Granby, Quebec
Drafted CAR 2005 (6th, 192nd)

Career Statistics

        Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League   GP G A PTS PIM   GP G A PTS PIM
2004-05 Chicoutimi QMJHL   69 13 26 39 31   17 2 2 4 10
2005-06 Chicoutimi QMJHL   60 15 29 44 51   9 1 2 3 4
2006-07 Chicoutimi QMJHL   62 22 35 57 41   4 0 2 2 8
  Albany AHL   7 1 2 3 2   5 0 0 0 2
2007-08 Albany AHL   64 11 12 23 70   7 0 2 2 2
2008-09 Albany AHL   55 7 12 19 132   - - - - -
2009-10 Albany AHL   76 14 8 22 171   8 0 0 0 13
2010-11 Charlotte AHL   72 8 10 18 101   16 2 3 5 16
2011-12 Charlotte AHL   68 9 12 21 103   - - - - -
2012-13 Charlotte AHL   61 4 5 9 124            
  Carolina NHL   9 0 0 0 20   - - - - -
   
AHL TOTALS   403 54 61 115 703   36 2 5 7 33
NHL TOTALS   9 0 0 0 20   - - - - -
PRO TOTALS   403 54 61 115 703   36 2 5 7 33

Biography

Nicolas Blanchard
Through games of 2011-12, ranked second on the Checkers' all-time penalty minutes chart with 204 ... Scored between 18 and 23 points in each of his first five AHL seasons ... Recorded at least 100 penalty minutes in four consecutive seasons ... Signed a two-year deal with Carolina on 5/21/12 ... Drafted by Carolina in the sixth round (192nd overall) in 2005.

2011-12

Completed his fifth professional season, all with Carolina's top minor-league affiliate ... Served as one of the team's two alternate captains ... Tied his career high with 12 assists and fell two points short of his career high with 21 points ... Ranked second on the team with 103 penalty minutes ... Scored his first goal of the season and took a season-high five shots, a mark he would go on to match three more times, vs. PEO (10/15) ... Registered his first assist of the campaign on Michal Jordan's goal vs. NOR (10/23) ... Tied the game with his second goal of the season at GR (11/5) ... Had the primary assist a Brett Sutter goal for the second game in a row vs. TEX (12/3) ... Opened the scoring at the 5:45 mark of the first period at CHI (12/31) ... Scored his fifth goal of the season at CHI (1/8), giving him goals in consecutive games for the only time during the season ... Scored on his first career shootout attempt in the 11th round vs. HER (1/11) ... Found the back of the net at ABB (1/20), giving him a four-game point streak (1g, 3a) that was his longest since a five-game run in his rookie season ... Scored six points in seven games (3g, 3a) from 1/7-1/20 ... Assisted on Zac Dalpe's goal at Returned from an upper-body injury on April 13 and posted points in two of the Checkers' last three games (1g, 1a) ... Helped set up Sean Dolan's goal for his second assist in as many games and picked up a fighting major at MIL (2/10) ... Tied the game with 1:37 remaining in regulation to force overtime at LE (3/3) ... Notched the Checkers' first goal that held up as his only game-winner of the season vs. CHI (3/11) ... Set up Dalpe's goal and dropped the gloves vs. PEO (3/20) ... Returned from a seven-game absence (upper-body) and recorded the primary assist on Justin Krueger's goal to tie his career high at PEO (4/13) ... Scored Charlotte's first goal, his ninth of the season, at RFD (4/10) ... Games missed due to injury: 7 (upper body: 3/25-4/10) ... Longest goal streak: 2 games (1/7-1/8: 2g, 0a) ... Longest assist streak: 3 games (1/12-1/17: 0g, 3a) ... Longest point streak: 4 games (1/12-1/20: 1g, 3a).

2010-11

Earned 18 points (8g, 10a) in 72 games for Charlotte, serving as an alternate captain for the Checkers... Ranked third on the team with 101 penalty minutes... Charlotte was 7-0-1 when he scored a goal in the regular season and 2-0 when he found the net in the playoffs... Earned three assists vs. Manchester (1/14)... Netted game-winning goals at Norfolk (1/11) and at Hershey (2/20)... Had 10 points (2g, 8a) in 10 January games... Took Charlotte's first-ever penalty shot at home vs. Albany (2/13)... Reached the 100-penalty minute mark for the third consecutive season vs. Norfolk (4/4)... Earned five points (2g, 3a) and 16 penalty minutes in 16 Calder Cup Playoff games for the Checkers... Netted the series-clinching goal in overtime at Hershey (4/24).

2009-10

Totaled 22 points, including a career-high 14 goals, with Albany (AHL)... Played in his 200th career AHL game vs. Adirondack (4/3/10).

2008-09

Completed second full professional season with Albany (AHL), scoring 19 points (7g, 12a) in 55 games... Had 19 points (7g, 12a) in 55 games before having his season cut short when he was injured in the team's bus crash on 2/19/09... ...Ranked second on the team with 132 penalty minutes.

2007-08

Completed his first full professional season with Albany (AHL), notching 23 points (11g, 12a) in 64 games.

2006-07

Joined Albany (AHL) at the conclusion of his junior season and made his professional debut on 4/4... Notched his first AHL goal with the River Rats on 4/11.

Junior

Scored 50 goals and earned 90 assists (140 points) in 191 regular-season games over three seasons with Chicoutimi of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 2004-2007... Posted 22 goals and 35 assists (57 points) in 62 games during his final junior season with Chicoutimi in 2006-07.
 
Charlotte Checkers
31 Mike Murphy G
1 John Muse G
30 Rob Madore G
34 Brett Bellemore D
29 Michal Jordan D
2 Rasmus Rissanen D
3 Justin Krueger D
5 Marc-Andre Gragnani D
36 Beau Schmitz D
4 Austin Levi D
23 Bobby Raymond D
4 Danny Biega D
4 Brendon Nash D
6 Ryan Murphy D
25 Chris Terry LW
17 Jerome Samson RW
26 Nicolas Blanchard LW
20 Riley Nash C
22 Jared Staal RW
8 Matt Beca RW
19 Zac Dalpe C
11 Zach Boychuk C
7 Brett Sutter C
14 Justin Shugg LW
18 Justin Soryal LW
16 Sean Dolan C
12 Brody Sutter C
21 Tim Wallace RW
15 Jeremy Welsh C
28 Luke Pither C
33 Andreas Nodl RW
24 Matt Marquardt LW
27 David Marshall RW
10 Brock McGinn LW
33 Brendan Woods C

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