Maxime Talbot
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maxime Talbot (born February 11, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and Boston Bruins. He was drafted into the NHL out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) by the Pittsburgh Penguins, 234th overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He led the Hull/Gatineau Olympiques to back-to-back President's Cups while earning the Guy Lafleur Trophy as playoff MVP both years.
Maxime Talbot | |||
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Born |
(1984-02-11) February 11, 1984 (age 40) LeMoyne, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 186 lb (84 kg; 13 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Pittsburgh Penguins Philadelphia Flyers Ilves Colorado Avalanche Boston Bruins Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Avangard Omsk | ||
NHL draft |
234th overall, 2002 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
Playing career | 2005ā2019 |
During the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Red Wings, while still playing for Pittsburgh, Talbot scored his team's only two goals in Pittsburgh's 2ā1 victory over Detroit in the series-deciding Game 7, securing the Penguins' Stanley Cup championship win.
Talbot finished his career playing three seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and Avangard Omsk.