Ethan Moreau
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Ethan Byron Moreau is a professional ice hockey
left winger
who is currently playing with the Los Angeles Kings
of the National Hockey League
. Prior to this, he was a alternate captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets
of the National Hockey League
. He was selected in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft
, 14th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks
.
, playing for Niagara Falls
. In addition to good physical presence and skating, Moreau had shown a remarkable scoring touch in his draft year. The Blackhawks allowed Moreau to play another year in junior (for Sudbury
), before bringing him to their IHL team in Indianapolis
. Moreau also saw spot duty in the NHL
, playing 8 games.
) was Moreau's first full year in the NHL, and he went on to play parts of four seasons with Chicago.
On March 20, 1999, Moreau was dealt in a blockbuster trade to the Edmonton Oilers
along with Chad Kilger
, Daniel Cleary
and Christian Laflamme
in exchange for Boris Mironov
, Dean McAmmond
and Jonas Elofsson
.
Although Moreau has not shown the scoring touch he had in junior, he has been an excellent checking forward for the Oilers, providing leadership and grit from their third line. In 2003–04, he scored a career-high 20 goals and was one of the team's best players in a failed late run for the playoffs. The following NHL season was cancelled due to the lockout, so Moreau played with EC VSV Villach
of the Austrian Hockey League
.
Moreau was part of the Edmonton Oilers team that made a run to the Stanley Cup
Finals. However, the Oilers lost in game 7 of the finals to the Carolina Hurricanes
. Moreau had 2 goals and 1 assist in the 2006 Playoffs
.
On October 6, 2006, Moreau was signed by the Oilers to a 4-year contract extension, staving off the unrestricted free agency
and keeping the winger with the team through the 2010–2011 season.
On October 2, 2007, Moreau was named captain of the Oilers, replacing the recently departed Jason Smith. However, a day later on October 3, he fractured his tibia bone, (blocking a shot by Adrian Aucoin
) during an exhibition game, which would result in missing 38 games. He returned during the mid-season, only to be injured again with a broken left leg, on February 25. Moreau had struggled with injuries during the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons and managed to play only 32 games, between these two seasons.
Moreau was also the last remaining asset that the Oilers retained, as a result of the Wayne Gretzky
trade — taking all subsequent trades into account.
He was also one of the longest serving Oiler players in recent history, having been a member of the team from March 20, 1999, until June 30, 2010.
On January 18, 2009, Moreau scored his first career hat-trick in a 6-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes
.
During a game against the Minnesota Wild, in Edmonton, on February 28, 2009, Moreau suffered an eye injury. Antti Miettinen
of the Wild caught Moreau with a high stick, sending him sprawling to the ice. Doctors at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton concluded that he suffered a scratched cornea and bleeding behind the eye.
On June 18, 2009, Ethan Moreau was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
for best exemplifying leadership qualities on and off the ice and by also making significant humanitarian contributions to the Oilers Community Foundation.
On June 30, 2010, Moreau was claimed off waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets
. The Oilers were intending to buy out the final year of his contract had he gone unclaimed.
On August 20, 2011, he signed with a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings
for $600,000.
Ethan Moreau is the younger brother of former Edmonton Oilers
Strength & Conditioning Consultant Dr. Chad Moreau.
Moreau resides in Los Angeles
, where he plays with the LA Kings.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
left winger
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
who is currently playing with the Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
. Prior to this, he was a alternate captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
. He was selected in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft
1994 NHL Entry Draft
The 1994 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Hartford Civic Center on June 28–29, 1994.-Selections by round:Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:...
, 14th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
.
Minor hockey
Moreau played his minor hockey with the Huntsville Blues of the OMHA, before playing Jr.B. hockey for the Orillia Terriers in the 1990—91 season.Pre-NHL
Pre-OHL, Moreau played OHA-B junior hockey in Orillia, Ontario, for the Orillia Terriers, where he won the coveted Steve Philips Memorial Award for Most Improved Player (1990—91 season). When Moreau was selected by the Blackhawks, he had just completed his third year in the OHLOntario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
, playing for Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Thunder
The Niagara Falls Thunder was a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League from 1988 to 1996. The team was based in Niagara Falls, Ontario.-History:...
. In addition to good physical presence and skating, Moreau had shown a remarkable scoring touch in his draft year. The Blackhawks allowed Moreau to play another year in junior (for Sudbury
Sudbury Wolves
The Sudbury Wolves are the name of the ice hockey team from Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the "Wolves" nearly every year since World War I. The Sudbury Wolves, the senior men's AAA team, have twice been chosen to be Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World...
), before bringing him to their IHL team in Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
. Moreau also saw spot duty in the NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
, playing 8 games.
NHL
The following season (1996–971996–97 Chicago Blackhawks season
-Game log:-Player stats:*April 24, 1997: Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche shut out Chicago by a score of 7-0. He earned his 89th postseason victory and became the goalie with the most postseason wins, surpassing the old record set by New York Islanders goalie Billy Smith.-External links:...
) was Moreau's first full year in the NHL, and he went on to play parts of four seasons with Chicago.
On March 20, 1999, Moreau was dealt in a blockbuster trade to the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
along with Chad Kilger
Chad Kilger
Chad William Lawrence Kilger is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for several National Hockey League teams, most recently the Toronto Maple Leafs.-Playing career:...
, Daniel Cleary
Daniel Cleary
Daniel Cleary is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. On June 4, 2008, Cleary became the first player from Newfoundland and Labrador to get his name on the Stanley Cup when the Red Wings won hockey's top prize...
and Christian Laflamme
Christian Laflamme
Christian Laflamme is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. Laflamme was selected in the second round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, 45th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks, after a successful junior career in the QMJHL....
in exchange for Boris Mironov
Boris Mironov
Boris Olegovich Mironov is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is the younger brother of Dmitri Mironov.-Playing career:Mironov began his hockey career with five seasons playing for HC CSKA Moscow...
, Dean McAmmond
Dean McAmmond
Dean McAmmond is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. McAmmond has played in the National Hockey League since 1991 for several teams and is currently a free agent.-Pre-NHL career:...
and Jonas Elofsson
Jonas Elofsson
Jonas Elofsson is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Sparta Warriors. He has won two Swedish Championship with Färjestads BK in 1997 and 1998 . He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, as the 94th pick overall but never signed a...
.
Although Moreau has not shown the scoring touch he had in junior, he has been an excellent checking forward for the Oilers, providing leadership and grit from their third line. In 2003–04, he scored a career-high 20 goals and was one of the team's best players in a failed late run for the playoffs. The following NHL season was cancelled due to the lockout, so Moreau played with EC VSV Villach
VSV EC
EC Villacher SV are an ice hockey team in the Erste Bank Hockey League. They play their home games at Stadthalle in Villach, Austria. In Season 2010/11, the club is officially playing as EC Rekord-Fenster VSV.-Honours:*Austrian Championships:...
of the Austrian Hockey League
Austrian Hockey League
The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:...
.
Moreau was part of the Edmonton Oilers team that made a run to the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
Finals. However, the Oilers lost in game 7 of the finals to the Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...
. Moreau had 2 goals and 1 assist in the 2006 Playoffs
2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League championship began on April 21, 2006, following the 2005–06 regular season. The sixteen teams that qualified, seeded one through eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series with re-seeding after the conference quarterfinals...
.
On October 6, 2006, Moreau was signed by the Oilers to a 4-year contract extension, staving off the unrestricted free agency
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
and keeping the winger with the team through the 2010–2011 season.
On October 2, 2007, Moreau was named captain of the Oilers, replacing the recently departed Jason Smith. However, a day later on October 3, he fractured his tibia bone, (blocking a shot by Adrian Aucoin
Adrian Aucoin
Adrian Aucoin is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League .- Playing career :...
) during an exhibition game, which would result in missing 38 games. He returned during the mid-season, only to be injured again with a broken left leg, on February 25. Moreau had struggled with injuries during the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons and managed to play only 32 games, between these two seasons.
Moreau was also the last remaining asset that the Oilers retained, as a result of the Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League , and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters,...
trade — taking all subsequent trades into account.
He was also one of the longest serving Oiler players in recent history, having been a member of the team from March 20, 1999, until June 30, 2010.
On January 18, 2009, Moreau scored his first career hat-trick in a 6-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
.
During a game against the Minnesota Wild, in Edmonton, on February 28, 2009, Moreau suffered an eye injury. Antti Miettinen
Antti Miettinen
Antti Miettinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who plays for Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL in Russia-Playing career:...
of the Wild caught Moreau with a high stick, sending him sprawling to the ice. Doctors at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton concluded that he suffered a scratched cornea and bleeding behind the eye.
On June 18, 2009, Ethan Moreau was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
King Clancy Memorial Trophy
The King Clancy Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and who has made a significant humanitarian contribution to his community. Since the award was established in 1988, no player has won it more than...
for best exemplifying leadership qualities on and off the ice and by also making significant humanitarian contributions to the Oilers Community Foundation.
On June 30, 2010, Moreau was claimed off waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. The Oilers were intending to buy out the final year of his contract had he gone unclaimed.
On August 20, 2011, he signed with a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
for $600,000.
Personal life
Moreau and his wife Ornella have two children, Trey (b. 2001) and Mia (b. 2003). They have been married since 1999, but met in 1992, in Niagara Falls, where he played junior hockey.Ethan Moreau is the younger brother of former Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
Strength & Conditioning Consultant Dr. Chad Moreau.
Moreau resides in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, where he plays with the LA Kings.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | Niagara Falls Thunder Niagara Falls Thunder The Niagara Falls Thunder was a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League from 1988 to 1996. The team was based in Niagara Falls, Ontario.-History:... |
OHL Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada.... |
62 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1992–93 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 65 | 32 | 41 | 73 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1993–94 1993–94 OHL season The 1993–94 OHL season was the 14th season of the Ontario Hockey League. Sixteen teams each played 66 games. The North Bay Centennials won the J... |
Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 59 | 44 | 54 | 98 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 1994–95 OHL season The 1994–95 OHL season was the 15th season of the Ontario Hockey League. Sixteen teams each played 66 games. The Detroit Junior Red Wings won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Guelph Storm... |
Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 39 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Wolves The Sudbury Wolves are the name of the ice hockey team from Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the "Wolves" nearly every year since World War I. The Sudbury Wolves, the senior men's AAA team, have twice been chosen to be Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World... |
OHL | 23 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 26 | ||
| 1995–96 | Indianapolis Ice Indianapolis Ice The Indianapolis Ice is the name of a former hockey team in Indianapolis, Indiana, that played in the International Hockey League from 1988–99 and in the Central Hockey League from 1999–2004. Their original home arena was the Indiana State Fairgrounds Pepsi Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds... |
IHL | 71 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 126 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10... |
NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 82 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 123 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1997–98 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 54 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 66 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League .... |
NHL | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 73 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 68 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 80 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 78 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 2003–04 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 81 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | EC VSV Villach | Aust Austrian Hockey League The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:... |
16 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 73 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 74 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 87 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | ||
| 2006–07 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 25 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 NHL season The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the... |
Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 77 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 NHL season The 2009–10 NHL season was the 93rd season of operation of the National Hockey League , and the 100th season since the founding of the predecessor National Hockey Association . It ran from October 1, 2009, including four games in Europe on October 2 and 3—until April 11, 2010, with the 2010... |
Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 76 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 NHL season The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the fourth consecutive season that opened in Europe with NHL Premiere . A record three events were scheduled, all in previous NHL Premiere cities: Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Prague, Czech... |
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 900 | 146 | 137 | 283 | 1090 | 46 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 52 | ||||