Jonathan Paiement

Jonathan Paiement
Born	(1985-03-07) March 7, 1985 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	201 lb (91 kg; 14 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Austria team Former teams	HC Innsbruck AHL Rockford IceHogs Hershey Bears Albany River Rats ECHL Texas Wildcatters Florida Everblades DEL Augsburger Panther
NHL draft	247th overall, 2004 New York Rangers
Playing career	2006–present

Jonathan Paiement (born March 7, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Paiement was selected by the New York Rangers in the eighth round (247th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Amateur career

Paiement played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Professional career

Paiement's first professional season was played in the ECHL with the 2006–07 Texas Wildcatters.

On February 19, 2009, Paiement and four other people were seriously injured when the bus carrying the Albany River Rats home from a game in Lowell, Massachusetts struck a guard rail and rolled on its side on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Paiement, Nicolas Blanchard, Joe Jensen, Casey Borer, and the River Rats' radio color commentator, John Hennessy, were all taken to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield with "serious" injuries.

Awards and honours

Award	Year
QMJHL First team All-Star	2003–04

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	Lac St–Louis Lions	QMAAA		33	3	3	6	108		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Sherbrooke Castors	QMJHL		65	5	7	12	61		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Sherbrooke Castors	QMJHL		71	4	14	18	118		12	2	5	7	18
2003–04	Lewiston Maineiacs	QMJHL		68	13	52	65	140		7	0	2	2	10
2004–05	Lewiston Maineiacs	QMJHL		67	11	51	62	198		8	2	7	9	34
2005–06	Lewiston Maineiacs	QMJHL		63	16	33	49	136		4	0	2	2	31
2006–07	Texas Wildcatters	ECHL		72	6	37	43	76		10	1	2	3	13
2007–08	Texas Wildcatters	ECHL		22	3	14	17	28		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		3	2	0	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Hershey Bears	AHL		37	2	11	13	30		5	1	0	1	6
2008–09	Albany River Rats	AHL		45	1	11	12	38		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Florida Everblades	ECHL		9	3	6	9	10		11	0	2	2	11
2009–10	Albany River Rats	AHL		73	4	21	25	34		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Augsburger Panther	DEL		52	5	9	14	28		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	HC TWK Innsbruck	AUT.2		32	13	22	35	81		10	5	7	12	18
2012–13	Jonquière Marquis	LNAH		40	4	26	30	36		11	4	3	7	12
2013–14	Jonquière Marquis	LNAH		33	5	12	17	55		17	5	8	13	36
2014–15	Jonquière Marquis	LNAH		38	8	30	38	86		9	3	3	6	26
2015–16	Jonquière Marquis	LNAH		40	7	19	26	82		11	1	4	5	24
2016–17	Jonquière Marquis	LNAH		37	7	16	23	42		15	4	5	9	35
2017–18	Jonquière Marquis	LNAH		35	4	12	16	53		5	0	1	1	4
2018–19	Les Pétroliers du Nord	LNAH		36	1	8	9	69		4	0	0	0	8
2019–20	Rivière–du–Loup 3L	LNAH		18	0	1	1	8		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Sorel–Tracy Éperviers	LNAH		12	0	0	0	18		10	0	0	0	8
AHL totals				158	9	43	52	106		5	1	0	1	6
LNAH totals				289	36	124	160	449		82	17	24	41	153

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database