Éric Messier (born October 29, 1973 in Drummondville, Quebec) is a former defenceman in the National Hockey League. He played in the NHL for the Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers.
Messier played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for the Trois-Rivières Draveurs and then the Sherbrooke Faucons after the Draveurs relocated to Sherbrooke. He signed with the Colorado Avalanche as a free agent in 1995 and was assigned to the AHL's Cornwall Aces for one seasons before Messier and all Avalanche players assigned to the Aces were transferred to the Hershey Bears as the Aces folded. Messier would go on the win the Calder Cup in 1997 with the Bears. Messier was called up to the main roster in that season for the first time and played 21 games. He went on to play seven seasons for the Avalanche, playing a total of 385 regular season games and 72 playoff games, ultimatley winning the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2001. In 2003, Messier was traded to the Florida Panthers with Vaclav Nedorost for Peter Worrell and Florida's 2nd round pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He played just 21 games for the Panthers before suffering a wrist injury which eventually ended his playing career.
External links
- Éric Messier's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Éric Messier's biography at Legends of Hockey
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