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Pierre Turgeon

C | 6'1", 199 lbs. |

Birth Date:August 28, 1969 (43 years old)
Place of Birth:Rouyn, Que.
Shoots:L

Experience:19 years
Drafted:Drafted by Buffalo in 1987 (1/1).

Career Honors & Awards

League	Honor	Description
NHL	Lady Byng Trophy	1992-93
NHL	Named to play in the NHL All-Star Game	1995-96, 1993-94, 1992-93, 1989-90
QMJHL	Michel Bergeron Trophy	1985-86
QMJHL	Michael Bossy Trophy	1986-87

Movements & Injuries

2007
6/12/2007	Announced his retirement.
4/09/2007	Missed the last 27 games of the regular season (calf ailment).
2/15/2007	Calf ailment, sidelined indefinitely.
2006
12/07/2006	Missed 27 games (rotator cuff).
11/16/2006	Rotator cuff, early December.
9/29/2006	Rotator cuff, sidelined indefinitely.
2/28/2006	Missed 16 games (shoulder injury).
1/08/2006	Shoulder injury, sidelined indefinitely.
2005
12/04/2005	Missed 3 games (groin).
11/26/2005	Groin, day-to-day.
11/25/2005	Groin, left Friday's game.
11/16/2005	Missed 1 game (hip injury).
11/14/2005	Hip injury, day-to-day.
8/03/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Colorado Avalanche to a two-year contract.
7/28/2005	Contract bought out by the Dallas Stars.
2003
12/14/2003	Missed 1 game (flu).
12/12/2003	Flu, day-to-day.
12/06/2003	Missed 2 games (hip injury).
11/29/2003	Hip injury, day-to-day.
11/22/2003	Missed 3 games (sprained neck).
11/15/2003	Sprained neck, day-to-day.
5/16/2003	Placed on waivers by the Dallas Stars.
4/24/2003	Missed the last 14 games of the regular season and all 6 games of Round One against the Edmonton Oilers (ankle injury).
4/23/2003	Ankle injury, day-to-day.
3/25/2003	Ankle injury, late April.
3/09/2003	Leg injury, day-to-day.
2/14/2003	Missed 3 games (hip flexor).
2/08/2003	Hip flexor, day-to-day.
2002
3/22/2002	Missed 4 games (shoulder injury).
3/14/2002	Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
2001
11/28/2001	Missed 12 games (ankle injury).
10/31/2001	Ankle injury, day-to-day.
7/01/2001	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Dallas Stars.
1/18/2001	Missed 3 games (head injury).
1/11/2001	Head injury, day-to-day.

Career Transactions

2005
8/03/2005	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Colorado Avalanche.
2001
7/01/2001	Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Dallas Stars.
1996
10/29/1996	St. Louis Blues traded Murray Baron, Shayne Corson and 5th round selection (Gennady Razin) in 1997 to the Montreal Canadiens for Pierre Turgeon, Rory Fitzpatrick and Craig Conroy.
1995
4/05/1995	Montreal Canadiens traded Craig Darby, Kirk Muller and Mathieu Schneider to the New York Islanders for Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov.
1991
10/25/1991	Buffalo Sabres traded Uwe Krupp, Pierre Turgeon, Benoit Hogue and Dave McLlwain to the New York Islanders for Pat LaFontaine, Randy Hillier, Randy Wood and 4th round selection (Dean Melanson) in 1992.
1987
6/13/1987	Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (1st overall) in 1987.

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Career Regular Season Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2006-07	Colorado	NHL	17	4	3	7	-1	10	1	0	0	10:10	31	0.41
2005-06	Colorado	NHL	62	16	30	46	1	32	7	0	1	12:47	94	0.74
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	76	15	25	40	17	20	6	0	1	14:13	104	0.53
2002-03	Dallas	NHL	65	12	30	42	4	18	3	0	5	14:38	76	0.65
2001-02	Dallas	NHL	66	15	32	47	-4	16	7	0	1	16:31	121	0.71
2000-01	St. Louis	NHL	79	30	52	82	14	37	11	0	6	18:50	171	1.04
1999-00	St. Louis	NHL	52	26	40	66	30	8	8	0	3	19:13	139	1.27
1998-99	St. Louis	NHL	67	31	34	65	4	36	10	0	5	19:07	193	0.97
1997-98	St. Louis	NHL	60	22	46	68	13	24	6	0	4	-	140	1.13
1996-97	St. Louis	NHL	69	25	49	74	4	12	5	0	7	-	194	1.07
	Montreal	NHL	9	1	10	11	4	2	0	0	0	-	22	1.22
	Total Mtl/StL	NHL	78	26	59	85	8	14	5	0	7	-	216	1.09
1995-96	Montreal	NHL	80	38	58	96	19	44	17	1	6	-	297	1.20
1994-95	Montreal	NHL	15	11	9	20	12	4	2	0	2	-	67	1.33
	NY Islanders	NHL	34	13	14	27	-12	10	3	2	2	-	93	0.79
	Total NYI/Mtl	NHL	49	24	23	47	0	14	5	2	4	-	160	0.96
1993-94	NY Islanders	NHL	69	38	56	94	14	18	10	4	6	-	254	1.36
1992-93	NY Islanders	NHL	83	58	74	132	-1	26	24	0	10	-	301	1.59
1991-92	NY Islanders	NHL	69	38	49	87	8	16	13	0	6	-	193	1.26
	Buffalo	NHL	8	2	6	8	-1	4	0	0	0	-	14	1.00
	Total Buf/NYI	NHL	77	40	55	95	7	20	13	0	6	-	207	1.23
1990-91	Buffalo	NHL	78	32	47	79	14	26	13	2	3	-	174	1.01
1989-90	Buffalo	NHL	80	40	66	106	10	29	17	1	10	-	193	1.33
1988-89	Buffalo	NHL	80	34	54	88	-3	26	19	0	5	-	182	1.10
1987-88	Buffalo	NHL	76	14	28	42	-8	34	8	0	3	-	101	0.55
1986-87	Granby	QMJHL	58	69	85	154	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	2.66
	Canada	WJC	6	3	0	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.50
1985-86	Granby	QMJHL	69	47	67	114	-	31	-	-	-	-	-	1.65
	National Team	CAN	11	2	4	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.55
1984-85	Mtl-Bourassa	QAAA	41	49	52	101	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	2.46
NHL	Total	NHL	1294	515	812	1327	138	452	190	10	86	-	3154	1.03
QMJHL	Total	QMJHL	127	116	152	268	-	39	-	-	-	-	-	2.11
CAN	Total	CAN	11	2	4	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.55
QAAA	Total	QAAA	41	49	52	101	-	26	-	-	-	-	-	2.46
WJC	Total	WJC	6	3	0	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	0.50

Career Playoff Statistics

Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	S	PtsPG
2006-07	Colorado	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2005-06	Colorado	NHL	5	0	2	2	-3	6	0	0	0	11:40	9	0.40
2004-05	Did not play	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	5	1	3	4	-2	2	0	0	0	-	9	0.80
2002-03	Dallas	NHL	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	8	0.20
2001-02	Dallas	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
2000-01	St. Louis	NHL	15	5	10	15	8	2	1	0	0	-	30	1.00
1999-00	St. Louis	NHL	7	0	7	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-	11	1.00
1998-99	St. Louis	NHL	13	4	9	13	3	6	0	0	2	-	42	1.00
1997-98	St. Louis	NHL	10	4	4	8	-5	2	2	0	0	-	27	0.80
1996-97	St. Louis	NHL	5	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	-	8	0.40
1995-96	Montreal	NHL	6	2	4	6	1	2	0	0	0	-	18	1.00
1994-95	Montreal	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1993-94	NY Islanders	NHL	4	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	-	7	0.25
1992-93	NY Islanders	NHL	11	6	7	13	2	0	1	0	0	-	45	1.18
1991-92	NY Islanders	NHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1990-91	Buffalo	NHL	6	3	1	4	-1	6	1	0	0	-	13	0.67
1989-90	Buffalo	NHL	6	2	4	6	2	2	0	0	1	-	13	1.00
1988-89	Buffalo	NHL	5	3	5	8	0	2	1	0	0	-	7	1.60
1987-88	Buffalo	NHL	6	4	3	7	-	4	3	0	0	-	-	1.17
1986-87	Granby	QMJHL	7	9	6	15	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	2.14
1985-86	Granby	QMJHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
1984-85	Mtl-Bourassa	QAAA	5	3	8	11	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2.20
NHL	Total	NHL	109	35	62	97	-	36	10	0	3	-	-	0.89
QMJHL	Total	QMJHL	7	9	6	15	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	2.14
QAAA	Total	QAAA	5	3	8	11	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2.20

Career Highs (SEASON)

	TOTAL	SEASON
Games	83	1992-93 (NYI)
Goals	58	1992-93 (NYI)
Assists	74	1992-93 (NYI)
Points	132	1992-93 (NYI)
Penalty Minutes	44	1995-96 (Mtl)
Plus/Minus	+30	1999-00 (StL)
Power Play Goals	24	1992-93 (NYI)
Shorthanded Goals	4	1993-94 (NYI)
Shots	301	1992-93 (NYI)

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