Patrick Lebeau
Patrick Mikael Lebeau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He represented Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. He has played professionally in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He is the younger brother of Stéphan Lebeau.Career
Lebeau was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Sherbrook Castors minor ice hockey team. He played junior ice hockey from 1986 to 1990 for the Shawinigan Cataractes, the Saint-Jean Castors, and the Victoriaville Tigres. Lebeau joined the Montreal Canadiens in 1990 and played most of the season for their affiliate Fredericton Canadiens.
Lebeau joined the now-defunct Frankfurt Lions for the 2002–03 DEL season and, along with his linemates Jesse Bélanger and Dwayne Norris, was instrumental in the Lions' surprise 2004 DEL championship; he led the DEL in scoring in 2003–04 and 2004–05. Due to injuries during the following two DEL campaigns he missed a lot of games and left Frankfurt after the 2006–07 season, opting to try out for an NHL club; he eventually received an offer from the Philadelphia Flyers but didn't pass his physical.
In 2008, Lebeau had a tryout with the Füchse Duisburg, but was unsuccessful in gaining a contract with the team and moved to the Vienna Capitals in Austria instead.International
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