Maxime Daigneault

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Photo taken from nhl.com (2002 Entry Draft). Reprinted without permission.

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: St. Jacques-le-Mineur, Quebec, January 23, 1984.
HOME:
HEIGHT: 6'1"-6'2".
WEIGHT: 185-194 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 79 (Val d'Or), 35 (Portland), 1 (Hershey 2005-06), 30 (Hershey 2006-07, Milwaukee).
CATCHES: Left
STYLE: Butterfly.
STRENGTHS: Excellent glove hand. Relies on his size.
WEAKNESSES:

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Maxime is a big, aggressive goalie who likes to challenge the shooter...plays at the top of his crease, playing his angles well and is always square to the shooter...has quick lateral movement and is very strong in his stance...anticipates the play well and is very effective in traffic." (Central Scouting Bureau, 2002)

"Played his best hockey early in draft year; splitting duty on solid Quebec team." (Dave Fay, The Hockey News Future Watch 2003, p. 35)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Val d'Or Foreurs in first round (first overall) of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League midget draft, 2002.
Selected by Washington Capitals in second round (59th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 22, 2002.
Signed by Washington, June 22, 2004.

ACCOLADES:

Named to Memorial Cup All-Star Team, 2001.
Winner, Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Top Memorial Cup Goaltender), 2001.

INJURIES:

Left game in third period with groin injury, October 14, 2006.

FIRSTS:

PENALTY SHOTS:

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2000, Maxime became the first goaltender to be selected first overall in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League midget draft.
On March 3, 2007, Maxime fought Binghamton counterpart Jeff Glass, although he was not ejected from the contest.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                          GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
00-01 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL        28   1385  14   8   1         82   3.55     743   .876     0   0   0     0
01-02 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL        61   3270  25  27   5        184   3.38    1686   .877     3   0   2     4
02-03 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL        48   2694  23  18   3        138   3.07    1284   .893     2   0   2     0
03-04 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL        57   3249  23  22   9        158   2.92    1797   .912     2   0   3    12
04-05 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 21   1172  11   6   1         59   3.02     617   .904     1   0   1     4
      Portland Pirates AHL          11    473   3   2   1         23   2.91     245   .906     0   0   0     0
05-06 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 38   2172  16  12       9    117   3.23    1244   .906     1   0   1     6
      Hershey Bears AHL              3    190   0   1       2      7   2.21      77   .909     0   0   0     0
06-07 Hershey Bears AHL             33   1815  23   6       0     80   2.64     891   .910     3   0   1     7

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
00-01 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL       7                                                   0   0     0
01-02 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL      21                                                   0   0     0
02-03 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL       9                                                   0   0     2
03-04 Val d'Or Foreurs QMJHL       7                                                   0   1     0

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Assigned to Portland Pirates, February 2005.
02/25/05: - (20m, 14/16) 0-5 defeat at Providence (Underhill) [Replaced Daubenspeck].
03/09/05: - (18m29s, 6/7) 3-7 defeat at Worcester (Sanford) [Replaced Daubenspeck].
03/12/05: W (59m41s, 27/29) 3-2 victory vs. Philadelphia (Little).
03/20/05: L (60m, 25/30) 0-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Little).
03/25/05: - (7m24s, 3/3) 0-3 defeat at Manchester (Garon) [Replaced Daubenspeck].
04/02/05: - (46m47s, 20/21) 2-3 OT defeat at Hartford (LaBarbera) [Replaced by Daubenspeck].
04/03/05: L (58m55s, 24/29) 3-5 defeat vs. Springfield (Pelletier).
04/08/05: - (17m33s, 8/8) 1-4 defeat vs. Manchester (Hauser) [Replaced Daubenspeck].
04/09/05: SOL (65m, 30/34) 4-5 SO defeat (4/5) at Worcester (Sanford).
04/10/05: W (60m, 35/37) 3-2 victory at Lowell (Ward).
04/17/05: W (60m, 30/31) 3-1 victory at Providence (Toivonen, Madden).
Recalled to Hershey Bears, February 2006.
02/25/06: SOL (65m, 26/27) 1-2 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Philadelphia (Houle).
03/05/06: SOL (65m, 26/28) 2-3 SO defeat (4/5) vs. Providence (Sigalet).
03/12/06: L (60m, 18/22) 0-4 defeat at Providence (Sigalet).
10/14/06: W (51m53s, 27/30) 6-3 victory at Syracuse (Popperle) [Replaced by Cassivi].
10/28/06: W (59m53s, 24/24) 5-0 victory vs. Albany (Weiman).
11/11/06: W (60m, 18/21) 7-3 victory at Manitoba (MacIntyre, Flaherty).
11/19/06: - (14m50s, 3/3) 3-6 defeat at Providence (Sigalet) [Replaced Cassivi].
11/22/06: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory vs. Lowell (Doyle).
11/25/06: W (60m, 27/31) 5-4 victory vs. Manchester (LaBarbera, Brust).
11/29/06: OTL (64m52s, 23/28) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Manitoba (MacIntyre).
12/15/06: W (60m, 37/38) 3-1 victory at Philadelphia (Houle).
12/20/06: W (20m, 5/6) 7-4 victory at Albany (Peters) [Replaced Cassivi].
12/22/06: L (55m15s, 31/37) 3-6 defeat at Norfolk (Crawford) [Replaced by Machesney].
12/23/06: W (59m58s, 27/28) 4-1 victory vs. Philadelphia (Munroe).
12/26/06: W (60m, 28/31) 6-3 victory at Bridgeport (Thompson, Mole).
12/28/06: W (59m51s, 37/38) 4-1 victory vs. Philadelphia (Houle).
01/03/07: - (50m01s, 29/33) 4-5 defeat at Norfolk (Crawford) [Replaced by Machesney].
01/06/07: L (40m, 18/23) 4-8 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Deslauriers) [Replaced by Machesney].
01/12/07: W (65m, 30/30) 1-0 SO victory (4/4) at Binghamton (Guard).
01/14/07: W (60m, 21/24) 6-3 victory vs. Albany (Peters, Weiman).
01/20/07: - (39m58s, 11/13) 3-4 SO defeat vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz) [Replaced by Machesney].
02/18/07: L (60m, 17/22) 2-5 defeat vs. Hamilton (Danis).
02/21/07: W (65m, 38/40) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) vs. Wilkes-Barre (Deslauriers).
02/23/07: W (60m, 31/31) 3-0 victory at Philadelphia (Munroe).
02/24/07: - (27m05s, 10/10) 2-3 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Houle) [Replaced Pietrasiak].
02/25/07: W (60m, 23/25) 5-2 victory vs. Binghamton (Guard).
02/28/07: W (60m, 30/32) 4-2 victory at Albany (Weiman).
03/03/07: W (60m, 33/34) 7-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Glass, Guard).
03/04/07: OTL (62m46s, 28/31) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Hartford (Montoya).
03/09/07: W (59m50s, 26/29) 5-3 victory at Manchester (LaBarbera).
03/11/07: L (59m04s, 24/29) 4-5 defeat at Bridgeport (Thompson).
03/17/07: W (60m, 18/20) 5-2 victory vs. Philadelphia (Houle).
03/24/07: W (60m, 21/23) 3-2 victory vs. Philadelphia (Munroe).
03/31/07: W (59m55s, 22/27) 6-5 victory vs. Bridgeport (Thompson).
04/06/07: W (60m, 32/34) 7-2 victory at Philadelphia (Munroe, Houle).
04/15/07: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory at Philadelphia (Houle).
Assigned to Milwaukee Admirals, September 23, 2007.
10/26/07: W (60m, 27/27) 2-0 victory at Quad City (McElhinney).
11/09/07: W (59m52s, 22/23) 2-1 victory at Manitoba (Schneider).
11/24/07: L (27m17s, 9/13) 0-7 defeat at San Antonio (Auld) [Replaced by Rinne].
12/11/07: L (58m39s, 22/25) 1-4 defeat vs. Iowa (Stephan).
12/29/07: L (59m26s, 26/29) 2-4 defeat at Grand Rapids (Howard).
01/11/08: OTL (62m36s, 23/26) 2-3 OT defeat at Iowa (Stephan).
02/08/08: L (57m19s, 11/14) 2-3 defeat vs. Manitoba (Schneider).
02/16/08: W (29m02s, 25/28) 6-4 victory at Grand Rapids (Berkhoel, Rudkowsky, Berkhoel) [Replaced by Rinne].
03/29/08: W (60m, 35/35) 1-0 victory at Quad City (Keetley).

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