Jean-Sébastien Giguère 843850 223855771 2008-07-06T04:37:28Z 71.206.38.71 {{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | team = [[Anaheim Ducks]] | former_teams = [[Hartford Whalers]]<br />[[Calgary Flames]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | image = Jiggy-ducks2-cropped.jpg | image_size = 200px | position = [[Goaltender]] | catches = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 201 | draft = 13th overall | draft_year = 1995 | draft_team = [[Hartford Whalers]] | nickname = J.S, Jiggy | nationality = CAN | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|5|16}} | birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec|QC]], [[Canada|CAN]] | career_start = 1997 }} '''Jean-Sébastien Giguère''' (born [[May 16]], [[1977]], in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]) is a [[French Canadian]] [[professional]] [[ice hockey|hockey]] [[goaltender]] currently playing for the [[Anaheim Ducks]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. He was drafted 13th overall by the [[Hartford Whalers]] in the [[1995 NHL Entry Draft]]. He has played for the [[Verdun Collège-Français]], [[Halifax Mooseheads]], [[Hartford Whalers]], [[Saint John Flames]], [[Calgary Flames]], [[Cincinnati Mighty Ducks]] and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. ==Playing career== ===NHL beginnings=== After brief and overall-mediocre stints in the Hartford and Calgary organizations, Giguere was traded by the Flames to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 2nd round selection in the [[2000 NHL Entry Draft]]. He began the 2000-01 season with the Ducks' farm team in Cincinnati, until he was recalled to their parent club for 34 games. After working with famous goalie coach [[François Allaire]], Giguere regained the confidence he showed in juniors and quickly became Anaheim's newest starter. In the 2002-03 season, "Jiggy" enjoyed the best season of his NHL career-to-date, with 34 wins, a .920 save percentage and an impressive 8 shutouts. Jiggy lead the Ducks to their first Stanley Cup in team history in 2007 with strong performance in the playoffs by going 13-4 with GAA of 1.97 and SV% of 0.922. ===2003 Playoffs=== During the [[2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs]], Giguere led the Mighty Ducks to the [[Stanley Cup Finals]], where they lost in seven games to the [[New Jersey Devils]]. He won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] as most valuable player of the playoffs for his efforts in series wins against the [[Detroit Red Wings]], [[Dallas Stars]] and [[Minnesota Wild]] and pushing the Finals to the seven game limit. He was a perfect 7-0 in overtime, setting a record for longest amount of playoff overtime played without allowing a goal at 168 minutes, 27 seconds, including multiple overtime victories in Game 1 of each of the first three series. He also held the Wild to an all-time best-of-7 series low of one goal in the entire Western Conference Finals, posting a shutout streak of 217 minutes, 54 seconds during that series. He finished with a 15-6 record, a 1.62 Goals Against Average and .945 Save Percentage (the best of all playoff goaltenders that year), and fewer losses than his Finals counterpart [[Martin Brodeur]]. He was the fifth player to receive the Conn Smythe Trophy playing for the losing team, the first since [[Philadelphia Flyers|Philadelphia]]'s [[Ron Hextall]] in 1987. ===Recent years=== [[Image:Giguere-stance2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Giguere in action.]] After being rewarded with a large contract in the off-season, Giguère was inconsistent throughout much of the 2003-04 season as the Ducks missed the playoffs. Some hockey pundits speculated that he may have been rattled by coming so close to winning the [[Stanley Cup]] the previous season, yet ultimately failing. After the lockout canceled the 2004-05 season, Giguere returned for the '05-'06 season and appeared to have regained a level of play approaching his 2003 glory. In April 2006, he and the Ducks again entered the [[2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs|Stanley Cup Playoffs]], but were eliminated in the Western Finals by the [[Edmonton Oilers]]. Giguere appeared in just 4 games before being replaced in net by Russian rookie [[Ilya Bryzgalov]]. With the first round series on the line, management seemed to have lost faith in Jiggy. In fact, Giguere's club record of consecutive playoff shutout minutes was broken by his backup's surprising string of three consecutive shutouts. His overtime playoff shutout record however was extended to 8-0 but was ended April 27, 2007 in the second overtime against the Canucks. Facing the prospect of being an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006-2007 season, Giguère started out hot and won his starting role back. In the first month of the season, October 2006, he did not lose a single game in regulation. He proceeded to put up the best numbers of his career, finishing with a record of 36-10-7. Giguere won the [[Stanley Cup]] in a 6-2 game five win against the [[Ottawa Senators]] on [[June 6]] [[2007]]. Before winning the [[Stanley Cup]] in [[2007]], Giguere had a son named Maxime. Due to this, he was unable to play in the first three games of the [[2007 Western Conference Quarterfinals]]. In game four [[Ilya Bryzgalov]] was pulled and it was Giguere's turn to shine. The size of Giguere's goalie pads caused minor controversy: [[Brett Hull]] said "Giguere's equipment in the Finals (...) looked a little suspect" and an unidentified member of the Ottawa Senators said "he looked huge out there".<ref>{{cite news |title =Breaking the rules: NHL|url =http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/allan_muir/07/11/cheating.nhl/1.html|author =Muir, Allan|publisher =[[Sports Illustrated]]|date =2007-07-25|accessdate =2007-07-26}}</ref> On June 21, 2007 the club announced that the team had agreed to a multi-year contract with Giguere, keeping their Cup-winning starting goalie. Giguere posted a 35-17-6 record with a 2.12 [[goals against average]] in the 2007-2008 season. Despite his numbers, the defending champion Ducks were defeated in the first round of the 2008 playoffs by the Dallas Stars in six games. ==Transactions== * [[July 8]], [[1995 NHL Entry Draft|1995]] - Drafted by the [[Hartford Whalers]] in the 1st round, 13th overall. * [[June 25]], [[1997-98 NHL season|1997]] - Rights transferred to the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] when the Hartford Whalers relocated. * [[August 27]], [[1997-98 NHL season|1997]] - Traded to the [[Calgary Flames]] with [[Andrew Cassels]] for [[Gary Roberts (ice hockey)|Gary Roberts]] and [[Trevor Kidd]]. * [[June 10]], [[2001-02 NHL season|2001]] - Traded to the [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] for a 2nd round pick in [[2000 NHL Entry Draft|2000]] ([[Matt Pettinger]]). * June 21, 2007 - Signed a 4 year $24 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks. ==Awards== *1997 QMJHL Second All-Star Team *1998 [[Hap Holmes Memorial Award]] (AHL) - shared with [[Tyler Moss]] as the goalies with 25+ GP for the team with the lowest GAA *2003 [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] (played on a losing team in the finals) *2007 Stanley Cup Champion {{start box}} {{succession box | before = [[Nicklas Lidström]] | title = [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] Winner| years = [[2003]] | after = [[Brad Richards]]}} {{end box}} ==Career statistics== ===Regular season=== {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" width="75%" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! W ! L ! T ! MIN ! GA ! SO ! GAA ! SV% |- ALIGN="center" | 1992-93 | [[Laval]] | [[QAAA]] | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1498 | 76 | 0 | 3.04 | n/a |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993-94 | [[Verdun Collège Français]] | [[QMJHL]] | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1234 | 66 | 0 | 3.21 | n/a |- ALIGN="center" | 1994-95 | [[Halifax Mooseheads]] | QMJHL | 47 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 2755 | 181 | 2 | 3.94 | n/a |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995-96 | [[Halifax Mooseheads]] | QMJHL | 55 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 3230 | 185 | 1 | 3.44 | n/a |- ALIGN="center" | 1996-97 | [[Halifax Mooseheads]] | QMJHL | 50 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 3009 | 169 | 2 | 3.37 | .902 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996-97 | [[Hartford Whalers]] | [[NHL]] | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 394 | 24 | 0 | 3.65 | .881 |- ALIGN="center" | 1997-98 | [[Saint John Flames]] | [[American Hockey League|AHL]] | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1758 | 72 | 2 | 2.46 | .926 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998-99 | [[Calgary Flames]] | NHL | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 860 | 46 | 0 | 3.21 | .897 |- ALIGN="center" | 1998-99 | [[Saint John Flames]] | AHL | 39 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2145 | 123 | 3 | 3.44 | .905 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999-00 | [[Saint John Flames]] | AHL | 41 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 2243 | 114 | 0 | 3.05 | .897 |- ALIGN="center" | 1999-00 | [[Calgary Flames]] | NHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 330 | 15 | 0 | 2.73 | .914 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000-01 | [[Cincinnati Mighty Ducks]] | AHL | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1306 | 53 | 0 | 2.43 | .917 |- ALIGN="center" | 2000-01 | [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] | NHL | 34 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2031 | 87 | 4 | 2.57 | .911 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001-02 | [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] | NHL | 53 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3127 | 111 | 4 | 2.13 | .920 |- ALIGN="center" | 2002-03 | [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] | NHL | 65 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 3775 | 145 | 8 | 2.30 | .920 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003-04 | [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] | NHL | 55 | 17 | 31 | 6 | 3210 | 140 | 3 | 2.62 | .914 |- ALIGN="center" | 2004-05 | [[Hamburg Freezers]] | [[DEL]] | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 302 | 12 | 0 | 2.38 | .925 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005-06 | [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] | NHL | 60 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 3381 | 150 | 2 | 2.66 | .911 |- ALIGN="center" | 2006-07 | [[Anaheim Ducks]] | NHL | 56 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 3244 | 122 | 4 | 2.26 | .918 |- ALIGN="center" | 2007-08 | [[Anaheim Ducks]] | NHL | 58 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 3310 | 117 | 4 | 2.12 | .922 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" align="center" | NHL REG. SEASON TOTALS ! 411 ! 191 ! 151 ! 25 ! 23,664 ! 957 ! 29 ! 2.43 ! .915 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" align="center" | AHL REG. SEASON TOTALS ! 134 ! 63 ! 50 ! 11 ! 7452 ! 362 ! 5 ! 2.70 ! n/a |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" align="center" | QMJHL REG. SEASON TOTALS ! 177 ! 81 ! 74 ! 12 ! 10228 ! 601 ! 5 ! 3.39 ! n/a |} ==Trivia== Giguere suffers from a rare gastric condition that causes his body to take in too much air when he drinks fluids. As a result, his body has difficulty absorbing water, with all the sweating he does during a game, thus leading to severe dehydration.<ref name="dehydration1">{{Cite web|url=http://gatorade.ca/en/giguere/index.html|title= Stanley Cup Winner JS Giguere Tackles Hydration Issue with Sweat Test|accessdate=2007-08-21|publisher=gatorade.ca|year=2007}}</ref> This became the case when he was in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] during the 1997-98 season. During one game, he lost 19 pounds, became sick, and was rushed to the hospital.<ref name = "hgprofile">[http://www.hockeygoalies.org/bio/giguere.html hockeygoalies bio]</ref> Team doctors in Calgary then discovered the condition that caused him to lose weight. Since then, he began drinking water from his bottle with a straw to reduce air intake. He is the only NHL goalie to drink water from his bottle using a straw. ==Notes and references== {{reflist|1}} ==See also== * [[List of NHL players]] ==External links== *{{hockeydb|16003}} *{{TSN-NHL-profile|570}} {{HurricanesFirstPick}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Giguere, Jean-Sebastien}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Anaheim Ducks players]] [[Category:Calgary Flames players]] [[Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey people in the United States]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders]] [[Category:Conn Smythe Trophy winners]] [[Category:Deutsche Eishockey-Liga players]] [[Category:French Quebecers]] [[Category:Halifax Mooseheads alumni]] [[Category:Hamburg Freezers players]] [[Category:Hartford Whalers draft picks]] [[Category:Hartford Whalers players]] [[Category:Ice hockey personnel from Quebec]] [[Category:Stanley Cup champions]] [[Category:Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players]] [[Category:National Hockey League first round draft picks]] [[Category:Verdun College-Francais alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[de:Jean-Sébastien Giguère]] [[fr:Jean-Sébastien Giguère]] [[fi:Jean-Sébastien Giguère]] [[sv:Jean-Sébastien Giguère]]