Canadian ice hockey player
Ice hockey player
Rémi Royer (born February 12, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 18 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1998–99 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1996 to 2012, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.
Biography
Royer was born in Donnacona, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City.[1]
Royer was drafted 31st overall by the Blackhawks in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.[citation needed] He played 18 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks. He scored no points, but collected 67 penalty minutes.[2] He later played for EC Red Bull Salzburg, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, and Rivière-du-Loup CIMT in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
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