{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Adam Pineault.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Pineault with the Syracuse Crunch in 2007 | alt = | position = Right Wing | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 201 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. | ntl_team = USA | career_start = 2006 | career_end = 2014 | draft = 46th overall | draft_year = 2004 | draft_team = Columbus Blue Jackets | played_for = Columbus Blue Jackets<br>HC Pardubice }} '''Adam Joseph Pineault''' (born May 23, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played three games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL).

==Playing career== As a youth, Pineault played in the 1999 and 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Boston Junior Eagles, and then the Minuteman Flames minor ice hockey teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-02-13|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Pineault was drafted 46th overall in the 2004 NHL entry draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Pineault originally was a product of the U.S National Development Program. He then played collegiate hockey in 2003–04 with Boston College before moving on to the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Pineault made his professional debut in the 2006–07 season with the Blue Jackets affiliate, Syracuse Crunch. Pineault made his NHL debut in the 2007–08 season on April 3, 2008, against the Detroit Red Wings.<ref name = "sign">{{cite web| url = http://www.utahgrizzlies.com/news/?article_id=2479 | title = Grizzlies add Pineault | publisher = Utah Grizzlies | date = 2013-08-28 | accessdate = 2013-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144558/http://www.utahgrizzlies.com/news/?article_id=2479|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref>

On January 10, 2009, Pineault was traded by the Blue Jackets to the Chicago Blackhawks for Michael Blunden. He was then assigned to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League for the remainder of the 2008–09 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/11245024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111092659/http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/11245024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-11 |title=Blue Jackets trade Pineault for Blackhawks' Blunden |publisher=cbssportsline.com |date=2009-01-10 |accessdate=2009-01-10 }}</ref>

Pineault left for Europe and signed during the 2009–10 season to trial with HC in the Czech Extraliga on November 2, 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hcpce.cz/clanek.asp?id=2400 | title = Pardubice to test two North Americans | publisher = HC Pardubice | date = 2009-11-02 | accessdate = 2010-08-24 | language = Czech}}</ref> After appearing in ten games with Pardubice, Pineault established himself offensively and was offered a contract to remain on the team on December 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hcpce.cz/clanek.asp?id=2466 | title = Both succeeded; Adam Pineault and Aaron MacKenzie remain in Pardubice | publisher = HC Pardubice | date = 2009-12-08 | accessdate = 2010-08-24 | language = Czech }}</ref> Adding a physical presence and scoring 10 goals and 20 points in 31 games as a role player, Pineault was given an extended multi-year contract to stay in the Czech Republic on May 14, 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hcpce.cz/clanek.asp?id=2730 | title = Pineault signs a new multi-year contract with Pardubice | publisher = HC Pardubice | date = 2010-05-14 | accessdate = 2010-08-24 | language = Czech }}</ref>

After resuming his career in North America, with a tenure in the Central Hockey League with the Allen Americans, Pineault signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL on August 28, 2013.<ref name = "sign"/> At the completion of the 2013–14 season with the Grizzlies, after suffering from a Jaw injury for a significant portion of the year, Pineault opted to end his eight-year professional career and retire.<ref name = "Retire">{{cite web| url = http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140709/SPORTS/140709480/1001/SPORTS?p=3&tc=pg | publisher = Daytona Beach News-Journal | date = 2014-07-11 | accessdate = 2014-07-11 | title = NSB Hockey pro Pineault retires }}</ref>

==Personal== Pineault took 2011 away from hockey to be with his wife, Monique Pineault who was battling Leukemia at the time. After his wife went into remission he continued playing hockey for the Allen Americans, but only played in 3 games before returning to be with his wife. Upon retirement, Pinealt opted for a career in pharmaceutical sales, driven by his wife Monique's battle with acute myeloid leukemia.<ref name = "Retire"/>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2000–01 | Boston Junior Bruins | EJHL | 57 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | US NTDP U17 | USDP | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2001–02 | US NTDP U18 | NAHL | 38 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | US NTDP U17 | USDP | 43 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2002–03 | US NTDP U18 | USDP | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | US NTDP U18 | NAHL | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2003–04 | Boston College | HE | 29 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Moncton Wildcats | QMJHL | 61 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 |- | 2005–06 | Moncton Wildcats | QMJHL | 55 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 94 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 25 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 57 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2007–08 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 74 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2008–09 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 29 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 41 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2009–10 | HC Eaton Pardubice | ELH | 31 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | HC Eaton Pardubice | ELH | 48 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- A | 2011–12 | Allen Americans | CHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Allen Americans | CHL | 53 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 2013–14 | Utah Grizzlies | ECHL | 28 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 201 ! 43 ! 59 ! 102 ! 182 ! 12 ! 0 ! 2 ! 2 ! 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 3 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2002 | United States | U17 | {{gold1}} | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003 | United States | WJC18 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |- | 2005 | United States | WJC | 4th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 18 ! 1 ! 5 ! 6 ! 10 |}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Adam Pineault}} *{{icehockeystats}}

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