{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Patrick Poulin.jpg | played_for = Hartford Whalers<br>Chicago Blackhawks<br>Tampa Bay Lightning<br>Montreal Canadiens | position = Centre | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 216 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = Vanier, Quebec, Canada | draft = 9th overall | draft_year = 1991 | draft_team = Hartford Whalers | career_start = 1991 | career_end = 2002 }} '''Joseph Emelien Patrick Poulin''' (born April 23, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 634 games in the National Hockey League between 1991 and 2002.
==Biography== Poulin was born in Vanier, Quebec. As a youth, he played in four consecutive Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments from 1984 to 1987, with the Quebec Fleur-de-lis minor ice hockey team.<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=2019-01-20|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>
He played for the Hartford Whalers, Chicago Blackhawks, Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens after being selected ninth overall in the 1991 NHL entry draft from the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
Poulin's son, Samuel, was chosen 21st overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2019 NHL entry draft.
==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 |- | 1988–89 | Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs | QMAAA | 42 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 24 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1989–90 | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser | QMJHL | 60 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 |- | 1990–91 | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser | QMJHL | 56 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser | QMJHL | 56 | 52 | 86 | 138 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |- | 1991–92 | Springfield Indians | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |- | 1992–93 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 81 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1993–94 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 58 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 45 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |- | 1995–96 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 38 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1995–96 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 73 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1997–98 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 44 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 1998–99 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 81 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–2000 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 82 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2000–01 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 52 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 31 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |- | 2001–02 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 634 ! 101 ! 134 ! 235 ! 299 ! 32 ! 6 ! 2 ! 8 ! 8 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1992 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Ice hockey stats}}
{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = Mark Greig | title = Hartford Whalers first-round draft pick | years = 1991 | after = Róbert Petrovický}} {{s-end}}
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