Courtesy of Faceoff.com:



Brisebois calls it a career

"MONTREAL - Veteran NHL defenceman Patrice Brisebois, twice a member of the Montreal Canadiens, will announce his retirement Thursday night at Montreal's Bell Centre.

Brisebois is to be awarded the Jean Beliveau Trophy before the game in what surely will be an emotional moment for the Stanley Cup winner.

The Beliveau trophy committee, comprised of members of the board of directors of the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation, evaluates candidates according to the effort, enthusiasm, implication and time invested in both collective and personal initiatives. They are also evaluated on their commitment, leadership and financial assistance to the causes close to their heart.

Often the target of Bell Centre boo-birds, Brisebois played his 1,000th NHL game last March and retires with fond memories of his time with the Canadiens, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1993."

Another by the wayside. Thanks for all the hard work and the memories, Patrice.

A player I used to love to hate.

Man I remember when he broke into the league - with a name like that, you get remembered. It was mispronounced terribly on several on air occasions.

As a player I always thought he put forth good effort and that he had a pretty decent career.

Bon chance, indeed

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Decent player; never great. Played 1,000 games; so it was a steller career.

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"I'll rap you with my cane; you pencil necked geek!!"

-Bowler, imitating Freddy Blassie, at the very first M & G.

He was great to have on your video game team. Always had a nasty one timer

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

patrice breeze-by.

but yeah, he was a pretty good player. i liked him back in the day a little.

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He actually retiring and is planning on joining the Canadian NASCAR league. I didn't even know there was such a thing.

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