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Biography
François Bouchard (born April 26, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the New York Rangers organization. He currently plays in the Austrian Hockey League with the KHL Medvescak. Bouchard was drafted in the second round, 35th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Capitals. He is the younger brother of Pierre-Marc Bouchard who plays for the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League.
During the 2006–07 QMJHL season, Bouchard led the league in points with 125.
On July 15, 2011, Bouchard signed a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals.
On November 8, 2011, Bouchard was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Tomas Kundratek.
On December 18, 2012 Bouchard joined to the KHL Medvescak in Austrian Hockey League.
On June 7, 2013 François Bouchard signed a contract with Swedish team IK Oskarshamn in HockeyAllsvenskan.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | QMJHL | 54 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | QMJHL | 69 | 33 | 69 | 102 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | QMJHL | 68 | 45 | 80 | 125 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | QMJHL | 68 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 64 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 77 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 55 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | ||
| 2010–11 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 74 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 219 | 49 | 63 | 112 | 121 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 38 | ||||