Quick Facts
Biography
Stéphane Veilleux (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger, currently an unrestricted free agent who last played in the Minnesota Wild organization of the National Hockey League.
Playing career
Veilleux was drafted in the third round, 93rd overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He went on to play a total of six seasons for the Wild, playing many games alongside star forward Marián Gáborík. After the 2008–09 season, the Wild decided not to renew his contract, and he was released into unrestricted free agency. On July 7, 2009, he signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. On December 28, 2009, he skated in his 400th career NHL game, playing against the Boston Bruins.
In October 2010, Veilloux signed for Espoo Blues of the Finnish SM-liiga. He left the team in January and signed with Swiss National League A team HC Ambrì-Piotta. On July 29, 2011, he then signed a one-year deal with the New Jersey Devils.
On February 24, 2012, Veilleux was traded, along with Kurtis Foster, Nick Palmieri and the Washington Capitals' second-round pick in 2012, back to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defenceman Marek Židlický.
Personal life
Veilleux is known as an avid table tennis player in his spare time, and also plays before games as warm-ups.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Victoriaville Tigres | QMJHL | 65 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Victoriaville Tigres | QMJHL | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 50 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 68 | 48 | 67 | 115 | 90 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 42 | ||
| 2001–02 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 77 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 113 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 2002–03 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 29 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | ||
| 2002–03 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 38 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 64 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 59 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 71 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 75 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 77 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 2008–09 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 81 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 77 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Espoo Blues | SM-l | 25 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | NLA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Albany Devils | AHL | 40 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 34 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 60 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 506 | 50 | 56 | 106 | 348 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | ||||