Cédrick Desjardins

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)

Cédrick Desjardins (born September 30, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Cédrick Desjardins (nicknamed Cédrick the Entertainer) was drafted in 2002 by the Rimouski Océanic in the QMJHL, 200th overall. He started his career in the QMJHL in 2002–03 with the Rimouski Océanic. He had 1 win in 23 games. In the 2004–05 QMJHL season, he became the number one goalie on the team, leading the Océanic, along with the forward Sidney Crosby, to the Memorial Cup final, where they lost 4–0 to the London Knights. In the off season, Desjardins was traded to the Quebec Remparts. Undrafted and as a 20 year old player that meant it was his last year in the QMJHL. In the QMJHL finals against the Moncton Wildcats, they lost the series 4–2, but they went to the Memorial Cup tournament because Moncton was the host team. In the Memorial Cup finals against the Wildcats, Desjardins stopped 46 of 48 shots on the way to a 6–2 win and the 2006 Memorial Cup. He also won the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the most valuable goaltender at the tournament.

In 2006, Desjardins was invited to the Chicago Blackhawks training camp before signing a two year contract with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League on July 26, 2006. For the 2006–07 season on October 11, 2006, the Bulldogs assigned Desjardins to the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL in which after his first week as a professional he was named the ECHL's "Reebok" player of the week. He was re called to the Hamilton Bulldogs on December 5, 2007, when Jaroslav Halak was called up to the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. He was again called up on February 26, 2008, following Montreal's trade of Cristobal Huet. In the ensuing 2007–08 season Desjardins played a further 12 games with the Bulldogs but primarily helped the Cyclones win the 2008 ECHL Kelly Cup Championship, and for his efforts won the Kelly Cup Playoffs MVP Award. During the 2009–10 season, Desjardins had a stellar year with the Hamilton Bulldogs. He played in 47 games and had an astounding 29 9 4 record with 6 shutouts and leading the league with a 2.00 Goals against average to win the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award. Desjardins also appeared in the AHL All Star Game in which he was named the top goaltender in the skills competition and at season's end he earned selection to the AHL Second All Star Team. On July 20, 2010, Desjardins re signed to a one year contract with the Canadiens. However, on August 16, 2010, he was traded by the Canadiens to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Karri Rämö. On December 30, 2010, he started his first NHL game, playing against the Canadiens. He recorded a win, stopping 27 of 28 shots for a 4 1 Lightning victory. On July 8, 2011, Desjardins signed a one year contract with the Colorado Avalanche. After starting the 2011–12 season injured from off season shoulder surgery, Desjardins was assigned to affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, upon recovery. Throughout the season Desjardins was plagued by injury, however in 32 games with the Monsters, Desjardins set Monsters season records in save percentage and goals against average, while also selected as Lake Erie's lone All Star representative in the 2012 AHL All Star game. On February 16, Desjardins was briefly recalled by Colorado to serve as the backup goalie in place of the injured Jean Sébastien Giguère, however never played with the Avalanche. On July 1, 2012, Desjardins signed a one year, two way contract to return to his original NHL team, the Montreal Canadiens. Reassigned to his familiar stomping grounds in Hamilton to start the 2012–13 season, Desjardins suffered from injury and registered only 7 wins in 22 games for the cellar dwelling Bulldogs. On February 14, 2013, Desjardins again retraced his footsteps when he was traded from the Canadiens to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second time in exchange for another goalie, Dustin Tokarski. On July 1, 2014, Desjardins left the Lightning organization for a second time and signed a two year two way contract with the New York Rangers. On December 26, 2014, while playing for the New York Rangers AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolfpack, he tore his ACL, ending his season. On December 8, 2015, almost a full year after sustaining his injury, Desjardins was cleared to play and assigned to begin his 2015 16 campaign with the Manchester Monarchs of the ECHL to begin his comeback from rehabilitation.

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2002–03 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 23 1 19 0 — 1239 109 0 5.28 .870 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 20 8 11 0 — 1119 72 0 3.86 .901 1 0 0 14 0 0 0.00 1.000 2004–05 Rimouski Océanic QMJHL 44 30 7 4 — 2439 120 2 2.95 .909 13 12 1 767 34 1 2.66 .926 2005–06 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 41 28 10 — 0 2254 111 5 2.95 .906 23 14 9 1413 60 1 2.55 .927 2006–07 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 44 24 19 — 1 2648 112 4 2.54 .917 10 6 4 595 28 2 2.82 .913 2006–07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 3 0 2 — 0 142 7 0 2.96 .879 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 22 16 4 — 2 1285 41 5 1.92 .934 16 11 4 947 29 1 1.84 .939 2007–08 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 12 4 3 — 2 572 29 0 3.04 .909 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 30 16 12 — 0 1718 73 4 2.55 .919 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 47 29 9 — 4 2576 86 6 2.00 .919 10 6 4 596 26 1 2.62 .902 2010–11 Norfolk Admirals AHL 24 15 6 — 1 1391 60 1 2.59 .905 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 2 2 0 — 0 120 2 0 1.00 .968 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 32 16 11 — 5 1936 68 3 2.11 .932 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 22 7 13 — 2 1285 63 2 2.94 .905 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Syracuse Crunch AHL 14 8 5 — 1 851 30 3 2.12 .918 18 13 5 1098 42 3 2.30 .908 2012–13 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 3 0 3 — 0 160 8 0 3.00 .890 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Syracuse Crunch AHL 35 9 18 — 4 1984 93 2 2.81 .900 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 1 0 1 — 0 18 2 0 6.67 .846 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 15 8 3 — 1 800 35 1 2.63 .910 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Manchester Monarchs ECHL 5 2 2 — 0 242 11 0 2.73 .901 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Indy Fuel ECHL 1 1 0 — 0 48 2 0 2.52 .931 — — — — — — — —2016–17 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 17 — — — — 977 41 0 2.52 .904 15 — — — — — 2.19 .9172017–18 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 28 — — — — 1564 81 0 3.11 .901 5 — — — — — 2.01 .9222018–19 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 29 17 12 — 0 — — — 3.57 .903 21 9 12 — — — 3.46 .9052019–20 Jonquière Marquis LNAH 27 10 16 — 0 1485 98 0 3.96 .885 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 6 2 4 — 0 298 12 0 2.41 .920 — — — — — — — —