#3 Alexandre Rouleau /defence

AGE: 19    HT: 6'1"    WT: 190    SHOT: left    BORN: July 29, 1983    HOMETOWN: Mont-Laurier, QC

2002-03 team: Val-d'Or Foreurs, QMJHL

Pro Status: NHL Draft Pittsburgh Penguins 2001 (3, 96)

 

International background: Attended Canada’s National Junior Team’s Development Camp in Halifax, NS in August, 2002

 

Hockey background: In his fourth season with the QMJHL’s Val d’Or Foreurs … Member of QMJHL Lebel Conference All-Star Team vs. WHL East All- Star Team at the 2002 Hershey Cup game (2-5 L) in Hull, QC ... Named Val d’Or’s Top Defenseman for 2001-2002 … Captured the QMJHL Championship with Val d’Or in 2000- 2001 … Played in the 2001 Memorial Cup, reaching the final … Val d'Or's 1st round choice, 7th overall in 1999 QMJHL Midget Draft … Played with the Amos Forestiers in the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League in 1998-1999

Profile: Rouleau plays a simple, physical brand of hockey. He concentrates on his own end and is known for his team play and work ethic with the Val d'Or Foreurs. Drafted 96th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2001.

Personal: Son of André and Carole … Has one sister, Geneviève … His sister, Geneviève, is a women’s hockey official who’s credits include the National CIS Championship, several Esso Women’s Nationals, the 1999 Canada Winter Games, the 1999 Three Nations Cup and the 2002 Four Nations Cup