Joseph Luc Bourdon was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League from 2006 until 2008. Bourdon represented Canada in three international tournaments, winning two gold medals at the IIHF World U20 Championship and a silver medal at the World U18 Championship. He died at the age of 21 when his motorcycle collided with a tractor trailer near his hometown.
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Joseph Luc Bourdon was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League from 2006 until 2008. Bourdon represented Canada in three international tournaments, winning two gold medals at the IIHF World U20 Championship and a silver medal at the World U18 Championship. He was the second Shippagan-born hockey player to be drafted in the NHL, after goaltender Yanick Degrace was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1991. He died at the age of 21 when his motorcycle collided with a tractor trailer near his hometown. He anonymously donated C$10,000 to the local minor hockey association for families who could not afford equipment. His donation was posthumously revealed by his former bantam hockey coach, Gilles Cormier, who managed the local arena at the time of Bourdon’s death. The Canucks drafted Bourdon with their first selection, tenth overall, in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, and he split his professional career with the Canucks and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. Noted as a strong defenceman who could contribute on offence, Bourdon played for Val-d’Or Foreurs, Moncton Wildcats, and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, spending four seasons in the QMJHL.
As a teenager, he attended Marie-Esther Secondary, where he was a straight-A student. He left home when he was 16, returning in the off-season to live with his mother. He worked summers on his uncle’s crab fishing boat, and played in the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Peninsule Acadien Lynx minor ice hockey team. He later played with the Miramichi Rivermen minor teams from ages 15–16. He appeared in all 70 games with the Foreurs in 2004–05, scoring 13 goals and 19 assists, and participated in the CHL Top Prospects Game, an exhibition for draft-eligible players. He began the 2005–06 season with the foreurs, registering 20 points in 20 games, before being traded to the Monctons Wildcats, who were hosting the 2006 Memorial Cup. After signing a three-year contract to play for the Canucks on May 4, 2006, he earned a spot on the team’s 2006–07 opening roster.
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