Guillaume Asselin (born September 9, 1992) is a Canadian professional

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who currently plays for

HC Ajoie HC Ajoie is a Swiss professional ice hockey team that competes in the National League (NL), the highest league in Switzerland. The team was founded in 1973 and plays in the Raiffeisen Arena in Porrentruy, Switzerland. HC Ajoie has won three Swis ...

of the

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(NL). He previously played with HC Banska Bystrica of the

Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro ...

and with

HC Sierre HC Sierre is a professional ice hockey team, in Switzerland currently playing in the Swiss League (SL). Sierre has played in each of the top Swiss hockey leagues the National League (NL) and Swiss League (SL). It has also played several years in t ...

of the second tier

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(SL).

Playing career

Asselin played junior hockey with the

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of the

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(QMJHL) before enrolling at

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where he played hockey with the

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. Asselin briefly played in the

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at the conclusion of his college career before signing a one-year deal with HC Banska Bystrica of the

on October 31, 2017. He went on to win the Slovak championship and agreed to a one-year contract extension with the team on July 10, 2018. On June 4, 2019, Asselin signed a one-year contract with

of the

(SL). On February 4, 2020, Asselin agreed to a two-year contract extension with HC Sierre through the 2021-22 season. On January 14, 2021, Asselin was loaned to

Genève-Servette HC The Genève-Servette HC (also called Servette or GSHC) is a professional ice hockey club based in Geneva, Switzerland and competing in the National League (NL), the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system. The team plays their home games at the ...

of the

(NL). He made his NL debut the next day on January 15, 2021 against the

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and scored an OT game-winning goal. He returned to Sierre following that game and was back in the lineup with the SL side the next day. On March 5, 2021, with two games remaining in the SL regular season and with Sierre having already clinched a playoffs spot, Asselin was again loaned to Servette for the next three games, allowing him to return to Sierre for the start of the playoffs. Before rejoining HC Sierre, Asselin scored his first NL

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on March 7, 2021, in a 5–1 win against

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at the

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. On March 18, 2021, Asselin was retroactively issued a game misconduct and a CHF 800 fine for spearing

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's David Stämpfli in game 1 of the playoffs 1/4 finals on March 17, 2021. Once Sierre got eliminated from the SL playoffs, Asselin joined Servette's reserve squad for their playoffs run in the NL. Asselin only played one game when he stepped in as a replacement for

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in game 1 of the NL final. On May 20, 2021, Asselin joined newly promoted

on a two-year deal.

Personal life

On February 3, 2021, Asselin and his wife welcomed their first child.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Asselin, Guillaume 1992 births Ice hockey people from Quebec Living people Canadian people of French descent Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) players HC Sierre players Genève-Servette HC players Canadian ice hockey forwards