Laurent Meunier (born January 16, 1979) is a French-born Swiss former professional

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player who spent most of his career in Switzerland playing in the

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(NL) and the

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(SL). He also captained the French National team for 13 years, the longest serving captain of a national sporting team in the world. Meunier currently co-hosts hockey TV show, ''Le Repas d'équipe'', with fellow French-born Swiss former goaltender

Cristobal Huet Cristobal Huet (; born September 3, 1975) is a French- Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a goalie coach for Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He previously played for HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron and ...

on MySports.

Career

International retirement

In May 2017, Meunier played at the

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, in Paris, representing France, as lead team captain. This represented his swan song, and he retired from the national team after finishing the tournament. He played his last game at the final round robin game of France, against Slovenia, with a win, retiring with France's Lead Goaltender

. Team France (Les Bleus) did not advance to the medal round, but was not relegated.

Awards and honors

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1979 births Living people HC Ajoie players Brûleurs de Loups players Florida Everblades players French ice hockey centres HC Fribourg-Gottéron players Genève-Servette HC players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics HC La Chaux-de-Fonds players Lausanne HC players LHC Les Lions players Olympic ice hockey players for France People from Saint-Martin-d'Hères Sportspeople from Isère Straubing Tigers players Timrå IK players UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey players {{France-icehockey-bio-stub