Roberto "Bob" Bissonnette (27 April 1981 – 4 September 2016) was a Canadian ice hockey player, as well as a singer known for his sports-themed songs and a co-owner of the
Québec Capitales professional baseball team.
Sports career
Bissonnette was born in
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
,
Venezuela in 1981. He was picked for the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in
Hull Olympiques becoming team captain. In 2001–2002, he was transferred to
Acadie–Bathurst Titan
The Acadie–Bathurst Titan are a major junior ice hockey team based in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. They are members of the Telus Maritimes Division in the Telus Conference of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The team plays it ...
. From 2002 onwards he played in various hockey leagues. Teams he played for include Patriots of
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
The Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) (''English: University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières''), also known as "l'université du peuple", established in 1969 and mainly located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, is a public universi ...
,
Florida Everblades, Caron and Guay of Pont-Rouge,
Summum Chiefs of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and others. He stopped playing competitively in 2010.
[''La Presse'' Montreal: Accident d'hélico: mort du chanteur et ex-hockeyeur Bob Bissonnette]
Singing career
In 2010, Bissonnette launched a singing career releasing three albums, ''Recrue de l'année'' (2010), ''Les Barbes de séries'' (2012) and ''Rockstar'' (2014). He had a number of singles including "Mettre du tape su' ma palette" (2010), "Recrue de l'année" (2010), "Y sont toutes folles" (2010), "Hockey dans rue" and "Chris Chelios" (2011), "Les Barbes de séries" and "La machine à scorer" (2012) and "Rockstar" (2014). He operated completely independently as a musician; he had no contract with any record company, nor did he receive any subsidies from the Canadian government.
[Qui était Bob Bissonnette?](_blank)
in ''Le Journal de Montréal
''Le Journal de Montréal'' is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America. ...
''; published September 5, 2016; retrieved September 3, 2017
Other ventures
Bissonnette was also a minority co-owner of
Québec Capitales. He performed musical numbers for five years during the regular season of Capitales.
Death
On 4 September 2016, Bissonnette died in a helicopter accident in the
Flatlands, near
Campbellton,
New Brunswick, Canada. The crash also resulted in the death of the pilot, Frédérick Décoste.
Michel Laplante(fr), president of the Capitales, was injured in the incident.
''CBC News'': Quebec singer Bob Bissonnette, pilot killed in helicopter crash near Campbellton, N.B.
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1981 births
2016 deaths
Acadie–Bathurst Titan players
Baseball people from Quebec
Canadian businesspeople
Canadian ice hockey players
Canadian male singers
Florida Everblades players
Hull Olympiques players
Sportspeople from Caracas
Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2016