Sébastien Piché (born February 4, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Sheffield Steelers of the UK's

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(EIHL). Piché most recently iced with

HK Olimpija Hokejski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Hockey Club), currently named HK Slovenske železnice Olimpija due to sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ICE Hockey League and the Slovenian League ...

and

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of the International Central European IceHL.

Playing career

Piché began his major junior career playing five seasons in the QMJHL before on March 30, 2009, he was signed as a free agent by the

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. On February 21, 2012, he was traded along with Detroit's 2012 first round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning for defenceman

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. On the next day, he was assigned by the Lightning to the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. As a free agent, Piché was signed to a one-year AHL contract with the Connecticut Whale on September 26, 2012. He was reassigned to ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors for the duration of the

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season. On August 7, 2013, Piche signed his first European contract, agreeing to a one-year deal as a free agent with HC Bolzano for their first season in the

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. Piché immediately paid dividends for Bolzano in 2013–14 season, scoring an elite 43 points in just 50 games from the blueline to lead the Foxes. In the EBEL playoffs, Piché contributed with 11 points in 13 games to help Bolzano become the first non-Austrian club, to claim the EBEL Championship. On May 1, 2014, Piché opted to continue in the EBEL, however left Bolzano to sign with Austrian club EHC Black Wings Linz. He has since had two spells with

, and stints in the Czech Republic with Mountfield HK,

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, Pirati Chomutov and HC Dynamo Pardubice, with

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in Slovakia and

in Slovenia. In August 2022, Piché agreed terms to join UK

(EIHL) side Sheffield Steelers for the 2022–23 season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piche, Sebastien 1988 births Bolzano HC players Bratislava Capitals players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Florida Everblades players Grand Rapids Griffins players Greenville Road Warriors players Lewiston Maineiacs players EHC Black Wings Linz players HC Dynamo Pardubice players HC Litvínov players Living people Piráti Chomutov players Rimouski Océanic players Rouyn-Noranda Huskies players Shawinigan Cataractes players Sheffield Steelers players Stadion Hradec Králové players Toledo Walleye players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovenia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England