Christian Dubé (born April 25, 1977) is a

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ice hockey executive and former professional

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. He is currently the sports director of

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in the Swiss

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Biography

Dubé was born in

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. He is the son of former pro hockey player

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. As a youth, Dubé played in the 1990 and 1991

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s with a

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team from Sherbrooke. He spent many years growing up in

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, while his father was playing there. He returned to Canada as a teenager, and played for the

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of the

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. In 1995, he was drafted by the

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with the 39th pick. He made his debut with the Rangers in the 1996–97 season. He would play another 6 games with the Rangers in 1998–99. After that season he headed back to Switzerland, where he played, three season at

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, nine seasons for

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and another four years at

. Because he started playing hockey as a child in Switzerland, he could join teams in Switzerland as a non-import player without having Swiss citizenship. Dubé retired following the 2014-15 season and was named sports director of Swiss NLA side

in March 2015.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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Dubé on hockeyfans.ch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dube, Christian 1977 births Living people Canadian emigrants to Switzerland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Canadian ice hockey right wingers Hartford Wolf Pack players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players HC Lugano players HC Martigny players Hull Olympiques players New York Rangers draft picks New York Rangers players SC Bern players Sherbrooke Faucons players Ice hockey people from Sherbrooke