Kevin Desfossés (born May 2, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey

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. He was born in Beauport,

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Career

Desfossés played junior hockey in the

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years o ...

for the

Flin Flon Bombers The Flin Flon Bombers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in Flin Flon, a city located on the Manitoba–Saskatchewan provincial border. The Bombers are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), which is a member of the Canadia ...

and the Humboldt Broncos, playing one game for each team, and in the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL; , LHJMQ), formerly the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The league includes teams in Quebec ...

for the

Quebec Remparts The Quebec Remparts () are a Canadian junior ice hockey based in Quebec City, Quebec. The team plays in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and is named after the Ramparts of Quebec City (). There have been two franchises name ...

. With the Remparts, he won the

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and was named into the QMJHL's First All-Star team in 2008. After a brief spell in

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, Desfossés signed his first professional contract with the Port Huron Icehawks of the International Hockey League during the 2008–09 season. He then split the 2009–10 season in the

Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...

for the Corpus Christi Icerays and the Laredo Bucks. On June 14, 2010, he moved to France and signed for Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne of the FFHG Division 1 where he won a league championship with the team. The following year, he returned to Canada to sign for Thetford Mines Isothermic of the

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a semi-Professional sports league organization, professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdu ...

. On January 30, 2012, Desfossés signed for HC Pustertal Wölfe of

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.So geht es weiter in der Serie A – Kevin Desfosses ergänzt das Torhütertrio

Awards and honours

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* 1987 births Living people Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne players Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Corpus Christi Icerays players Flin Flon Bombers players HC Pustertal Wölfe players Humboldt Broncos players Ice hockey people from Quebec City Laredo Bucks players Port Huron Icehawks players Quebec Remparts players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub