Began playing sledge hockey with the Ottawa Sledgehammers in 1994

Won a silver medal with Canada at the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in November 2009 in Charlottetown, P.E.I. … Played in a two-game series vs. the United States in October 2009 in Rochester, N.Y. … Has been captain of Canada’s National Sledge Hockey Team since the 2007-08 season … Played in a two-game series vs. the United States in September 2009 in Toronto, Ont. … Helped Canada win bronze at the 2009 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic … Helped Canada win gold at the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup in Vancouver, B.C. … Helped Canada win the gold at the 2009 4 Nations Tournament in Nagano, Japan … Won a gold medal with Canada at the 2008 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown, P.E.I. … Won a gold medal with Canada at the 2008 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship … Played in a three-game series vs. the United States in February 2008 in Prince George, B.C. … Won a gold medal with Canada at the Japan Paralympic 2008 Ice Sledge Hockey International Match in Asahikawa, Japan … Played in a three-game series vs. the United States in November 2007 in Park City, Utah … Played in a three-game series vs. Norway in October 2007 in Gjovik, Norway … Won a gold medal with Canada at the 2007 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Kelowna, B.C. … Played in a three-game series against the United States in February 2007 in Park City, Utah … Played in a three-game series against the United States in January 2007 in London and Aylmer, Ont. … Travelled to Norway and Germany in November 2006 for a six-game European tour … Has played for Canada at three Paralympic Winter Games (1998, 2002, 2006) and four IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), winning one Paralympic gold medal (2006), one Paralympic silver medal (1998), two world championship gold medals (2000, 2008) and one world championship bronze medal (1996) … Was named the National Sledge Team MVP in 2001 and 2004 … Received the National Sledge Team Coaches Award in 2003, 2006 and 2007 … Received the first-ever Jim McLeod Award in 2007 … Has been a member of Canada’s National Sledge Hockey Team since 1996

Was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in 1986, and had his left leg amputated above the knee in 1990 … Participated in the World Lifeguarding Championship in Vancouver in 1986 … Bilingual … Lives in Gatineau, Que. with his wife, Isabelle, and son, Louis-Xavier … Favourite NHL player: Larry Robinson … Favourite NHL team: Montreal Canadiens … Son of Georges-Henri and Lucille … Has two brothers, Christian and Sylvain, and two sisters, Josée and Élyse