Guillaume Gélinas

_Free Agent Ice Hockey | Defenceman

Player Info

Full Name: Guillaume Gélinas

Nationality: Canada

Position: Defenceman

Born: 14 Jun 1993

Height: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Weight: 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)

Club Info

Team: _Free Agent Ice Hockey

Sport: Ice Hockey

About Guillaume Gélinas

Guillaume Gélinas (born June 14, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with Belfast Giants (Eihl) in Northern Ireland.

Playing career
Gelinas played junior hockey for the Val-d'Or Foreurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from the 2009–10 season. He received the Emile Bouchard Trophy as the league's best defenceman during the 2013–14 QMJHL season but was not selected in the NHL draft.

On July 1, 2014, Gelinas signed a three-year entry level contract with the Minnesota Wild.

At the conclusion of his entry-level deal with the Wild, after primarily spending the final 2016–17 season with secondary ECHL affiliate, the Quad City Mallards, Gelinas was not to be tendered a new contract with the Wild. As a free agent, Gelinas signed a one-year deal with Slovakian club, HC ’05 Banská Bystrica, on May 18, 2017.