Bob Bissonnette

Roberto "Bob" Bissonnette (27 April 1981 – 3 September 2016) was a Canadian ice hockey player, as well as a singer known for his sports-themed songs and a co-owner of the Québec Capitales professional baseball team.

Bissonnette applying hockey tape to a guitar, as part of a shoot for the video "Mettre du tape su' ma palette" from his album Recrue de l'année.

Sports career

Bissonnette was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1981. He was picked for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in Hull Olympiques becoming team captain. In 2001-2002, he was transferred to Acadie–Bathurst Titan. From 2002 onwards he played in various hockey leagues. Teams he played for include Patriots of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Florida Everblades, Caron and Guay of Pont-Rouge, Summum Chiefs of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and others. He stopped playing competitively in 2010.[1]

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998-1999	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL		44	7	6	13	183		23	4	4	8	33
1999-2000	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL		60	5	15	20	318		15	1	1	2	22
2000-2001	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL		71	31	31	62	381		3	1	1	2	4
2001-2002	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL		44	16	22	38	248		-	-	-	-	-
	Acadie–Bathurst Titan	QMJHL		22	3	7	10	130		13	2	3	5	27
2002-2003	UQTR Patriotes	CIS		20	9	12	21	54		-	-	-	-	-
2003-2004	Florida Everblades	ECHL		13	0	0	0	33		-	-	-	-	-
2003-2004	Pont-Rouge Caron & Guay	LHSMQ		18	2	3	5	111		9	0	1	1	6
2004-2005	Donnacona Métro Gagnon	QSCHL-AAA		33	10	20	30	158		5	1	2	3	14
2005-2006	Shawinigan Xtrême	QSCHL-AAA		13	1	4	5	56		16	0	0	0	117
2006-2007	Rivière-du-Loup CIMT	QSCHL-AAA		2	0	1	1	6		-	-	-	-	-
	Chandler Gaillard	LHSEQ		14	7	9	16	85		4	1	1	2	54
2007-2008	Summum-Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Chiefs	LNAH		18	1	2	3	123		-	-	-	-	-
2008-2009	Grand-Caraquet Acadiens	LHSCN		13	7	12	19	109		3	3	2	5	24
2009-2010	Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts	WCSHL		6	0	1	1	45		-	-	-	-	-

Singing career

In 2010, Bissonnette launched a singing career[2] releasing three albums, Recrue de l'année (2010), Les Barbes de séries (2012) and Rockstar (2014). He had a number of singles including "Mettre du tape su' ma palette" and "Recrue de l'année" (2010), "Y sont toutes folles", "Hockey dans rue" and "Chris Chelios" (2011), "Les Barbes de séries" and "La machine à scorer" (2012) and "Rockstar" (2014). He operated completely independently as a musician; he had no contract with any record company, nor did he receive any subsidies from the Canadian government.[3]

Other ventures

Bissonnette was also a minority co-owner, of Québec Capitales. He performed musical numbers for five years during the regular season of Capitales.[4]

Death

On 4 September 2016 died in a helicopter accident in the Flatlands, near Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada. The crash also resulted in the death of the pilot Frédérick Décoste. Michel Laplante, president of the Capitales, was injured in the incident.[5]

References

1. La Presse Montreal: Accident d'hélico: mort du chanteur et ex-hockeyeur Bob Bissonnette (in French)
2. Le Journal de Québec: 5 chansons marquantes de Bob Bissonnette. Le chanteur et ancien hockeyeur aura marqué l'imaginaire des ligues de garage (in French)
3. Qui était Bob Bissonnette?, in Le Journal de Montréal; published September 5, 2016; retrieved September 3, 2017
4. Le Journal de Montréal: Bob Bissonnette nouvel actionnaire des Capitales de Québec (in French)
5. CBC News: Quebec singer Bob Bissonnette, pilot killed in helicopter crash near Campbellton, N.B.

External links

• Bob Bissonnette career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database