Jean-Sebastien Giguere is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
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30 Facts About Jean-Sebastien Giguere
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere played with the Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he was drafted 13th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere played in the Calgary Flames organization for three seasons before joining the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2000.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere ultimately won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks in 2007.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere holds the Anaheim Ducks' franchise record for career wins and shutouts and was the last active NHL player who had played for the Hartford Whalers.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere was drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League by the Hartford Whalers 13th overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft with a pick acquired from the New York Rangers that Hartford obtained in exchange for Pat Verbeek.
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On June 10,2000, Jean-Sebastien Giguere was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in exchange for a second-round pick in 2000.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere eventually took over Dominic Roussel's backup position to starter Guy Hebert.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere's first winning season in the NHL helped the Mighty Ducks enter the 2003 playoffs as the seventh seed in the Western Conference.
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From that point, Jean-Sebastien Giguere delivered one of the greatest playoff performances in NHL history as he helped lead the team on a Cinderella run to their first Stanley Cup Finals.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere recorded his first shutout of the playoffs in Game 4, stopping 28 shots.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere held the Wild to an all-time, best-of-seven-series low of one goal in the entire series, which included a franchise-record shutout streak of 217 minutes and 54 seconds.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere finished the playoffs undefeated in seven overtime games, setting a record for the longest playoff overtime shutout streak at 168 minutes and 27 seconds.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere was the fifth player to receive the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP as part of the losing team and the first since Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall won in 1987.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere appeared in just four games, as Russian rookie backup Ilya Bryzgalov took over the starting position during the post-season.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere missed the first game of the opening round against Calgary due to injury, but returned for Games 2 through 5.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere proceeded to put up a career-high 36 wins in 56 games.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere missed the Ducks' last three regular season games as well as the first three games of their opening round matchup with Minnesota, with Bryzgalov taking over in Jean-Sebastien Giguere's absence.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere returned late in the series and was the Ducks' starter the rest of the way.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 31,2010, in exchange for goaltender Vesa Toskala and forward Jason Blake.
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Three days later, Jean-Sebastien Giguere played his first game for the Maple Leafs and recorded a 30-save shutout against the New Jersey Devils.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere embraced his role in the Colorado locker room as the veteran mentor, especially for young starting goaltender Semyon Varlamov.
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On May 26,2014, reports surfaced that Jean-Sebastien Giguere was prepared to retire, and had likely played in his final NHL game, amidst much speculation.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere was the last active NHL player to have played for the Hartford Whalers.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere's father died of cancer on December 15,2008, and this greatly affected his performance for the rest of the season.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere went into the All-Star Game that year with a very weak record, with only one win in his last nine games.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere suffers from a rare gastric condition that causes his body to take in too much air when he drinks fluids.
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Jean-Sebastien Giguere would drink from a water bottle fitted with a straw while playing hockey.
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