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Stephane Yelle

NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It’s divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams. The league was established in 1917 in Montreal, Quebec and it is composed of 30 teams out of which 24 teams based in U.S. and 6 in Canada. They have a regular season and playoffs leading to the Stanley Cup, which is the NHL Championship final.

Stephane Yelle was born on 05th September 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario. His position is Center and he shoots left. His height is 6 foot 1 inch and weight is 190 pounds. He was the Flames nominee for the Masterton Trophy and played in 74 games recording 18 points and 48 PIMs, penalty minutes. He finished second on the team and first in face-offs. He played in his 700th NHL career game on March 21st.

In 2003 04, he posted 17 points with 4 games and 13 assists in 53 games in his 2nd season with the Flames and led the team with a 56.6 face-off. He played in his 600th NHL career game on November 12th although missed 29 games due to injury. In 2001 02, he played in his 500th NHL career game on April 3rd. In 1999 00 he posted his highest point total of 22 since 1997 98 on seven goals and 15 assists and posted his 100th NHL career point on December 6th recording two three-game point streaks. In 1995 96 he led all NHL rookies finishing third among NHL rookies recording eight goals and three assists in last 15 games. He was a member of the Stanley Cup winning Avalanche team and tallied first NHL playoff goal on April 22nd.

Stephane Yelle is remembered as a powerful skater with a lethal shot who back-checked responsibly and played the game cleanly. He, with all his dedication and devotion in his play has achieved many goals in his overall hockey-playing career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by giving some extra hard work and efforts.

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