Sylvain Rodrigue is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 former ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 and roller hockey

Roller hockey

Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...

 goaltender

Goaltender

In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

 who is currently the goaltender coach for the HC Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland's National League A.

Roller hockey

Rodrigue played professional roller hockey with the Pittsburgh Phantoms during the 1994 RHI season

1994 RHI season

The 1994 RHI season was the 2nd season of Roller Hockey International. It began on June 4, 1994, with the regular season ending in August. The Murphy Cup playoffs ended in September, with the Buffalo Stampede defeating the Portland Rage to win their first Murphy Cup...

, and with the Ottawa Loggers during the 1995 RHI season

1995 RHI season

The 1995 RHI season was the 3rd season of Roller Hockey International. It began in June 1995, with the regular season ending in August. The Murphy Cup playoffs ended in September, with the San Jose Rhinos defeating the Montreal Roadrunners to win their first Murphy Cup in overtime of game three....

 where he won the Outstanding Goaltender award for posting an .838 save percentage and a 6.06 goals-against average in seventeen regular-season matches. He also played in the 2nd Roller Hockey International All-Star Game

2nd Roller Hockey International All-Star Game

The 2nd Roller Hockey International All-Star Game was held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri, home of the St. Louis Vipers, in conjunction with the Vipers moving into the new Kiel Center for the 1995 season. The game was held between two teams, each representing a conference of Roller...

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Awards and honours

Award

Year

Clare Drake Award Clare Drake Award The Clare Drake Award is the annual "Rookie of the Year" award presented to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's ice hockey player who is judged by a committee of the CIS Men’s Hockey Coaches Association to be "the most outstanding first-year player in the CIS who has exhibited exemplary skill...  - CIS Canadian Interuniversity Sport Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...  Rookie of the year

1994–95

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