Antoine Bibeau was a sixth-round draft pick of the
Toronto Maple Leafs in 2013 but has spent most of his time plying his trade at the AHL level, including the last couple of seasons with the
San Jose Barracuda. He's been quoted as saying this summer that
his goal coming into training camp is to force the
San Jose Sharks to keep him as
Martin Jones' backup in the NHL, despite not having played as well as 21-year-old
Josef Korenar last season:
Still, the previous season, in his age 23 season, he represented the Barracuda in the AHL's All-Star Game, finishing with a 2.39 GAA, .919 save percentage and five shutouts in 43 games. He certainly still has potential, and his NHL-level statistics (a win, a loss and a 1.99 GAA in two games) do inspire some kind of confidence.
Bibeau has the rare distinction of having played for four (!!) different teams in the LHJMQ - the
Lewiston MAINEiacs,
Prince Edward Island Rocket,
Charlottetown Islanders and
Val d'Or Foreur - in his for seasons of Juniors. As a mater of fact, today's card shows him wearing the Foreurs' green (away) uniform, but contains a blue game-worn jersey swatch from his days in PEI:
That's the Silver Version of card #GUM-06 from
In The Game's
2013-14 Between The Pipes set and
Game-Used Jersey sub-set. He won the Hap Emms Trophy as the Memorial Cup's best goalie just months after this card was issued.
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