Sébastien Piché (born February 4, 1988) is a

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professional

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player who is currently playing for CSM Corona Brasov in the Erste Liga. Piché most recently iced with

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, and was previously with

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and

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of the International Central European IceHL.

Playing career

Piché began his major junior career playing five seasons in the

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before on March 30, 2009, he was signed as a free agent by the

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. On February 21, 2012, he was traded along with Detroit's 2012 first round pick to the

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for defenceman Kyle Quincey. On the next day, he was assigned by the Lightning to the

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of the

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. As a free agent, Piché was signed to a one-year AHL contract with the Connecticut Whale on September 26, 2012. He was reassigned to ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors for the duration of the 2012–13 season. On August 7, 2013, Piche signed his first European contract, agreeing to a one-year deal as a free agent with

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for their first season in the

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. Piché immediately paid dividends for Bolzano in 2013–14 season, scoring an elite 43 points in just 50 games from the blueline to lead the Foxes. In the EBEL playoffs, Piché contributed with 11 points in 13 games to help Bolzano become the first non-Austrian club, to claim the EBEL Championship. On May 1, 2014, Piché opted to continue in the EBEL, however left Bolzano to sign with Austrian club EHC Black Wings Linz. He has since had two spells with

, and stints in the Czech Republic with Mountfield HK,

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, Pirati Chomutov and

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, with Bratislava Capitals in Slovakia and

in Slovenia. In August 2022, Piché agreed terms to join UK

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(EIHL) side

for the 2022–23 season. In 2023, Piché moved to Romania to join CSM Corona Brasov in the Erste Liga.

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Awards and honours

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piche, Sebastien 1988 births Bolzano HC players Bratislava Capitals players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Florida Everblades players Grand Rapids Griffins players Greenville Road Warriors players Lewiston Maineiacs players EHC Black Wings Linz players HC Dynamo Pardubice players HC Litvínov players Living people Piráti Chomutov players Rimouski Océanic players Rouyn-Noranda Huskies players Shawinigan Cataractes players Sheffield Steelers players Stadion Hradec Králové players Toledo Walleye players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States 21st-century Canadian sportsmen