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| Position | Right Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg/14 st 9 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Nashville Predators Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | April 1, 1978 , Montreal, QC, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 3rd overall, 1996 New York Islanders |
| Pro career | 1998 – present |
Jean-Pierre "J. P." Dumont (born April 1, 1978 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and is an alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the NHL.
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Amateur career
Dumont played four seasons for Val-d'Or Foreurs in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Roberto Luongo, Francis Lessard, Steve Bégin and Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre were teammates at Val-d'Or who have also made it to the NHL.
Professional career
Dumont was drafted third overall the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. In 1998, a contract dispute between Dumont and the team led to the Islanders to trade him to the Chicago Blackhawks along with a 5th round pick in exchange for Dmitri Nabokov. In March 2000, he was traded to the Buffalo Sabres. Dumont, Doug Gilmour and a draft pick went to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Michal Grosek.
Dumont scored an overtime goal during the Sabres' run in the 2006 playoffs, in game 3 of the second round series versus the Ottawa Senators.
In August 2006, Dumont signed a two-year, $4.5-million contract with the Nashville Predators, after the Buffalo Sabres rejected Dumont's $2.9-million arbitration award.
In February 2008, Dumont signed a four-year, $16-million contract extension with the Nashville Predators.
His favorite player growing up was Joe Sakic. He wears the number 71 for the Nashville Predators, because both his children were born on the 17th. He always wore number 17 before he came to Nashville. It was due to the fact that former teammate Scott Hartnell had the number 17 when Jean-Pierre came to Nashville.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 48 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995–96 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 66 | 48 | 57 | 105 | 109 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 22 | ||
| 1996–97 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 62 | 44 | 64 | 108 | 88 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 12 | ||
| 1997–98 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 55 | 57 | 42 | 99 | 63 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 46 | 18 | ||
| 1998–99 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 25 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 47 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 79 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2001–02 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 76 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 76 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 44 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 77 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 54 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | ||
| 2006–07 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 82 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 80 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| QMJHL Totals | 231 | 154 | 177 | 331 | 284 | 45 | 52 | 30 | 82 | 52 | ||||
| NHL Totals | 596 | 171 | 223 | 394 | 308 | 42 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 26 | ||||
See also
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| Preceded by James Patrick |
Buffalo Sabres captains January 2004 |
Succeeded by Daniel Brière |
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