What is Francis Bouillon?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Francis Bouillon.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Bouillon during his time with the [[Nashville Predators]] in 2010 | former_teams = [[Montreal Canadiens]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defense]] | shoots = Left | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|17}} | birth_place = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]], [[United States|USA]] | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 201 | ntl_team = USA | played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Nashville Predators]]<br>[[Leksands IF]]<br>[[HC Ambrì-Piotta]] | draft = Undrafted | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2015 |}} '''Francis Bouillon''' (born October 17, 1975) is an [[Americans|American]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenseman]]. He played parts of 15 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He played for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Nashville Predators]]. He also played for [[Leksands IF]] of the [[HockeyAllsvenskan]] and [[HC Ambrì-Piotta]] of the [[National League (ice hockey)|National League A]] (NLA). ==Career== Before playing in the NHL, Bouillon played parts of 2 seasons with the [[Laval Titan]], 1 season with the Laval Titan Collège Français, and 1 season with the [[Granby Prédateurs]] of the [[Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League|Quebec Major Junior Hockey League]] (QMJHL). He helped the Prédateurs win the [[Memorial Cup]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/legacy-memorial-cup|accessdate=February 11, 2025|title=Legacy of the Memorial Cup|publisher=[[Canadian Geographic]]|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425114859/https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/legacy-memorial-cup|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was not drafted by an NHL team. In 1998, he signed a contract with the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. He played 3 seasons with them. On September 30, 2009, Bouillon signed a try-out contract with the