the top goaltender in the skills competition and at season's end he earned selection to the AHL Second All-Star Team. On July 20, 2010, Desjardins re-signed to a one-year contract with the Canadiens. However, on August 16, 2010, he was traded by the Canadiens to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Karri Rämö. On December 30, 2010, he started his first NHL game, playing against the Canadiens. He recorded a win, stopping 27 of 28 shots for a 4-1 Lightning victory. On July 8, 2011, Desjardins signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche. After starting the 2011–12 season injured from off-season shoulder surgery, Desjardins was assigned to affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, upon recovery. Throughout the season Desjardins was plagued by injury, however in 32 games with the Monsters, Desjardins set Monsters season records in save percentage and goals against average, while also selected as Lake Erie's lone All-Star representative in the 2012 AHL All-Star game. On February 16, Desjardins was briefly recalled by Colorado to serve as the backup goalie in place of the injured Jean-Sébastien Giguère, however never played with the Avalanche. On July 1, 2012, Desjardins signed a one-year, two-way contract to return to his original NHL team, the Montreal Canadiens. Reassigned to his familiar stomping grounds in Hamilton to start the 2012–13 season, Desjardins suffered from injury and registered only 7 wins in 22 games for the cellar dwelling Bulldogs. On February 14, 2013, Desjardins again retraced his footsteps when he was traded from the Canadiens to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a second time in exchange for another goalie, Dustin Tokarski. On July 1, 2014, Desjardins left the Lightning organization for a second time and signed a two-year two-way contract with the New York Rangers. On December 26, 2014, while playing for the New York Rangers AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolfpack, he tore his ACL, ending his season. On December 8, 2015, almost a full year after sustaining his injury, Desjardins was cleared to play and assigned to begin his 2015-16 campaign with the Manchester Monarchs of the ECHL to begin his comeback from rehabilitation. Career statistics Awards and honours References External links 1985 births Living people Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players Hartford Wolf Pack players Ice hockey people from New Brunswick Indy Fuel players Lake Erie Monsters players Manchester Monarchs (ECHL) players Norfolk Admirals players People from