MONTREAL -- Francis Bouillon, a small but tough and dependable defenceman who played 14 NHL seasons, has retired.
The 39-year-old unrestricted free agent made the announcement Friday after failing to catch on with an NHL club.
The five-foot-eight, 200-pound Bouillon spent 11 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens and had two stints with the Nashville Predators. He had 32 goals and 149 points in 776 NHL games.
Francis Bouillon officially announces his retirement as an active NHL player. DETAILS -> http://t.co/p4sEkhNHEn pic.twitter.com/xecMdqyyRf
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) September 25, 2015
Born in New York of a Haitian father and French-Canadian mother, he moved to Quebec City when he was three but retained his U.