The North Pole, Alaska native has appeared in 31 NHL games, including 29 with the Capitals and two with the Blues, registering a 16-9-3 record with a 2.98 goals-against-average, .900 save percentage and one shutout. He has also appeared in 226 AHL games with the Hershey Bears and Chicago Wolves, earning a 16-24-1 record, 3.12 GAA and .907 SV%. In 17 AHL postseason games, he also collected a 9-7-0 record with a 2.09 GAA and .935 SV%. In 2020-21, he helped the Bears earn the Harry Holmes Memorial Award for AHL best goaltending duo.
The undrafted netminder was signed by the Capitals as a free agent in 2014 after spending two seasons with Michigan Tech in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. On July 2, 2015, he was acquired by the St. Louis Blues and made his NHL debut the following season on February 27, 2016, against the Nashville Predators. During the 2016-17 season, he was traded back to the Capitals and part of the Capitals 2018 Stanley Cup playoff run.
Paquette-Bisson, 25, skated last season with the AHL's Laval Rocket, registering 19 points (3-16=19) in 55 appearances and also posting a pair of assists in 15 postseason games. The 6-3, 191-pound defenseman also skated the 2020-21 season with the Rocket, totaling seven points (1-6=7) in 28 games. Paquette-Bisson, who also appeared in one game with the Rochester Americans, has played 132 ECHL games with the Cincinnati Cyclones where he registered 50 points (12-38=50) and added three points (2-1=3) in 11 ECHL playoff games.
Prior to turning professional, the Rosemere, Quebec native played four seasons (2014-18) in the QMJHL with the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. In 226 appearances, he collected 62 points (14-48=62) and added 17 points (1-16=17) in 64 postseason games. In 2017-18, he received the Kevin Lowe Trophy as QMJHL best defensive defenseman.
