| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 184 |
| Birth Date: | April 26, 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1998 |
| Career End: | 2015 |
| Draft: | 54th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1996 |
| Draft Team: | Buffalo Sabres |
| Played For: | Rochester Americans Portland Pirates Augsburger Panther Nuremberg Ice Tigers Adler Mannheim Krefeld Pinguine EHC München |
François Méthot (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was the Buffalo Sabres' third pick, 54th overall, in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft from the Shawinigan Cataractes, but only ever played exhibition games in the NHL.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he played five seasons with the Rochester Americans and one with the Portland Pirates, both of the American Hockey League, before moving to Germany. He played one season each for the Augsburger Panther and the Nürnberg Ice Tigers before going to Mannheim.
On May 24, 2011, Methot left Mannheim after five seasons and signed a one-year contract with fellow DEL team, Krefeld Pinguine.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | St. Hyacinthe Lasers | QMJHL | 60 | 14 | 38 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | St. Hyacinthe Lasers | QMJHL | 68 | 32 | 62 | 94 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 47 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 18 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 36 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1998–99 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 58 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 80 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 2000–01 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 79 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 59 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 58 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 53 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 52 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 45 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 52 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 45 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 51 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 2009–10 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 56 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 41 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 43 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 52 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | ||
| 2013–14 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 33 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 13 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | EHC München | DEL | 20 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 387 | 85 | 129 | 214 | 125 | 39 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | ||||