Playing career

Corbet was drafted in the second round (24th overall) in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. A highly touted prospect, Corbet was a prolific scorer in the QMJHL with the Drummondville Voltigeurs, winning the Jean Béliveau Trophy in his final season in 1992-93.

Corbet made his professional debut in 1993-94 and played 9 games with the Nordiques, scoring a goal and an assist. Corbet played primarily for the Nords AHL affiliate, the Cornwall Aces, and won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award but managed a further 8 games with Quebec in its final season.

Following the Franchise to Denver, Corbet won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in its inaugural season in 1995-96. Rene established himself the following season with the Presidents' Trophy winning Avalanche in 1996-97 posting 27 points in 76 games. During his fourth season on the Avalanche in 1998-99 Corbet was traded, along with Wade Belak and Robyn Regehr, to the Calgary Flames for Theoren Fleury and Chris Dingman on February 28, 1999. Rene recorded a career-high 31 points to finish the season with the Flames.

Unable to replicate the scoring pace from his junior career, Corbet settled into a checking line role and after only 48 games with the Flames in the 1999-2000 season, Corbet was again traded, along with Tyler Moss to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brad Werenka on March 14, 2000.

Rene, a free agent, re-signed to one-year deal with the Penguins for the 2000-01 season. Corbet was besieged with injuries, missing half the year but returned to help the Pittsburgh to the Conference finals before moving to Germany in 2001 to join Adler Mannheim of the DEL. Corbet played with Mannheim for the next eight years, leaving the team as the Franchise leader in goals (130) and Captaining the team to the German Championship in 2007 and two cups.

On October 26, 2009, he signed with Norwegian team Frisk Tigers of the GET-ligaen for the 2009-10 season. He signed a one-year extension prior to the 2010-11 season and announced his retirement at the conclusion of the year.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990-91	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL		45	25	40	65	34		14	11	6	17	15
1991-92	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL		56	46	50	96	90		4	1	2	3	17
1992-93	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL		63	79	69	148	143		10	7	13	20	16
1993-94	Cornwall Aces	AHL		68	37	40	77	56		13	7	2	9	18
1993-94	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		9	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Cornwall Aces	AHL		65	33	24	57	79		12	2	8	10	27
1994-95	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		8	0	3	3	2		2	0	1	1	0
1995-96	Cornwall Aces	AHL		9	5	6	11	10		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		33	3	6	9	33		8	3	2	5	2
1996-97	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		76	12	15	27	67		17	2	2	4	27
1997-98	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		68	16	12	28	133		2	0	0	0	2
1998-99	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		53	8	14	22	58		—	—	—	—	—
1998-99	Calgary Flames	NHL		20	5	4	9	10		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Calgary Flames	NHL		48	4	10	14	60		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		4	1	0	1	0		7	1	1	2	9
2000-01	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		43	8	9	17	57		17	1	0	1	12
2001-02	Adler Mannheim	DEL		32	17	9	26	32		2	0	2	2	0
2002-03	Alder Mannheim	DEL		29	4	8	12	49		8	2	1	3	30
2003-04	Adler Mannheim	DEL		44	22	17	39	78		6	1	2	3	24
2004-05	Adler Mannheim	DEL		48	19	19	38	121		14	11	3	14	22
2005-06	Adler Mannheim	DEL		21	11	10	21	48		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Adler Mannheim	DEL		51	25	17	42	80		11	4	6	10	32
2007-08	Adler Mannheim	DEL		43	15	20	35	118		5	0	1	1	10
2008-09	Adler Mannheim	DEL		46	17	15	32	96		9	2	5	7	8
2009-10	Frisk Tigers	GET		34	16	24	40	53		—	—	—	—	—
2010-11	Frisk Tigers	GET		38	25	18	43	95		5	2	3	5	2
NHL totals				362	58	74	132	420		53	7	6	13	52

Awards and achievements

• 1990-91 QMJHL All-Rookie Team
• 1990-91 QMJHL Michel Bergeron Trophy
• 1992-93 QMJHL First All-Star Team
• 1992-93 QMJHL Jean Béliveau Trophy
• 1992-93 CHL First All-Star Team
• 1993-94 AHL Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
• 1995-96 NHL Stanley Cup (Colorado Avalanche)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]