As a youth, Ouellet played in the 1996
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Rimouski Océanic
minor ice hockey team. He later played for
Rimouski Océanic in the
QMJHL before being drafted 124th overall by the
Pittsburgh Penguins in the
2000 NHL entry draft. He spent his first few years out of
junior in the minor leagues and was named to the
American Hockey League (AHL) All-Rookie Team with the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in
2004. After a career-high 19 goals, 29 assists and 48 points, in
2006–07, he was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Penguins and Ouellet subsequently signed with the
Tampa Bay Lightning. On December 14, 2007, he separated his left shoulder after a check from
Calgary Flames defenceman
Robyn Regehr and missed 18 games. He finished the season with 36 points in 64 games. On September 29, 2008, Ouellet was placed on waivers due to a salary cutting effort by the Lightning. He cleared waivers and on October 6, he was traded along with
Shane O'Brien to the
Vancouver Canucks for
Lukáš Krajíček and
Juraj Šimek. He was immediately assigned to the
Manitoba Moose of the AHL, but was recalled by the Canucks on November 3. He was returned to the Moose on November 10, 2008, where he completed the season with 40 points in 46 games. Ouellet became an unrestricted free agent in the 2009 off-season, but went unsigned by an NHL club. He went overseas to
Switzerland to play for
Fribourg-Gottéron of the
National League A. On December 21, 2009, Ouellet was named to
Team Canada for the
2009 Spengler Cup. Canada finished in third place. After a half year Ouellet left Switzerland and signed with German club
Hamburg Freezers of the
Deutsche Eishockey Liga. On July 1, 2011, Ouellet rejoined the Tampa Bay Lightning organization when they signed him as a
free agent to a one-year,
two-way contract. During the
2011–12 season, Ouellet failed to add to his NHL experience, however was assigned to the record achieving affiliate, the
Norfolk Admirals contributing to their
Calder Cup success. Prior to free agency on June 23, 2012, Ouellet was traded by the Lightning to the
Boston Bruins, along with a fifth-round draft pick, for
Benoit Pouliot. Released as a free agent by the Bruins, Ouellet accepted a try-out to the
Hamilton Bulldogs training camp for the
2012–13 season on September 26, 2012. He was subsequently released upon completion of camp, due to the high number of players already under contract in the Bulldogs' camp. After several months of free agency, Ouellet was offered a one-year contract with the
Thetford Mines Isothermic of the
Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) on December 21, 2012. He finished out his playing career after two seasons in the LNAH. ==Career statistics==