James Sheppard

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James Sheppard
Date of birth April 25, 1988
place of birth Lower Sackville , Nova Scotia , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 102 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 1st round, 9th position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2004-2007 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
2007-2011 Minnesota Wild
2011-2015 San Jose Sharks
2015 New York Rangers
2015-2017 EHC Kloten
2017-2020 Polar bears Berlin
since 2020 Cologne Sharks

James Sheppard (born April 25, 1988 in Lower Sackville , Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who will be under contract with the Kölner Haien from the German Ice Hockey League from the 2020/21 season and will play in the center position for them.

Career

James Sheppard began his career as a hockey player with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles , for which he was active from 2004 to 2007 in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the first round as the ninth player of the Minnesota Wild , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2007/08 season . In his rookie year , the attacker scored a total of 19 points in 78 games and provided an assist in six playoff games. In the following season, the Canadian was in all 82 games of the season Minnesota on the ice and scored a total of 24 points scorer, including five goals. In the 2010/11 season Sheppard was still under contract with the Minnesota Wild, but played no game due to injury.

In August 2011, the San Jose Sharks signed him, where he was regularly used in the episode. In March 2015, he was signed by the New York Rangers , who in return sent a four-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft to San Jose. Sheppard ended the season with the Rangers, but did not receive a new contract afterwards. He took after the training camp of the Columbus Blue Jackets in part (professional tryout contract) , but was not adopted. As a result, Sheppard moved first to Europe and signed a one year contract with the Kloten Flyers of the National League A . While preparing for the 2016/17 season, the Vancouver Canucks signed Sheppard on a trial basis, but again did not include him in their NHL squad, so he signed a new one-year contract in Kloten in October 2016.

In July 2017 he was signed by Eisbären Berlin from the German Ice Hockey League . For the polar bears he was active for 3 seasons and during this time he developed into a top performer of the team. In the 2019/20 season in particular , the center forward formed a successful attack line with the German players Marcel Noebels and Leonhard Pföderl . For the 2020/21 season, Sheppard switched to league competitor Kölner Haie , where he is again training under coach Uwe Krupp , as in his first year with the polar bears .

International

Sheppard played for Canada Atlantic in the 2005 World U-17 Hockey Challenge . In six tournament games he scored six goals and prepared another four. He was the sixth best scorer of the tournament and behind Brad Marchand second best of his team, with whom he won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 Dartmouth Subways NSMMHL 61 38 54 92 46 - - - - -
2004/05 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles LHJMQ 65 14th 31 45 40 5 1 3 4th 2
2005/06 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles LHJMQ 66 30th 54 84 78 9 2 5 7th 12
2006/07 Cape Breton Screaming Eagles LHJMQ 56 33 63 96 62 16 8th 12 20th 14th
2007/08 Minnesota Wild NHL 78 4th 15th 19th 29 6th 0 1 1 4th
2008/09 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 5 19th 24 41 - - - - -
2009/10 Minnesota Wild NHL 64 2 4th 6th 38 - - - - -
2010/11 Minnesota Wild NHL not played due to knee injury
2011/12 Worcester Sharks AHL 4th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Worcester Sharks AHL 34 8th 15th 23 52 - - - - -
2012/13 San Jose Sharks NHL 32 1 3 4th 12 11 0 0 0 4th
2013/14 San Jose Sharks NHL 67 4th 16 20th 35 7th 2 4th 6th 6th
2014/15 Worcester Sharks AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2014/15 San Jose Sharks NHL 57 5 11 16 28 - - - - -
2014/15 New York Rangers NHL 14th 2 0 2 9 13 1 1 2 8th
2015/16 Kloten Flyers NLA 37 11 14th 25th 67 4th 1 0 1 6th
2016/17 EHC Kloten NLA 34 5 11 16 30th 5 1 2 2 4th 2
2017/18 Polar bears Berlin DEL 52 11 22nd 33 50 18th 6th 8th 14th 20th
LHJMQ total 187 77 148 225 180 30th 11 20th 31 28
AHL total 40 8th 16 24 54 - - - - -
NHL overall 394 23 68 91 192 37 3 6th 9 22nd
NLA total 71 16 25th 41 97 9 3 2 5 8th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Canada Atlantic U17-WHC 3rd place, bronze 6th 6th 4th 10 6th
Juniors overall 6th 6th 4th 10 6th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.eisbaeren.de/news/detail/eisbaeren-berlin-verpflichten-mittelstuermer-james-sheppard
  2. ↑ Eisbären Berlin fight for striker James Sheppard. BZ , March 5, 2020, accessed on March 27, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Polar bear shock: James Sheppard makes the exit. Berliner Kurier , March 27, 2020, accessed on March 27, 2020 .
Squad of the Kölner Haie in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Sheppard, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Sackville , Nova Scotia