John Miner

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CanadaCanada  John Miner Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 28, 1965
place of birth Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 11th lap, 220th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1981-1985 Regina Pats
1985-1988 Nova Scotia Oilers
1988-1989 Viennese EV
1989 New Haven Nighthawks
1989-1991 Lausanne HC
1991-1993 EK Zell am See
1993-1994 HC Ajoie
1994-1995 HC Martigny
1995-1998 EV train
1998-2002 Cologne Sharks
2002-2003 SC Bern
HC Ajoie
2003-2005 Augsburg panther
2005-2006 EK Zell am See
2006-2007 Sønderjysk elite sport
2007-2008 HC Morzine-Avoriaz

John Miner (born August 28, 1965 in Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League , as well as the Kölner Haie and the Augsburger Panther in of the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

John Miner began his career as a hockey player with the Regina Pats , for which he was active in the Western Hockey League from 1981 to 1985 . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1983 in the eleventh round as a total of 220 players by the Edmonton Oilers . Initially, however, the defender played for two years exclusively for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Nova Scotia Oilers , before he made his debut in the National Hockey League for Edmonton in the 1987/88 season , where he scored five points in 14 games, including two goals, scored. Although the Oilers won the Stanley Cup this season , the right-handed shooter did not play enough games so that his name was not engraved on the cup. After the season he was given to the Los Angeles Kings . He moved to Austria and played for the Vienna EV and after the end of the season in Europe for the Kings AHL farm team, the New Haven Nighthawks . A season later he played for Lausanne HC in the Swiss National League B and played again for the New Haven Nighthawks after the end of the season. A job in the NHL with the Kings was not granted to him.

Miner definitely turned his back on North America and moved back to Austria to EK Zell am See , for which he competed in the Austrian Ice Hockey League from 1991 to 1993 . Then he moved back to the Swiss National League B. First he played for HC Ajoie and then for HC Martigny , before he was signed by EV Zug from the Swiss National League A in the summer of 1995 , with which he was in the 1997/98 season Master became. He was then signed by the Kölner Haie , for which he was on the ice in the DEL for the following four years , where he was German champion with the Haie in the 2001/02 season . This was followed by a commitment in the Swiss NLA at SC Bern , as well as in the National League B at HC Ajoie, before Miner was under contract for two more years in the DEL with the Augsburger Panthers . In the meantime, the 1985 junior world champion also played seven games for the EHC Linz in Austria. At HC Ajoie, he played on the same team with his son Jonathan.

His career ended Miner in Europe, where he worked until 2008 for one season for his former club EK Zell am See in the National League , Sønderjyske from the Danish AL-Bank Ligaen , and the HC Morzine-Avoriaz in the French Ligue Magnus active was.

International

For Canada Miner took part in the Junior World Championship in 1985 , where he was world champion with his team. He scored two assist points in seven games.

Coaching

John Miner has been an assistant coach at the Okanagan Hockey Academy Europe since September 2013, where he takes care of the further development of young ice hockey talents.

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 1 14th 2 3 5 16
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
DEL main round 6th 328 41 136 177 377
DEL playoffs 5 36 4th 14th 18th 30th

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personal data
SURNAME Miner, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan , Canada