Maury Edwards

Maury Edwards
Date of birth	March 16, 1987
place of birth	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
Nickname	Eddy
size	181 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
number	# 23
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2005-2007	Alberni Valley Bulldogs
2007-2011	UMass Lowell
2011-2013	Cincinnati Cyclones
2013	Florida Everblades
2013-2014	ESV Kaufbeuren
2014-2015	Ravensburg tower stars
2015-2018	Straubing Tigers
2018-2020	ERC Ingolstadt
since 2020	Cologne Sharks

Maurice John "Maury" Edwards (born March 16, 1987 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who is under contract with the Cologne Sharks .

Career

Maury Edwards grew up in Rocky Rapids , a hamlet in central Alberta . After graduating from Frank Maddock High School in 2005, the then 18-year-old decided to focus on an ice hockey career. So he moved to Port Alberni , British Columbia to play for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the British Columbia Hockey League . Edwards completed two seasons there and took part in the World Junior A Challenge in 2006 , where he won the gold medal with Canada West , including in a team with the late NHL players Justin Fontaine and Kyle Turris . The Canadian then decided to study economics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell , for whose ice hockey team, the Riverhawks , he was parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association on the ice.

After completing his four-year studies, Edwards tried to gain a foothold as a professional and signed try-out contracts with the Providence Bruins and Lake Erie Monsters , but could not recommend himself for a long-term commitment in the AHL . He then signed a contract with the Cincinnati Cyclones from the lower class ECHL in September 2011 . Here, too, the defender could not draw attention to himself, a firm contract offer from an AHL or NHL club did not materialize. Instead, the defender was given to the Florida Everblades in a player swap .

It was followed by the move to Europe, where Edwards in his first season with the ESV Kaufbeuren relegation from the DEL2 in the league could prevent just barely. In a weak Kaufbeurer team, Edwards stood out, so that the league rival Ravensburg Towerstars signed the Canadian in April 2014. He was able to repeat his strong performances from the previous season, after which he was elected defender of the year in the DEL2.

On March 26, 2015, the Straubing Tigers from the DEL announced the commitment of the right-shooter. After three years in Lower Bavaria, Edwards will move to ERC Ingolstadt within the league for the 2018/19 season . He finished his two seasons with the Panthers as the defender with the highest points in the DEL main round (38 and 46 scorer points), was elected Defender of the Year in 2019/20 and then moved to the Kölner Haien .

Style of play

Maury Edwards is considered to be a strong runner. Thanks to his hard and well-placed shot, he is often used in power play . The right-handed shooter feels more comfortable on the large ice rink, and particularly in the NCAA and DEL2 , he proved his goal hazard.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Won the World Junior A Challenge with Canada West
• 2008 Hockey East All-Rookie Team
• 2009 Hockey East First All-Star Team
• 2010 Hockey East All-Academic Team
• 2015 DEL2 Defender of the Year
• 2019 top defender of the DEL main round 2018/19
• 2020 top defender of the DEL main round 2019/20
• 2020 DEL Defender of the Year

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
2005-06	Alberni Valley Bulldogs	BCHL		57	10	27	37	15th		10	2	8th	10	6th
2006-07	Alberni Valley Bulldogs	BCHL		53	14th	31	45	62		5	0	1	1	0
2007-08	UMass Lowell Riverhawks	HE		37	8th	11	19th	12		-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	UMass Lowell Riverhawks	HE		38	11	18th	29	32		-	-	-	-	-
2009-10	UMass Lowell Riverhawks	HE		38	4th	11	15th	29		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	UMass Lowell Riverhawks	HE		34	5	11	16	33		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Providence Bruins	AHL		3	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2010-11	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL		6th	1	1	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Cincinnati Cyclones	ECHL		62	7th	23	30th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Peoria Rivermen	AHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011-12	Rochester Americans	AHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012–13	Cincinnati Cyclones	ECHL		24	2	5	7th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2012–13	Florida Everblades	ECHL		40	3	13	16	18th		13	1	3	4th	4th
2013-14	ESV Kaufbeuren	DEL2		54	16	24	40	79		17 1	8th	19th	27	10
2014–15	Ravensburg tower stars	DEL2		49	15th	36	51	78
2015–16	Straubing Tigers	DEL		49	9	20th	29	65		7th	3	2	5	4th
2016/17	Straubing Tigers	DEL		52	9	19th	28	18th		2	0	0	0	0
HE total				147	28	51	79	106		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				13	1	1	2	6th		-	-	-	-	-
ECHL total				126	12	40	52	42		13	1	3	4th	4th
DEL2 total				103	31	60	91	157		-	-	-	-	-
DEL total				101	18th	39	57	83		9	3	2	5	4th

( 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

Commons : Maury Edwards  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maury Edwards at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Maury Edwards at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} goriverhawks.com Maury Edwards - 2010-11 Men's Ice Hockey
2. ↑ echl.com Cyclones bolster blue line with pair of rookies
3. ↑ floridaeverblades.com 'Blades Acquire Defenseman Edwards from Cincinnati
4. ↑ esvk.de Maury Edwards strengthens the ESVK
5. ↑ ^{a b} towerstars.de Towerstars sign Maury Edwards and Brian Roloff ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ straubing-tigers.de: DEL2 top defender Edwards comes from Ravensburg - Tigers bring attackers Connolly and Bayda as well as defender Jobke from Augsburg ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015 
7. ↑ Ingolstadt confirms the commitment of defender Maury Edwards from Straubing. In: Ice Hockey News . April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Ice Hockey News Review 2018/19, page 56
9. ↑ Ice Hockey News Review 2019/20, page 70
10. ↑ Kölner Haie sign Maury Edwards | Cologne Sharks. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .