Riley Armstrong

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Riley Armstrong
Date of birth November 8, 1984
place of birth Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
number # 10
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2002-2003 Kootenay Ice
2003-2004 Everett Silvertips
2004-2006 Cleveland Barons
2006-2009 Worcester Sharks
2009-2010 Abbotsford Heat
2010-2011 Grand Rapids Griffins
Utah Grizzlies
Barys Astana
Augsburger Panther
2011–2012 Elmira Jackals
Binghamton Senators
SaiPa Lappeenranta
2012-2013 Utah grizzlies
2013-2014 EV Landshut
2014 Vita Hästen
2014-2015 Heilbronn falcon
2015-2016 Reading Royals

Riley Armstrong (born November 8, 1984 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach , who was active in the North American minor leagues and in numerous European leagues, but also two, during his career between 2004 and 2016 Has played games for the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League . His older brother Colby Armstrong is also a hockey player.

Since 2018 he has been the head coach of the Maine Mariners from the ECHL .

Career

Armstrong began his career in the 2001/02 season in the lower-class Canadian junior leagues Saskatchewans. For the 2002/03 season he moved to the Western Hockey League for the Kootenay Ice . After 65 games and 16 scorer points in his rookie season , the striker left the team and moved to the Everett Silvertips after just one year within the league . There he was able to more than double his points from the previous year with 44 points.

Since Armstrong had never been selected in an NHL Entry Draft , the Cleveland Barons , the then farm team of the San Jose Sharks , took him from the American Hockey League as a free agent in the summer of 2004 . There he completed two solid seasons, but they showed his offensive deficits with only 19 and nine points respectively. Due to the relocation of the Barons after the 2005/06 season , who moved to Worcester , Massachusetts and renamed Worcester Sharks , Armstrong also moved there. After his best season to date and an enormous increase in performance compared to previous years, the Sharks extended his contract for another year until the end of the 2007/08 season . The power forward continued seamlessly in the following season and reached 34 points.

After a renewed contract extension in the summer of 2008, he was appointed to the NHL squad of the San Jose Sharks for the first time during the 2008/09 season and made his NHL debut. However, it stayed with two missions and he continued to play mainly in the AHL. Despite his improved game, which was particularly evident in the playoffs, his expiring contract was not extended. He then signed a contract with the Calgary Flames . These transferred the Canadian on March 3, 2010 in exchange for Andy Delmore to league rivals Detroit Red Wings , who initially sent him to their farm team Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL. After the right-handed shooter ran for two games for the Utah Grizzlies in November 2011 , he was signed by the Barys Astana from the KHL . After only nine appearances, Canadians signed a contract with the Augsburger Panthers in the DEL for the rest of the season .

In the 2011/12 season Armstrong started with the Elmira Jackals from the ECHL , but was loaned to the AHL club Binghamton Senators for four weeks in November . After his return to the Jackals, the striker was drawn to Europe again for the rest of the season - this time to the Finnish SM-liiga representative Saimaan Pallo . In the following season, the right-shooter returned to the ECHL to the Utah Grizzlies, where he took over the post of captain. For the 2013/14 season Armstrong signed a contract with the German second division club EV Landshut and played there with 64 points from 45 games, the best season of his professional career. In the summer of 2015, the Canadian moved to HC Vita Hästen in the second-class HockeyAllsvenskan , where he acted as the team's assistant captain in the 2014/15 season , before returning to the DEL2 in December 2015 and signing with the Heilbronner Falken .

For the 2015/16 season Armstrong returned to North America and initially joined the Utah Grizzlies from the East Coast Hockey League , but was transferred to the Reading Royals within the league before the start of the season . In February 2016, he announced the end of his active professional career. He then worked as an assistant coach at the Wheeling Nailers from 2016 to 2018 , before taking over the position of head coach at the newly founded Maine Mariners in 2018 .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2002/03 Kootenay Ice WHL 65 6th 10 16 69 10 0 1 1 14th
2003/04 Everett Silvertips WHL 69 18th 26th 44 119 21st 5 4th 9 46
2004/05 Cleveland Barons AHL 70 8th 11 19th 117 - - - - -
2005/06 Cleveland Barons AHL 64 4th 5 9 67 - - - - -
2006/07 Worcester Sharks AHL 73 19th 17th 36 108 6th 0 1 1 12
2007/08 Worcester Sharks AHL 64 15th 19th 34 91 - - - - -
2008/09 Worcester Sharks AHL 71 25th 17th 42 101 12 3 10 13 46
2008/09 San Jose Sharks NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2009/10 Abbotsford Heat AHL 38 11 8th 19th 55 - - - - -
2009/10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 17th 3 2 5 14th - - - - -
2010/11 Utah grizzlies ECHL 2 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
2010/11 Barys Astana KHL 9 1 0 1 16 - - - - -
2010/11 Augsburg panther DEL 17th 5 3 8th 40 - - - - -
2011/12 Elmira Jackals ECHL 9 3 4th 7th 14th - - - - -
2011/12 Binghamton Senators AHL 5 1 2 3 6th - - - - -
2011/12 SaiPa Lappeenranta SM-liiga 12 2 3 5 32 - - - - -
2012/13 Utah grizzlies ECHL 38 16 21st 37 120 4th 2 1 3 10
2012/13 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2013/14 EV Landshut DEL2 45 24 40 64 99 13 3 4th 7th 20th
2014/15 HC Vita Hästen Allsvenskan 25th 6th 7th 13 24 - - - - -
2014/15 Heilbronn falcon DEL2 21st 8th 12 20th 97 - - - - -
2015/16 Reading Royals ECHL 26th 4th 8th 12 40 - - - - -
WHL overall 134 24 36 60 188 31 5 5 10 60
ECHL total 75 23 35 58 178 4th 2 1 3 10
AHL total 404 86 81 167 561 18th 3 11 14th 58
NHL overall 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
SM-liiga total 12 2 3 5 32 - - - - -
Allsvenskan total 25th 6th 7th 13 24 - - - - -
KHL total 9 1 0 1 16 - - - - -
DEL2 total 66 32 52 84 196 14th 4th 6th 10 24
DEL total 17th 5 3 8th 40 - - - - -

( 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 )

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Armstrong, Riley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon , Saskatchewan, Canada