Ryan Kesler

Ryan Kesler
Date of birth	August 31, 1984
place of birth	Livonia , Michigan , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	center
number	# 17
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 1st lap, 23rd position Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
2000-2002	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2002-2003	Ohio State University
2003-2014	Vancouver Canucks
since 2014	Anaheim Ducks

Ryan James Kesler (born August 31, 1984 in Livonia , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player . Since June 2014 he has played for the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . He spent the first ten years of his professional career with the Vancouver Canucks . In 2011 he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy , which is awarded annually to the striker with the best defensive behavior. With the US national team , he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Career

In June 2000, Kesler was of the Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League in the fifth round of a total of 89. Position drafted , but he chose not to Canada to go, but he played two seasons for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program on Reason to be close to his homeland. In 131 games he was able to score 99 points.

Then the striker played a season for the university team of Ohio State University , the Buckeyes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , in which he was promptly appointed to the All-Star selection.

Vancouver Canucks (2003-2014)

In his rookie season , Kesler wore jersey number 20.

In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft , Kesler was drawn in the first round in a total of 23rd position by the Vancouver Canucks . Just two months after he was drafted, he signed a three-year contract that earned him both a $ 850,000 signature bonus and a reported total salary of $ 2.475 million. In the summer of 2003 he took part in the Canucks pre-season, but was shortly before the start of the 2003/04 season in the squad of the farm team Manitoba Moose from the American Hockey League . In November 2003, he made his debut for the Canucks in the top division of North America in the 1: 2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs and scored the first goal in the NHL in the following game against the Calgary Flames . In total, Kesler played 28 games for the Canucks in his rookie season, while he spent the rest of the season with the Moose.

As a result of the lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , he completed the entire season in Manitoba, where he scored a total of 30 goals and 28 assists in 78 games. He was also nominated for the 2005 AHL All-Star Classic and voted Manitoba Moose's Most Valuable Player . In the following year , the attacker played his first full season with the Canucks in the NHL and was able to score 23 points from 82 games. After the season, Kesler turned down a first contract offer from the Canucks and then became a restricted free agent . In September 2009 he signed an "Offer sheet" from the Philadelphia Flyers . The Canucks then had a week to catch up with the competition and to extend the player's contract on the same terms or to let the player go. As compensation, they would have received a draft pick for the second round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft from the Flyers. Two days after the Philadelphia offer, Kesler signed a $ 1.9 million one-year deal with the Canucks.

After 48 games in the 2006/07 season , Kesler suffered a hip injury, whereupon he was out for the remainder of the main round. On his return in April 2007 in the playoff series against the Dallas Stars , he injured himself while blocking a shot and then fell out again due to an operation on his index finger. Despite injury issues, his contract was extended for three more years in May 2007 for an annual salary of $ 5.25 million. At the beginning of the 2007/08 season , the American received in the game against the Philadelphia Flyers from his opponent Jesse Boulerice a cross-check in the face, whereupon Boulerice received the longest suspension in the history of the NHL and was suspended for 25 games . In the further course of the season, Kesler was finally able to establish himself as a top performer in the Canucks squad and regularly received playing time against the top players of the opposing teams as well as in shortfall situations. In September 2008 Kesler was appointed assistant captain and played in the 2008/09 season first with Alexandre Burrows in a row before he acted in the second attacking formation from January 2009 on the side of Pavol Demitra and Mats Sundin . At the end of the season, the attacker received the Cyclone Taylor Trophy as the most valuable player within the team and was nominated for the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the first time . In the following season , Kesler was used again in his original position as a center and regularly received playing time in overpowering situations, whereupon he played with 75 points from 82 games, the most points playing time of his previous NHL career. In March 2010, he signed a six-year contract extension for a total reported salary of $ 30 million.

Kesler in December 2011

In the 2010/11 season , Kesler was able to increase his offensive performance even further, as he was given more responsibility in the attack game on the one hand and was relieved of his defensive duties by the newly signed Manny Malhotra on the other . In November 2010, he scored the 100th goal of his NHL career in a 4-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche , before he succeeded the first hat trick against the Columbus Blue Jackets the following month . At the beginning of 2011 he took part in the All-Star Game and acted as assistant captain for Eric Staal's team . Kesler finished the main round with 41 goals and 32 assists and was thus instrumental in the successful performance of the Canucks, which won the President's Trophy as the team with the highest points in the regular season. In the playoffs , the attacker was able to seamlessly build on these offensive performances and, with 19 scorer points from 25 games, was an important factor in his team's entry into the Stanley Cup final , where they were defeated by the Boston Bruins . Following the season he received the Frank J. Selke Trophy for the first time as a striker with the best defensive behavior.

During the summer break of 2011, Kesler had to operate as a result of a hip injury and thus missed the start of the 2011/12 season . After his return he did not succeed in repeating the offensive performances from the previous year and he finally got 49 points from 77 games. After the American had been playing with a shoulder injury since January 2012, he underwent another operation in June 2012 after having had an additional wrist operation a month earlier. He returned to gaming in February 2013 and broke his foot on his return in the game against the Dallas Stars , but played another six games before the injury was recognized.

Anaheim Ducks (since 2014)

In June 2014, Kesler was handed over to the Anaheim Ducks by the Canucks, including a third-round vote for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft . The Canucks received in return Luca Sbisa , Nick Bonino and the first and third round voting rights of the Ducks for the NHL Entry Draft 2014 , which took place directly on the day of the transfer. In March 2019, the attacker played his 1,000th regular season game in the NHL. A short time later, he was out due to an injury and then underwent a hip operation, due to which he will probably miss the entire 2019/20 season and even face an early retirement.

International

Ryan Kesler took part for the US national team in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2002 , the U20 World Junior Championship in 2003 and 2004 and the 2006 World Championship . He then represented his home country at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics , with the team winning the silver medal in 2010. He also took part in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey with Team USA .

Achievements and Awards

2003 CCHA All-Rookie Team 2005 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic 2011 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

2011 Frank J. Selke Trophy 2017 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

• 2002 gold medal at the U18 World Junior Championship
• 2002 Most valuable player in the U18 World Junior Championship
• 2004 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2010 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	USA Hockey NTDP	U-18		26th	8th	20th	28	24		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	USA Hockey NTDP	NEAR		56	7th	21st	28	40		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	USA Hockey NTDP	U-18		46	11	33	44	23		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	USA Hockey NTDP	USHL		13	5	5	10	10		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	USA Hockey NTDP	NEAR		10	5	6th	11	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Ohio State University	CCHA		40	11	20th	31	44		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Manitoba mosses	AHL		33	3	8th	11	29		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		28	2	3	5	16		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Manitoba mosses	AHL		78	30th	27	57	105		14th	4th	5	9	8th
2005/06	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		82	10	13	23	79		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		48	6th	10	16	40		1	0	0	0	0
2007/08	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		80	21st	16	37	79		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		82	26th	33	59	61		10	2	2	4th	14th
2009/10	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		82	25th	50	75	104		12	1	9	10	4th
2010/11	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		82	41	32	73	66		25th	7th	12	19th	47
2011/12	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		77	22nd	27	49	56		5	0	3	3	6th
2012/13	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		17th	4th	9	13	12		4th	2	0	2	0
2013/14	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		77	25th	18th	43	81		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		81	20th	27	47	75		16	7th	6th	13	24
2015/16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		79	21st	32	53	78		7th	4th	0	4th	0
2016/17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		82	22nd	36	58	83		17th	1	7th	8th	32
2017/18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		44	8th	6th	14th	46		4th	0	2	2	6th
2018/19	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		60	5	3	8th	44		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				111	33	35	68	134		14th	4th	5	9	8th
NHL overall				1001	258	315	573	920		101	24	41	65	133

International

Represented the USA at:

World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2001 U18 World Junior Championship 2002 U20 Junior World Championship 2003 U20 Junior World Championship 2004

World Championship 2006 2010 Winter Olympics 2014 Winter Olympics World Cup of Hockey 2016

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001	United States	U17-WHC			6th	1	5	6th
2002	United States	U18 World Cup			8th	2	5	7th	4th
2003	United States	U20 World Cup	4th Place		7th	3	4th	7th	6th
2004	United States	U20 World Cup			6th	3	0	3	6th
2006	United States	WM	7th place		7th	0	1	1	0
2010	United States	Olympia			6th	2	0	2	2
2014	United States	Olympia	4th Place		6th	1	3	4th	0
2016	United States	World cup	7th place		3	0	0	0	4th
Juniors overall					27	9	14th	23
Men overall					22nd	3	4th	7th	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

Commons : Ryan Kesler  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Anaheim Ducks website
• Ryan Kesler at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ryan Kesler at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cbc.ca Flyers defend Kesler offer
2. ↑ cbc.ca Canucks opt to keep Kesler
3. ↑ espn.go.com Kesler injured in return following hip surgery
4. ↑ cbc.ca Canucks secure Ryan Kesler
5. ↑ cbc.ca Flyers' Boulerice suspended 25 games
6. ↑ vancouversun.com Defensive specialist Kesler adds some offensive stimulus
7. ↑ nhlpa.com Kesler lets his game do the talking
8. ↑ nhl.com Malhotra making a play for the Selke Award
9. ↑ canucks.nhl.com Two-way play, commitment to shoot make Kesler invaluable to Canucks
10. ↑ nhl.com Kesler takes home Selke for first time
11. ↑ nhl.com Canucks' Kesler has successful hip labral surgery
12. ↑ nhl.com Shoulder surgery to sideline Kesler six months
13. ↑ nhl.com Kesler doesn't expect to be ready until January
14. ↑ slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com Canucks Center Injured Again
15. ↑ nhl.com: "Ducks get Kesler in trade from Canucks" (English, June 27, 2014, accessed June 28, 2014)