Aaron Ness
Date of birth | May 18, 1990 |
place of birth | Roseau , Minnesota , USA |
size | 178 cm |
Weight | 77 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2008 , 2nd round, 40th position New York Islanders |
Career stations | |
2008-2011 | University of Minnesota |
2011-2015 |
New York Islanders Bridgeport Sound Tigers |
2015-2019 |
Washington Capitals Hershey Bears |
since 2019 |
Arizona Coyotes Tucson Roadrunners |
Aaron Ness (born May 18, 1990 in Roseau , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League since July 2019 and at the same time for their farm team , the Tucson Roadrunners , in American Hockey League plays.
Career
Aaron Ness was already selected as a player at the high school in the NHL Entry Draft 2008 in the second round as a total of 40th player by the New York Islanders . He then attended the University of Minnesota for three years , for whose ice hockey team he was active in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . Towards the end of the 2010-11 season , the defender for the Islanders' farm team , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , made his professional ice hockey debut when he scored one goal and three assists in 13 games in the American Hockey League . In the following season he was the first time for the Islanders in the National Hockey League on the ice, where he remained pointless in nine games. Most of the season, however, he spent again with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL.
After a total of four years in the Islanders organization, he joined the Washington Capitals as a free agent in July 2015 , where he was also mainly used in the AHL with the Hershey Bears . In July 2019 he finally switched to the Arizona Coyotes in the same way .
International
For the USA Ness took part in the U18 World Cup in 2008 , where he won the bronze medal with his team.
Achievements and Awards
- 2008 Minnesota Mr. Hockey
- 2011 WCHA All-Academic Team
- 2015 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
- 2019 AHL Second All-Star Team
International
- 2008 bronze medal at the U18 World Championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2008/09 | University of Minnesota | NCAA | 37 | 2 | 15th | 17th | -8th | 16 | ||||||||
2009/10 | University of Minnesota | NCAA | 39 | 2 | 10 | 12 | ± 0 | 24 | ||||||||
2010/11 | University of Minnesota | NCAA | 35 | 2 | 12 | 14th | +4 | 41 | ||||||||
2010/11 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4th | -1 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 69 | 5 | 22nd | 27 | +8 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4th | ||
2011/12 | New York Islanders | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2012/13 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 76 | 3 | 24 | 27 | -10 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 48 | 6th | 14th | 20th | -15 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | New York Islanders | NHL | 20th | 1 | 2 | 3 | -13 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 74 | 8th | 37 | 45 | -10 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 62 | 6th | 21st | 27 | +12 | 22nd | 21st | 0 | 12 | 12 | ± 0 | 12 | ||
2015/16 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 8th | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 51 | 5 | 12 | 17th | -5 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 55 | 4th | 25th | 29 | –6 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 71 | 5 | 50 | 55 | +24 | 40 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | ||
2019/20 | Tucson Roadrunners | AHL | 17th | 2 | 7th | 9 | +6 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Arizona Coyotes | NHL | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
NCAA overall | 111 | 6th | 37 | 43 | -4 | 81 | ||||||||||
AHL total | 536 | 45 | 215 | 260 | +3 | 305 | 39 | 0 | 15th | 15th | –11 | 16 | ||||
NHL overall | 71 | 1 | 6th | 7th | –7 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented the USA at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2008 | United States | U18 World Cup | 7th | 0 | 6th | 6th | +5 | 2 | ||
Juniors overall | 7th | 0 | 6th | 6th | +5 | 2 |
( 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
Goalkeeper:
Darcy Kuemper |
Antti Raanta
Defender:
Jakob Chychrun |
Jason Demers |
Oliver Ekman Larsson ( C ) |
Alex Goligoski |
Niklas Hjalmarsson ( A ) |
Ilya Lyubushkin |
Aaron Ness |
Jordan Oesterle
Attacker:
Lawson Crouse |
Christian Dvorak |
Christian Fischer |
Conor Garland |
Michael Grabner |
Taylor Hall |
Barrett Hayton |
Vinnie Hinostroza |
Clayton Cellar |
Phil Kessel |
Brad Richardson |
Nick Schmaltz |
Carl Söderberg |
Derek Stepan ( A )
Head Coach: Rick Tocchet Assistant Coach : Phil Housley | John MacLean General Manager: Steve Sullivan
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ness, Aaron |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Roseau , Minnesota , United States |