Adam Dennis
Date of birth | February 8, 1985 |
place of birth | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 86 kg |
position | goalkeeper |
number | # 28 |
Catch hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2005 , 6th round, 182nd position Buffalo Sabers |
Career stations | |
2001-2002 | Oakville Blades |
2002-2005 | Guelph Storm |
2005-2006 | London Knights |
2006-2008 | Rochester Americans |
2008-2009 | Portland Pirates |
2009-2010 | SHC Fassa |
2010 | Cologne Sharks |
2010-2013 | HC Alleghe |
2013-2014 | Dornbirn EC |
Adam Dennis (born February 8, 1985 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Italian - Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has played for the Dornbirner EC in the Austrian ice hockey league during his active career .
Career
Club
Adam Dennis began his career as a hockey player with the Oakville Blades, for which he was active in the 2001/02 season in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. From 2002 to 2006, the goalkeeper was in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League for the Guelph Storm and London Knights between the posts. After he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup , the OHL championship, with Guelph in 2004 , he moved to the London Knights with whom he repeated this success in the 2004/05 season. In addition, Dennis and his team then won the championship of the Canadian Hockey League , the Memorial Cup . Together with his goalkeeping colleague, he received the Dave Pinkney Trophy for the lowest team goals against the OHL. He himself was voted the best goalkeeper of the Memorial Cup tournament and in the 2005/06 season he was named OHL Goaltender of the Year .
From 2006 to 2009 Dennis played for the Rochester Americans and Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League . For the 2009/10 season he went to Europe for the first time, where he received a contract with SHC Fassa from the Italian A1 series . With the Italians, he confirmed his individual class. In his 37 main round appearances, he had 2.23 goals conceded per game, the lowest average goal conceded in the entire league. In the playoffs, he was able to reduce this value to 2.20 goals per game. His catch quota was also outstanding with 93.5% in the main round and 94.0% in the playoffs. With his good performance, he recommended himself for a contract with the Kölner Haien from the German Ice Hockey League , of which Dennis was committed for the 2010/11 season .
After an unsuccessful start to the season with the Haie , who signed Wade Dubielewicz as the new goalkeeper, Dennis left the Haie in October 2010 and was signed by HC Alleghe . He played in Italy for almost three years, then moved to Dornbirn EC in the Austrian ice hockey league in the summer of 2013 . He ended his active career after the 2013/14 season. For the 2016/17 season, Dennis was employed by the North Bay Battalion as Assistant General Manager, Assistant Coach and Goalkeeping Coach.
National team
Dennis made his debut for the Italian national team in February 2013 in Bietigheim-Bissingen during the Olympic qualification for the Games in Sochi 2014. Although the Italians did not qualify for the Winter Games due to a 3-2 defeat against Austria , he was also for the World Cup nominated. There he not only succeeded in advancing to the top division with the Italians, he was also voted the best goalkeeper and the all-star team in Group A of Division I.
Achievements and Awards
- 2004 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the Guelph Storm
- 2005 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the London Knights
- 2005 Dave Pinkney Trophy (with Gerald Coleman )
- 2005 OHL Second All-Star Team
- 2005 Memorial Cup win with the London Knights
- 2005 Memorial Cup All-Star Team
- 2005 Hap Emms Memorial Trophy
- 2006 CHL Second All-Star Team
- 2006 OHL Goaltender of the Year
- 2006 OHL First All-Star Team
- 2010 Lowest conceded goals in the Serie A1 main round
- 2013 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I, Group A.
- 2013 Best Goalkeeper and All-Star Team of the World Championship Division I, Group A.
League statistics
Status: end of the 2012/13 season
league | Seasons | Games | Victories | Defeats | draw | Shutouts | |
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Italy | Regular season | 4th | 146 | 76 | 69 | 0 | 14th |
AHL | Regular season | 3 | 94 | 42 | 49 | 2 | 4th |
DEL | Regular season | 1 | 7th | 2 | 5 | - | 1 |
Web links
- Adam Dennis at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Adam Dennis at hockeydb.com (English)
- Adam Dennis at sonice.it
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dennis, Adam |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |