Alex Roach

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Alex Roach
Date of birth April 19, 1993
place of birth Schongau , Germany
size 195 cm
Weight 102 kg
position defender
number # 4
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2010-2014 Calgary Hitmen
2014-2015 Ontario Reign
2015-2016 Manchester monarchs
2016 Atlanta Gladiators
2016-2017 Polar bears Berlin
2017-2018 Grizzlies Wolfsburg
2018 Kassel Huskies
2018-2019 Deggendorfer SC
since 2019 Löwen Frankfurt

Alexander "Alex" Roach (born April 19, 1993 in Schongau ) is a Canadian - German ice hockey player in the defensive position who has been under contract with the Löwen Frankfurt since 2019 in the DEL2 .

Career

Roach was born in Schongau in Upper Bavaria , his mother is German, his father a former Canadian ice hockey professional who played in the German league in the 1990s at EC Peiting .

He grew up in Canada and joined the Calgary Hitmen from the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 2010 . In the summer of 2011, Roach was invited to trial training by the Los Angeles Kings from the National Hockey League (NHL) and received a three-year contract from the Kings in September of the same year. First he continued to play for Calgary, from 2014 to the end of the 2014/15 season then for Ontario Reign in the ECHL . In the 2015/16 season he was on the ice for another Kings farm team , the Manchester Monarchs , in the ECHL, where he made a name for himself with good performances: Roach was the best assist provider among Manchester's defenders. In a total of 69 ECHL appearances that season, he scored six goals and made 25 assists.

In preparation for the 2016/17 season, Roach first trained with the Boston Bruins , then from October with the Providence Bruins from the American Hockey League (AHL), where he received a one-year contract. In early November 2016, Roach was sent to the Atlanta Gladiators , for whom he completed twelve games in the ECHL.

In December 2016 Roach was signed by Eisbären Berlin from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). In June 2017 he switched to the Grizzlys Wolfsburg within the DEL . In March 2018 he left Wolfsburg for Northern Hesse and joined the Kassel Huskies in the DEL2 by the end of the month .

During the summer break of 2018, Roach was signed by the DEL2 climber Deggendorfer SC  . Shortly before the start of the 2019/20 season, he moved to the Löwen Frankfurt (also DEL2).

Achievements and Awards

  • 2013 WHL East Second All-Star Team

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel Stein: Alex Roach strengthens the polar bears' defense. In: morgenpost.de. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Alex Roach earns tryout with Los Angeles Kings - Calgary Hitmen. In: hitmenhockey.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Kings Sign F Cam Paddock and D Alex Roach. In: NHL.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Monarchs Loan Roach To Reign. In: manchestermonarchs.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  5. ^ Bruins trim training camp roster. In: bostonsportsdesk.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  6. ^ Atlanta Receives Roach from Providence. In: oursportscentral.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Eisbären Berlin sign defender Alex Roach. In: eisbaeren.de. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ http://www.grizzlys.de/news_625.html
  9. ↑ https://www.hna.de/sport/kassel-huskies/auch-verteidiger-alex-roach-jetzt-husky-9656834.html
  10. ↑ https://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2018/07/20/deggendorfer-sc-sichert-sich-die-dienste-von-verteidiger-alex-roach.html
  11. ↑ https://www.hessenschau.de/sport/mehr-sport/eishockey-loewen-frankfurt-haben-verteidiger-roach-fuer-verletzt-gauch,kurz-loewen-roach-100.html
Squad of the Löwen Frankfurt in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Roach, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roach, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-German ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Schongau