Andrew Cassels
Date of birth | July 23, 1969 |
place of birth | Bramalea , Ontario , Canada |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 84 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1987 , 1st lap, 17th position Canadiens de Montréal |
Career stations | |
1984-1986 | Bramalea Blues |
1986-1989 | Ottawa 67's |
1989-1990 | Canadiens de Sherbrooke |
1990-1991 | Canadiens de Montréal |
1991-1997 | Hartford Whalers |
1997-1999 | Calgary Flames |
1999-2002 | Vancouver Canucks |
2002-2004 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
2005-2006 | Washington Capitals |
Andrew William Cassels (born July 23, 1969 in Bramalea , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 1036 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Hartford Whalers , Calgary Flames , Vancouver, among others, in the course of his active career between 1986 and 2006 Canucks , Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. Cassels celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the silver medal at the 1996 World Cup .
Career
Cassels started his career in 1984 in his hometown with the Bramalea Blues , before he spent a successful time for the Ottawa 67’s in the Ontario Hockey League from 1986 to 1989 . Although he could not win a title with the 67's, he received numerous awards. In 1987 he was honored with the Emms Family Award as the best newcomer to the league , the following year he received the William Hanley Trophy as the fairest player in sport, the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the top scorer and the Red Tilson Trophy as the most valuable player . He was also appointed to the OHL's First All-Star team, as well as the following year.
After the striker had already been selected in the first round in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft in 17th position by the Montréal Canadiens , Cassels moved to the Canadiens in the professional camp in the summer of 1989. This put him in his first season in their farm team , the Sherbrooke Canadiens , in the American Hockey League , so that the center only had a few appearances in the National Hockey League . In the 1990/91 season , the center forward was part of the squad of the Montréal Canadiens. The two parties parted ways in September 1991 after the striker had only managed six goals in his first NHL season. For a second round right to vote in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft , the Canadiens gave him to the Hartford Whalers .
Cassels spent six years with the Whalers and was always one of the best scorers on the team. Their time in Hartford ended with the Whalers moving to North Carolina and renaming it Carolina Hurricanes . However, before he played a game for the Hurricanes, the management gave him in August 1997 together with goalkeeper Jean-Sébastien Giguère for Gary Roberts and Trevor Kidd from the Calgary Flames . In the Canadian metropolis, the attacker could not build on the performance from Hartford and so he looked for a new club in the summer of 1999 after his contract expired. As a free agent , he joined the Vancouver Canucks for three years , where his statistics improved again significantly. From 2002 he finally found a new sporting home for two years with the Columbus Blue Jackets .
After a one-year break due to the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season , Cassels moved to the 2005/06 season for the Washington Capitals , but they released him without notice in January 2006. The Canadian didn't find a new club after that and ended his active career. In the 2011/12 season he worked as an assistant coach at the Cincinnati Cyclones from the ECHL under head coach Jarrod Skalde .
International
Cassels represented his native Canada at the 1989 World Junior Championship and the 1996 World Championship . At the Junior World Championship in 1989, the Canadian team finished fourth. At the 1996 World Cup, he won the silver medal.
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1996 silver medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1984/85 | Bramalea Blues | MetJHL | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1985/86 | Bramalea Blues | MetJHL | 33 | 18th | 25th | 43 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1986/87 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 66 | 26th | 66 | 92 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 14th | 7th | ||
1987/88 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 61 | 48 | 103 | 151 | 39 | 16 | 8th | 24 | 32 | 13 | ||
1988/89 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 56 | 37 | 97 | 134 | 66 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15th | 10 | ||
1989/90 | Canadiens de Sherbrooke | AHL | 55 | 22nd | 45 | 67 | 25th | 12 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6th | ||
1989/90 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 6th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1990/91 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 54 | 6th | 19th | 25th | 20th | 8th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
1991/92 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 67 | 11 | 30th | 41 | 18th | 7th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 6th | ||
1992/93 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 84 | 21st | 64 | 85 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993/94 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 79 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994/95 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 46 | 7th | 30th | 37 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1995/96 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 81 | 20th | 43 | 63 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996/97 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 81 | 22nd | 44 | 66 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997/98 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 81 | 17th | 27 | 44 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 70 | 12 | 25th | 37 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1999/00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 79 | 17th | 45 | 62 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 66 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2001/02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 53 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 22nd | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
2002/03 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 79 | 20th | 48 | 68 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 58 | 6th | 20th | 26th | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2004/05 | without a contract | not played because of lockout | ||||||||||||
2005/06 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 31 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
OHL total | 183 | 111 | 266 | 377 | 133 | 39 | 18th | 43 | 61 | 30th | ||||
NHL overall | 1015 | 204 | 528 | 732 | 410 | 21st | 4th | 7th | 11 | 8th |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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1989 | Canada | June World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 2 | |
1996 | Canada | WM | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Juniors overall | 7th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 2 | ||||
Men overall | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
( 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
- Andrew Cassels at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Andrew Cassels at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Andrew Cassels at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cassels, Andrew |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cassels, Andrew William (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bramalea , Ontario |