Andy McDonald

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Andy McDonald
Date of birth August 25, 1977
place of birth Strathroy , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 83 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1993-1994 Strathroy Blades
1994-1996 Strathroy Rockets
1996-2000 Colgate University
2000-2007 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Anaheim Ducks
2004-2005 ERC Ingolstadt
2007-2013 St. Louis Blues

Andy McDonald (born August 25, 1977 in Strathroy , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 741 games for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim or Anaheim Ducks and St. Louis Blues in the course of his active career between 1996 and 2013 National Hockey League has contested on the position of the center . McDonald celebrated his greatest career success wearing the Anaheim Ducks jersey when he won the Stanley Cup in 2007 .

Career

McDonald in the jersey of the St. Louis Blues

McDonald first played in the Western Junior B Hockey League for the Strathroy Blades and Strathroy Rockets . In his first full season, Andy McDonald was voted Most Valuable Player of the entire season. In 1995/96 he repeated this and was also MVP of the playoff. Then McDonald went to Colgate University , where he played the following four years for the local team in the ECAC , a league in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Andy McDonald was named Player of the Year in the 1999/00 season.

After graduating in 2000, McDonald signed a contract with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a free agent in the NHL. During the lockout of 2004/05, the Canadian played in the DEL together with Marco Sturm , Jamie Langenbrunner and Aaron Ward for ERC Ingolstadt .

In the 2006/07 season , Andy McDonald, nicknamed AndyMac , was appointed to the Western Conference All-Star Team for the first time. With the Ducks he also won the Stanley Cup for the first time in his career . After he started weakly in the 2007/08 season , the Anaheim Ducks transferred him to the St. Louis Blues on December 14, 2007 in exchange for Doug Weight , Michal Birner and a seven-round suffrage in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft . In June 2013, McDonald, who had suffered five concussions during his career, retired from active life due to the aftermath of these symptoms.

International

Andy McDonald was part of the Canadian national team at the 2002 World Cup in Sweden.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1996 OJHL-B Player of the Year
  • 1999 ECAC Second All-Star Team
  • 2000 ECAC First All-Star Team
  • 2000 ECAC player of the year

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 Colgate University NCAA 33 9 10 19th 16
1997/98 Colgate University NCAA 35 13 19th 32 26th
1998/99 Colgate University NCAA 35 20th 26th 46 42
1999/00 Colgate University NCAA 34 25th 33 58 49
2000/01 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 16 1 0 1 6th - - - - -
2000/01 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 46 15th 25th 40 21st 3 0 1 1 2
2001/02 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 53 7th 21st 28 10 - - - - -
2001/02 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 21st 7th 25th 32 6th - - - - -
2002/03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 46 10 11 21st 14th - - - - -
2003/04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 79 9 21st 30th 24 - - - - -
2004/05 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 36 13 17th 30th 26th 10 5 2 7th 35
2005/06 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 82 34 51 85 32 16 2 7th 9 10
2006/07 Anaheim Ducks NHL 82 27 51 78 46 21st 10 4th 14th 10
2007/08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 33 4th 12 16 30th - - - - -
2007/08 St. Louis Blues NHL 49 14th 22nd 36 32 - - - - -
2008/09 St. Louis Blues NHL 46 15th 29 44 24 4th 1 3 4th 0
2009/10 St. Louis Blues NHL 79 24 33 57 18th - - - - -
2010/11 St. Louis Blues NHL 58 20th 30th 50 26th - - - - -
2011/12 St. Louis Blues NHL 25th 10 12 22nd 2 9 5 5 10 8th
2012/13 St. Louis Blues NHL 37 7th 14th 21st 16 6th 0 0 0 0
NCAA overall 137 67 88 155 133
AHL total 67 22nd 50 72 27 3 0 1 1 2
NHL overall 685 182 307 489 280 56 18th 19th 37 28

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2002 Canada WM 6th place 7th 4th 1 5 0
Men overall 7th 4th 1 5 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 )

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Commons : Andy McDonald  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME McDonald, Andy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Strathroy , Ontario, Canada