Ben Gordon (ice hockey player)

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United StatesUnited States  Ben Gordon Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 31, 1985
place of birth International Falls , Minnesota , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 74 kg
position center
number # 3
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2002-2004 Lincoln Stars
2004-2008 University of Minnesota
2008-2009 Cincinnati Cyclones
2009-2011 Reading Royals
2011–2012 DEG Metro Stars
since 2012 Tulsa Oilers

Ben Gordon (born January 31, 1985 in International Falls , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tulsa Oilers in the Central Hockey League since 2012 .

Career

Ben Gordon began his career as a hockey player with the Lincoln Stars, for which he was active in the junior league United States Hockey League from 2002 to 2004 . In the 2002/03 season he won the Clark Cup with his team . From 2004 to 2008 he attended the University of Minnesota , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In 2007 he won the championship of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with the team . In the 2008/09 season , the center for the Cincinnati Cyclones from the ECHL made its professional ice hockey debut. Shortly before the end of the season he moved within the league to the Reading Royals , for whom he was regularly on the ice in the following two years. During his time in Reading he also came to a total of 25 appearances for the Providence Bruins , Toronto Marlies , Abbotsford Heat , Rochester Americans and Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League .

For the 2011/12 season , Gordon was signed by the DEG Metro Stars from the German Ice Hockey League and received a contract offer for the following season, which he did not accept on the advice of his advisor.

Gordon signed a contract with the Tulsa Oilers in the Central Hockey League in early September .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2002/03 Lincoln Stars USHL 24 4th 6th 10 14th 10 6th 1 7th 14th
2003/04 Lincoln Stars USHL 44 9 19th 28 32 - - - - -
2004/05 University of Minnesota NCAA 24 0 9 9 31 - - - - -
2005/06 University of Minnesota NCAA 37 12 17th 29 24 - - - - -
2006/07 University of Minnesota NCAA 42 12 19th 31 58 - - - - -
2007/08 University of Minnesota NCAA 45 15th 14th 29 32 - - - - -
2008/09 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 51 15th 24 39 34 - - - - -
2008/09 Reading Royals ECHL 12 6th 12 18th 14th - - - - -
2009/10 Reading Royals ECHL 56 24 45 69 57 16 2 12 15th 8th
2009/10 Providence Bruins AHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2009/10 Toronto Marlies AHL 7th 2 3 5 2 - - - - -
2009/10 Abbotsford Heat AHL 7th 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2010/11 Reading Royals ECHL 56 23 34 57 53 8th 2 2 4th 12
2010/11 Rochester Americans AHL 6th 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2010/11 Binghamton Senators AHL 3 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2012/13 DEG Metro Stars DEL 49 10 22nd 32 42 7th 0 3 3 6th
ECHL total 175 68 115 183 158 24 4th 14th 18th 20th
AHL total 25th 3 7th 10 8th - - - - -
DEL total 49 10 22nd 32 42 7th 0 3 3 6th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ben Gordon leaves the Düsseldorfer EG derwesten.de on February 23, 2012, accessed on September 6, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Gordon, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH International Falls , Minnesota , USA