Ben Maxwell

Ben Maxwell
Date of birth	March 30, 1988
place of birth	North Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 2nd lap, 49th position Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
2004-2008	Kootenay Ice
2008-2011	Hamilton Bulldogs
2011	Atlanta Thrashers Anaheim Ducks
2011-2013	Winnipeg Jets St. John's IceCaps
2013-2014	Kärpät Oulu
2014-2015	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2015	Kärpät Oulu
2015-2017	HK Sochi
2017-2019	HK Spartak Moscow
since 2019	SCL Tigers

Benjamin "Ben" Maxwell (born March 30, 1988 in North Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the SCL Tigers in the Swiss National League since July 2019 .

Career

Ben Maxwell began his career as a hockey player with the Kootenay Ice , for which he was active from 2004 to 2008 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the second round as a total of 49th player by the Canadiens de Montréal . With their farm team Hamilton Bulldogs he was a regular player in the American Hockey League for three years from the 2008/09 season . He also played a total of 21 games in the National Hockey League for the Canadiens de Montréal during this period . In February 2011, the center was given to the Atlanta Thrashers , where he had a regular place in the NHL until the end of the 2010/11 season, along with a four-round vote for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes . In twelve games he scored one goal and one assist for the Georgia team. He also played two games for Atlanta's AHL farm team Chicago Wolves , where he prepared a goal.

After the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg , Manitoba , Maxwell stayed in the franchise , now the Winnipeg Jets . In November 2011, he was put on the waiver list and selected by the Anaheim Ducks . A month later, the Californians also put him on the waiver list, so that the striker then returned to the organization of the Winnipeg Jets.

In the 2013/14 season he was active for Oulun Kärpät in the Finnish Liiga and won the Finnish championship with Oulun . He was one of the top performers in the team and was then signed by HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk from the Continental Hockey League before he returned to Kärpät in February 2015 and won another Finnish championship two months later. After spending four seasons in Russia, two each in the jersey of HK Sotschi and HK Spartak Moscow , he moved to Switzerland to the SCL Tigers in July 2019 . The Canadian striker signed a contract with the Emmentals for the 2019/20 season.

International

For Canada Maxwell took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2006 . During the tournament he scored two goals in seven games and gave five assists.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2014 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
• 2015 Finnish champion with Kärpät Oulu
• 2019 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada

Web links

• Ben Maxwell at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ben Maxwell at eliteprospects.com (English)