Ben Thomson (ice hockey player, 1982)

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CanadaCanada  Ben Thomson Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 30, 1982
place of birth Coaldale , Alberta , Canada
size 177 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 29
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1997-2003 Medicine Hat Tigers
2003-2006 University of Alberta
2006-2007 Houston Eros
2007 EC KAC
2007–2012 EV Ravensburg

Ben Thomson (born June 30, 1982 in Coaldale , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played in the 2nd Bundesliga at EV Ravensburg until 2012 .

Career

Ben Thomson at the 2008/09 season opening party alongside Markus Haider

Thomson began his career in 1997 with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League , where he spent six seasons. There followed three years at the University of Alberta between 2003 and 2006 before the Houston Eros from the American Hockey League signed him at the beginning of the 2006/07 season .

After a year with the Eros, he moved to Europe to the Klagenfurt AC in the Austrian Bundesliga . Thomson completed 17 games for the team before moving to the 2nd Bundesliga for EV Ravensburg in the 2007/08 season . In the following 35 games of the season, the right-shooter scored 26 times and prepared 24 goals.

In the following two years he developed into one of the leading players in the club and won the Bundesliga 2 championship with him at the end of the 2010/11 season .

In 2012 he ended his career. His jersey number 29 has not been awarded by the Towerstar since then.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 8th 0 4th 4th 2
1998/99 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 67 10 14th 24 22nd
1999/00 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 69 23 40 63 45
2000/01 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 71 31 42 73 27
2001/02 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 71 32 46 78 45
2002/03 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 66 40 35 75 37 11 7th 2 9 12
2003/04 University of Alberta CIS 36 14th 29 43 34
2004/05 University of Alberta CIS 44 17th 36 53 44
2005/06 University of Alberta CIS 43 23 32 55 44
2006/07 Houston Eros AHL 47 7th 15th 22nd 41
2006/07 Texas Wildcatters ECHL 6th 4th 2 6th 2 10 4th 5 9 4th
2007/08 EC KAC EBEL 17th 3 2 5 6th
2007/08 EV Ravensburg 2nd BL 35 26th 24 50 82 4th 4th 8th 12 6th
2008/09 EV Ravensburg 2nd BL 27 9 31 40 20th
2009/10 EV Ravensburg 2nd BL 51 28 38 66 75 8th 1 5 6th 2
2010/11 EV Ravensburg 2nd BL 42 23 34 57 44 12 3 7th 10 8th

( 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. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung: Ben Thomson: An extraordinary player resigns. In: schwaebische.de. April 12, 2012, accessed May 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Thomson, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Coaldale , Alberta