Colby Armstrong

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Colby Armstrong
Date of birth November 23, 1982
place of birth Lloydminster , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 85 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2001 , 1st lap, 21st position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1998-2002 Red Deer Rebels
2002-2005 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2005-2007 Pittsburgh Penguins
2007-2010 Atlanta Thrashers
2010–2012 Toronto Maple Leafs
2012-2013 Montréal Canadiens
2013-2014 Växjö Lakers Hockey

Colby Joseph Armstrong (born November 23, 1982 in Lloydminster , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 476 games in the NHL in his career . With the Canadian national ice hockey team , he won the 2007 World Cup , with the attacker the winger scoring the decisive goal. His younger brother Riley was an ice hockey player and now works as an ice hockey coach.

Career

The 1.88 m tall winger began his professional career with the Red Deer Rebels in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League before he was selected in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft as the 21st player in the first round by the Pittsburgh Penguins .

From the Penguins, the right-shooter was used from 2002 with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , a farm team in the American Hockey League , but he made his NHL debut in the 2005/06 season . Due to good performance in the following season , the Penguins extended Armstrong's contract for another two years, annually this contract brought him 1.2 million US dollars . During this time, the Canadian attracted negative attention through dangerous body checks , which resulted in injuries to opponents such as Trevor Letowski , Jeff Carter , Saku Koivu and Patrick Eaves , but were not punished subsequently by the referees in the game or by the league. On February 26, 2008 Armstrong was finally transferred to the Atlanta Thrashers together with Angelo Esposito , Erik Christensen and a first-round draft pick in exchange for Marián Hossa and Pascal Dupuis .

In the free agent phase in 2010 Armstrong moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs in Canada, who paid off his contract in June 2012. He then moved to the Montréal Canadiens .

On July 27, 2013 Armstrong announced that he would switch to Växjö Lakers Hockey from the Elitserien , where he ended his career after a year.

He now works as an expert and presenter for the Canadian TV broadcaster SportsNet Ontario .

International

With the Canadian national team , Colby Armstrong won the gold medal at the 2007 World Cup . In the final against Finland , the attacker scored the decisive goal. Also at the 2009 World Cup , he was in the squad of the Canadian selection, which was defeated in the final against Russia .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Colby Armstrong in the Pittsburgh Penguins dress
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1998/99 Red Deer Rebels WHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1999/00 Red Deer Rebels WHL 68 13 25th 38 122 2 0 1 1 11
2000/01 Red Deer Rebels WHL 72 36 42 78 156 21st 6th 6th 12 39
2001/02 Red Deer Rebels WHL 64 27 41 68 115 23 6th 10 16 32
2002/03 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 73 7th 11 18th 76 3 0 0 0 4th
2003/04 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 67 10 17th 27 71 24 3 2 5 4th
2004/05 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 80 18th 37 55 89 10 4th 2 6th 14th
2005/06 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 31 11 18th 29 44 - - - - -
2005/06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 47 16 24 40 58 - - - - -
2006/07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 12 22nd 34 67 5 0 1 1 11
2007/08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 54 9 15th 24 50 - - - - -
2007/08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 18th 4th 7th 11 6th - - - - -
2008/09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 22nd 18th 40 75 - - - - -
2009/10 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 79 15th 14th 29 61 - - - - -
2010/11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 50 8th 15th 23 38 - - - - -
2011/12 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 29 1 2 3 9 - - - - -
2012/13 Montréal Canadiens NHL 37 2 3 5 12 4th 0 0 0 15th
2013/14 Vaxjo Lakers SHL 37 12 7th 19th 26th 10 0 1 1 20th
WHL overall 205 76 109 185 393 46 12 17th 29 82
AHL total 251 46 83 129 280 37 7th 4th 11 22nd
NHL overall 476 89 120 209 376 9 0 1 1 26th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2007 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 1 1 2 4th
2009 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 0 3 3 4th
Men overall 18th 1 4th 5 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

Commons : Colby Armstrong  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Colby Armstrong signs with Swedish team , accessed July 29, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Armstrong, Colby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armstrong, Colby Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Lloydminster , Saskatchewan , Canada