Craig Rivet

Craig Rivet
Date of birth	September 13, 1974
place of birth	North Bay , Ontario , Canada
Nickname	Rivs
size	188 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	defender
number	# 52
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1992 , 3rd lap, 68th position Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1991-1994	Kingston Frontenacs
1994-2007	Canadiens de Montréal
2004-2005	TPS Turku
2007-2008	San Jose Sharks
2008-2011	Buffalo Sabers
2011	Columbus Blue Jackets
2011–2012	Elmira Jackals

Anthony Craig Rivet (born September 13, 1974 in North Bay , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played over 900 games in the National Hockey League , most of them for the Canadiens de Montréal . He also ran for the San Jose Sharks , Buffalo Sabers and Columbus Blue Jackets , where he led the Sabers as captain . With the Canadian national team Rivet won the gold medal at the 2003 World Cup .

Career

Rivet first played from the 1991/92 season with the Kingston Frontenacs in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). After his first year he was selected in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Canadiens de Montréal in the third round in 68th position. He stayed with the Frontenacs for two more seasons and scored 164 points in three seasons. After leaving in the playoffs in the 1993/94 season with the Frontenacs, he played four games for the following Fredericton Canadiens , the AHL - farm team of the Montreal Canadiens.

Rivet in the jersey of the San Jose Sharks

At the beginning of the 1994/95 season , the Canadian was a permanent member of the farm team. With 32 points in 78 games, he was one of the pillars of the team and was therefore given five opportunities to prove himself in the National Hockey League with the Canadiens de Montréal. Also in the following two seasons Rivet commuted between the AHL and the NHL team, with his stakes increased in the NHL and decreased in the AHL. The 1997/98 season was the first season of his career that he spent entirely with the Canadiens' NHL team. The next six seasons Rivet also played in Montréal and developed into one of the top performers on the defensive, although he had to suspend large parts of the 2000/01 season because of a shoulder injury and only played 26 games.

During the NHL lockout in the 2004/05 season , he signed in January 2005 a contract with the Finnish SM liiga club TPS Turku . There he played 18 season and six playoff games.

After the lockout, Rivet returned to Montréal in the summer of 2005. It was followed by his best NHL season with a total of 34 points. In addition to his career record in the points category, he also set records in the areas of assists and power play goals. In the 2006/07 season , Rivet went into the final year of his contract in Montréal. After a dispute with coach Guy Carbonneau in January 2007, the Canadiens did not expect a contract extension and gave him on February 25, 2007 together with a five-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft to the San Jose Sharks . In return, Josh Gorges and a first-round suffrage in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft moved to the Canadiens de Montréal. In June the free agent signed a new four-year contract with the Sharks. For long periods of the 2007/08 season , after Scott Hannan's departure during the summer break , Rivet was considered the team's best defensive and offensive defender, which meant that he was often used in power play situations and had the best season of his career in terms of points. It was not until Brian Campbell was signed in February 2008 that the Canadian was able to concentrate more on the defensive again. After some changes in the course of the summer break in the defensive area of ​​the Sharks Rivet was given a seven-round draft pick for two second-round draft picks in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 and 2010 to the Buffalo Sabers .

Rivet was able to integrate quickly into the team of the Sabers and was appointed team captain shortly before the start of the 2008/09 season . In February 2011, the Sabers put him on the waiver list , from which the Columbus Blue Jackets selected him.

In October 2011 Rivet signed a contract with the Elmira Jackals from the ECHL and let his career end there. After the 2011/12 season, he officially declared his active career over.

International

Rivet represented his native Canada at the 2003 World Cup in Finland and won the gold medal after beating Sweden in the final . In nine tournament games, the defender contributed one assist and spent six minutes in the penalty box.

Achievements and Awards

• 2003 gold medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1991/92	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		66	5	21st	26th	97		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		64	19th	55	74	117		16	5	7th	12	39
1993/94	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		61	12	52	64	100		6th	0	3	3	6th
1993/94	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		4th	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		78	5	27	32	126		12	0	4th	4th	17th
1994/95	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		5	0	1	1	5		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		49	5	18th	23	189		6th	0	0	0	12
1995/96	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		19th	1	4th	5	54		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		23	3	12	15th	99		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		35	0	4th	4th	54		5	0	1	1	14th
1997/98	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		61	0	2	2	93		5	0	0	0	2
1998/99	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		66	2	8th	10	66		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		61	3	14th	17th	76		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		26th	1	2	3	36		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	8th	17th	25th	76		12	0	3	3	4th
2002/03	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	7th	15th	22nd	71		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		80	4th	8th	12	98		11	1	4th	5	2
2004/05	TPS Turku	SM-liiga		18th	3	1	4th	28		6th	0	0	0	39
2005/06	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		82	7th	27	34	109		6th	0	2	2	2
2006/07	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		54	6th	10	16	57		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	San Jose Sharks	NHL		17th	1	7th	8th	12		11	2	3	5	18th
2007/08	San Jose Sharks	NHL		74	5	30th	35	104		13	0	6th	6th	16
2008/09	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		64	2	22nd	24	125		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		78	1	14th	15th	100		6th	1	0	1	11
2010/11	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		23	1	2	3	12		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		14th	1	0	1	23		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Elmira Jackals	ECHL		61	5	19th	24	102		10	2	3	5	0
OHL total				191	36	128	164	314		22nd	5	10	15th	45
AHL total				154	13	49	62	416		18th	0	4th	4th	29
NHL overall				923	50	187	237	1171		69	4th	19th	23	69

International

Represented Canada to:

• World Championship 2003

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003	Canada	WM			9	0	1	1	6th
Men overall					9	0	1	1	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 )

Personal

His nephew MacKenzie Weegar is also an NHL professional.

Web links

Commons : Craig Rivet  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Craig Rivet at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Craig Rivet at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rivet signs with ECHL team in Elmira. (No longer available online.) Buffalo News October 10, 2011, archived from the original October 13, 2011 ; accessed on October 11, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.