Daniel Girardi
Date of birth | April 29, 1984 |
place of birth | Welland , Ontario , Canada |
size | 188 cm |
Weight | 94 kg |
position | defender |
number | # 5 |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
2000-2003 | Barrie Colts |
2003-2005 | Guelph Storm |
2005 | London Knights |
2005-2007 | Hartford Wolf Pack |
2007-2017 | New York Rangers |
2017-2019 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Daniel "Dan" Girardi (born April 29, 1984 in Welland , Ontario ) is a former Italian - Canadian ice hockey player . The defender made over 1,000 appearances for the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League between 2007 and 2019 .
Career
Girardi began his career in the Ontario Hockey League with the Barrie Colts , Guelph Storm and the London Knights . With Guelph and London he won the OHL championship in 2004 and 2005, respectively. In his last junior year, he also won the traditional Memorial Cup with the Knights .
After his junior years, the defender moved undrafted to the Charlotte Checkers in the ECHL . After only seven games that took him Hartford Wolf Pack , the American Hockey League - the farm team of the New York Rangers , under contract. Through a very good season in Hartford, in which he was appointed to the all-rookie team, he received a contract with the Rangers. Since the middle of the 2006/07 season he was an integral part of the New York squad.
In June 2017, the Rangers announced that they would buy out his three remaining contract years , so that he was considered a free agent from July 1, 2017 and then signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning . Girardi was active there for another two years before ending his active career in September 2019 after a total of more than 1000 NHL games.
Achievements and Awards
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Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2000/01 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2001/02 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 21st | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2002/03 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 31 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 36 | 1 | 13 | 14th | 20th | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 14th | ||
2003/04 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 68 | 8th | 39 | 47 | 55 | 22nd | 2 | 17th | 19th | 10 | ||
2004 | Guelph Storm | Memorial Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
2004/05 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 38 | 5 | 20th | 25th | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2004/05 | London Knights | OHL | 31 | 4th | 10 | 14th | 14th | 18th | 0 | 6th | 6th | 10 | ||
2005 | London Knights | Memorial Cup | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
2005/06 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 7th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2005/06 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 66 | 8th | 31 | 39 | 44 | 13 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 8th | ||
2006/07 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 45 | 2 | 22nd | 24 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006/07 | New York Rangers | NHL | 34 | 0 | 6th | 6th | 8th | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
2007/08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 10 | 18th | 28 | 14th | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | ||
2008/09 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 4th | 18th | 22nd | 53 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
2009/10 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 6th | 18th | 24 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | New York Rangers | NHL | 80 | 4th | 27 | 31 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2011/12 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 20th | 20th | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | ||
2012/13 | New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 2 | 12 | 14th | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | ||
2013/14 | New York Rangers | NHL | 81 | 5 | 19th | 24 | 16 | 25th | 1 | 6th | 7th | 10 | ||
2014/15 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 4th | 16 | 20th | 22nd | 19th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||
2015/16 | New York Rangers | NHL | 74 | 2 | 15th | 17th | 20th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | New York Rangers | NHL | 63 | 4th | 11 | 15th | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2017/18 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 77 | 6th | 12 | 18th | 27 | 17th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
2018/19 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 62 | 4th | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
OHL total | 231 | 21st | 96 | 117 | 137 | 71 | 2 | 32 | 34 | 34 | ||||
AHL total | 111 | 10 | 53 | 63 | 60 | 13 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 8th | ||||
NHL overall | 927 | 56 | 208 | 264 | 315 | 143 | 8th | 28 | 36 | 42 |
( 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
- Daniel Girardi in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Daniel Girardi at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Daniel Girardi at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ snyrangersblog.com, Buzz: Are Dan Girardi and / or Michael Del Zotto Joining Carl Hagelin?
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Girardi, Daniel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Girardi, Dan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Welland , Ontario , Canada |