Derrick Walser

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Derrick Walser
Date of birth May 12, 1978
place of birth New Glasgow , Nova Scotia , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
number # 17
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1994-1997 Harfangs de Beauport
1997-1998 L'Océanic de Rimouski
1998-2001 Saint John Flames
2001-2004 Syracuse crunch
2004-2006 Polar bears Berlin
2006-2007 Syracuse crunch
2007-2008 Toronto Marlies
2008-2009 Vityaz Chekhov
2009-2011 Polar bears Berlin
2011-2015 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
2015-2017 Belfast Giants

Derrick Walser (born May 12, 1978 in New Glasgow , Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Belfast Giants in the British EIHL .

Career

Walser spent the first years of his professional career in the Canadian junior league QMJHL . In the last of his five seasons there, he managed to be elected to the All-Star Team and named the best defender in the league. Without having been drawn during an NHL Entry Draft , the Calgary Flames signed him and Walser switched to the AHL farm team of the Flames. He also played several games in the East Coast Hockey League . The defender spent three years in the minor leagues until he won the Calder Cup , the championship of the American Hockey League, in 2001 with the Saint John Flames and together with his future Berlin teammate Micki DuPont . After the success in the AHL, the left shooter was signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets .

Over the next few years, Walser kept switching between the Columbus Blue Jackets and their farm team, the Syracuse Crunch . He did not manage to occupy a regular place in the NHL team. In the summer of 2004, the Canadian moved to the Eisbären Berlin from the German Ice Hockey League . In the seasons 2004/05 and 2005/06 Walser won the German championship with the Eisbären . In 2006, the Canadian was voted the most valuable player in the play-offs by those in charge of the DEL . He then signed a one-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes . The Eisbären Berlin then suspended his contract. The then 28-year-old met Erik Cole again at the Hurricanes , with whom he had played together during the lockout in the 2004/05 season in Berlin.

For the 2007/08 season Walser signed a two-year contract with the Eisbären Berlin, but decided a little later for a one-way contract with the Toronto Marlies , which meant he played exclusively in the AHL. The polar bears received a financial compensation of around 75,000 euros and also secured the transfer rights for the European transfer market to Walser for three years. In the summer of 2008 he moved to the Continental Hockey League to Vitjas Chekhov , but returned to Berlin for the 2009/10 season . He and his team - after the record round - were eliminated in the playoff quarter-finals against the Augsburg Panthers , as the polar bears could not successfully play the decisive fifth game in front of their home crowd.

In the following season, Derrick Walser rose offensively (47 points, 19 goals), won the German championship and the European Trophy with the Eisbären and was named the best DEL defender in 2011 by a panel of experts from Ice Hockey News . An award that he won in 2006. In addition to his scoring danger, the decisive factor was his strong plus / minus balance of +25, which he was also able to increase significantly compared to the previous season (+9).

After winning the championship again, Walser decided to change clubs and announced that he would be joining the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in the Swiss National League A for the next two seasons . He ultimately stayed in Rapperswil until the end of the 2014/15 season and then accepted an offer from Northern Ireland in July 2015 to become the player-coach of the Belfast Giants from the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Playing times Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL main round 4th 91 8th 21st 29 56
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
DEL main round 4th 200 52 96 148 402
DEL playoffs 4th 40 14th 12 26th 56
KHL main round 1 51 3 18th 21st 79
KHL playoffs - - - - - -

Status: end of the 2010/11 season

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Derrick Walser appointed new coach of Belfast Giants. In: BBC Sport. Retrieved April 4, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Walser, Derrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH New Glasgow , Nova Scotia , Canada