Drew Stafford

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Drew Stafford
Date of birth October 30, 1985
place of birth Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 92 kg
position Right wing
number # 12
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2004 , 1st round, 13th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
2001-2003 Shattuck St. Mary's
2003-2006 University of North Dakota
2006-2015 Buffalo Sabers
2015-2017 Winnipeg Jets
2017 Boston Bruins
2017-2019 New Jersey Devils

Drew Stafford (born October 30, 1985 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) is an American ice hockey player who was last under contract with the New Jersey Devils from the National Hockey League until July 2019 and played for them on the position of right winger .

Career

As a junior, Stafford first played for the St. Albert Bantam AA Flyers from St. Albert in the province of Alberta . He ended the 1999/2000 season as the third best scorer in the league with 26 goals and 21 assists in 30 league games. At the end of the season, he was selected to attend a Hockey Alberta talent training camp .

Another station in his junior years was the Shattuck St. Mary's , the ice hockey team of his high school, in Faribault , Minnesota . After high school he moved to the University of North Dakota , where he played three years for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . After the first year of college he was selected in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft in 13th place by the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League . The striker stayed at the university for two more years and was offered a contract by the Sabers in the summer of 2006 for his performance in college ice hockey and internationally - he represented his home country at the 2006 World Cup - and he signed it.

His professional career began with the farm team of the Sabers, the Rochester Americans , in the American Hockey League . In the first eleven games of the season he scored nine points, so that those responsible for the Sabers noticed him and appointed him to the NHL squad in early November. On November 5, 2006 he made his debut in the NHL against the New York Rangers and gave the template for the game-winning goal by Daniel Brière . On November 11, 2006, he scored his first goal in the NHL against the Philadelphia Flyers . In the following years he established himself within the team and increased his points yield from season to season. In September 2009 he received a new contract that tied him to the franchise until 2011 .

After nine years in Buffalo, the Sabers gave him to the Winnipeg Jets in February 2015, along with Tyler Myers , the two young players Brendan Lemieux and Joel Armia and a first-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2015 and received in return Evander Kane , Zach Bogosian and the rights to young goalkeeper Jason Kasdorf . At that point, Buffalo had three franchises for the first round of drafts , with the Jets receiving the lowest franchise that depended on how the St. Louis Blues and New York Islanders performed in the current season . After a little over two years in Winnipeg, the Jets handed him over to the Boston Bruins for the trade deadline on March 1, 2017 , and in return received a success-based six- round vote for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft .

The Bruins did not extend the Canadian's expiring contract after the end of the 2016/17 season , so he signed a one-year contract with the New Jersey Devils as a free agent in August 2017 . This was initially not extended in the summer of 2018 after completion, but Stafford subsequently recommended himself as part of the pre-season for another one-year contract in New Jersey. Since summer 2019 he has again the status of a free agent.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 Shattuck St. Mary's USHS 45 35 53 88 30th - - - - -
2002/03 Shattuck St. Mary's USHS 65 49 67 116 - - - - -
2003/04 University of North Dakota WCHA 36 11 21st 32 30th
2004/05 University of North Dakota WCHA 40 13 22nd 35 34
2005/06 University of North Dakota WCHA 41 24 23 47 63
2006/07 Rochester Americans AHL 34 22nd 22nd 44 30th - - - - -
2006/07 Buffalo Sabers NHL 41 13 14th 27 33 10 2 2 4th 4th
2007/08 Buffalo Sabers NHL 64 16 22nd 38 51 - - - - -
2008/09 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 20th 25th 45 29 - - - - -
2009/10 Buffalo Sabers NHL 71 14th 20th 34 35 3 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Buffalo Sabers NHL 62 31 21st 52 34 7th 1 2 3 2
2011/12 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 20th 30th 50 46 - - - - -
2012/13 Buffalo Sabers NHL 46 6th 12 18th 21st - - - - -
2013/14 Buffalo Sabers NHL 70 16 18th 34 39 - - - - -
2014/15 Buffalo Sabers NHL 50 9 15th 24 39 - - - - -
2014/15 Winnipeg Jets NHL 26th 9 10 19th 8th 4th 1 1 2 0
2015/16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 78 21st 17th 38 28 - - - - -
2016/17 Winnipeg Jets NHL 40 4th 9 13 12 - - - - -
2016/17 Boston Bruins NHL 18th 4th 4th 8th 12 6th 2 0 2 2
2017/18 New Jersey Devils NHL 59 8th 7th 15th 10 2 0 0 0 10
2018/19 New Jersey Devils NHL 57 5 8th 13 18th - - - - -
NCAA overall 120 48 70 118 127
AHL total 34 22nd 22nd 44 30th - - - - -
NHL overall 841 196 232 428 415 32 6th 5 11 18th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2003 United States U18 World Cup 4th Place 6th 3 2 5 8th
2004 United States U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 2 2 2
2005 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 5 4th 9 14th
2006 United States WM 7th place 7th 0 1 1 0
2008 United States WM 6th place 7th 1 3 4th 6th
2009 United States WM 4th Place 9 2 1 3 6th
Juniors overall 19th 8th 8th 16 24
Men overall 23 3 5 8th 12

( 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 : Drew Stafford  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tsn.ca: "Kane dealt to Sabers in blockbuster deal" (English, February 11, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Stafford, Drew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin