Ed Jovanovski

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Ed Jovanovski
Date of birth June 26, 1976
place of birth Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 1st round, 1st position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
1993-1995 Windsor Spitfires
1995-1999 Florida panthers
1999-2006 Vancouver Canucks
2006-2011 Phoenix Coyotes
2011-2014 Florida panthers

Ed Jovanovski (born June 26, 1976 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player of Macedonian descent. The defender selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1994 in first overall position completed 1204 games in the National Hockey League for the Florida Panthers , Vancouver Canucks and Phoenix Coyotes . With the Canadian national team , he won gold medals at the Olympic Games in 2002 and the World Cup of Hockey in 2004 and silver medals at the World Championships in 2005 and 2008 .

Career

After a very strong season among the juniors in the WHL in his hometown with the Windsor Spitfires , the Florida Panthers won Jovanovski with their "First Overall Pick" in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft . He stayed another year in the WHL and played in the NHL from the 1995/96 season .

With the Florida Panthers he was able to prevail immediately. Thanks to his robust style of play, he kept order in front of the Panthers' goal and was quickly nicknamed "Jovocop". After the end of the season he was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team along with Boston's Kyle McLaren . In Florida, too, Jovanovski was able to convince on the defensive in the coming years. When they wanted to step up the offensive in Florida in the 1998/99 season , the target of desire was Pawel Bure , and the price to be paid was Jovanovski. In addition to the two, a few other players such as Dave Gagner , Bret Hedican and Kevin Weekes were involved in the swap between the Panthers and the Vancouver Canucks .

Jovanovski in the jersey of the Vancouver Canucks

At first it was also Jovanovski's defensive qualities with which he convinced in Vancouver, but from the 2000/01 season he was also able to convince on the offensive. There followed three seasons in which he came close to the 50 point mark. From 2001 to 2003 he was also nominated for the NHL All-Star Game .

At the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City , he was able to win Olympic gold with the Canadian national team.

An injury set him back after the lockout and he could only play 44 games for the Canucks, including missing out on the 2006 Olympics.

In July 2006, Jovanovski signed a five-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes that grossed him $ 32.5 million. On July 1, 2011, he signed a contract with the Florida Panthers. After the 2013/14 season he left the Panthers and subsequently ended his active career.

Ed Jovanovski's parents immigrated to Canada from Macedonia . In 2005 the documentary "The Late Bloomer: Ed Jovanovski" was shot about his life.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 Windsor Spitfires OHL 62 15th 35 50 221 4th 0 0 0 15th
1994/95 Windsor Spitfires OHL 50 23 42 65 198 9 2 7th 9 39
1995/96 Florida panthers NHL 70 10 11 21st 137 22nd 1 8th 9 52
1996/97 Florida panthers NHL 61 7th 16 23 172 5 0 0 0 4th
1997/98 Florida panthers NHL 81 9 14th 23 158 - - - - -
1998/99 Florida panthers NHL 41 3 13 16 82 - - - - -
1998/99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 31 2 9 11 44 - - - - -
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 5 21st 26th 54 - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 79 12 35 47 102 4th 1 1 2 0
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 17th 31 48 101 6th 1 4th 5 8th
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 67 6th 40 46 13 14th 7th 1 8th 22nd
2003/04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 56 7th 16 23 64 7th 0 4th 4th 6th
2004/05 Vancouver Canucks NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 44 8th 25th 33 58 - - - - -
2006/07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 54 11 18th 29 63 - - - - -
2007/08 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 80 12 39 51 73 - - - - -
2008/09 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 82 9 27 36 106 - - - - -
2009/10 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 66 10 24 34 55 7th 1 0 1 4th
2010/11 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 50 5 9 14th 39 4th 0 1 1 2
2011/12 Florida panthers NHL 66 3 10 13 31 7th 0 0 0 4th
2012/13 Florida panthers NHL 6th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2013/14 Florida panthers NHL 37 1 4th 5 39 - - - - -
OHL total 112 38 77 115 419 13 2 7th 9 54
NHL overall 1128 137 363 500 1491 76 11 19th 30th 102

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1995 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 0 2 4th
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place Without any effort
1998 Canada WM 6th place 6th 2 1 3 6th
2000 Canada WM 4th Place 9 1 1 2 8th
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 3 3 4th
2004 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 1 0 0 0 0
2005 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 2 3 8th
2008 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 0 1 1 4th
Juniors overall 7th 2 0 2 4th
Men overall 40 4th 7th 11 30th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Jovanovski, Ed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario , Canada