Ed Ward (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Ed Ward Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 10, 1969
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 100 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 6th lap, 108th position
Nordiques de Québec
Career stations
1986-1987 Sherwood Park Crusaders
1987-1991 Northern Michigan University
1991-1993 Halifax Citadels
1993-1995 Cornwall Aces
1995-1999 Calgary Flames
1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers
2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2000-2001 Albany River Rats
2001-2002 Timrå IK

Edward J. Ward (born November 10, 1969 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 278 games for the Nordiques de Québec , Calgary Flames , Atlanta Thrashers , Mighty Ducks of, among others, between 1987 and 2002 Anaheim and New Jersey Devils played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger .

Career

Ward spent his junior years initially in the Alberta Junior Hockey League until 1987 , from where he eventually moved to Northern Michigan University . There he played the following four years parallel to his studies for the university team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . During the four-year membership in the team, he won the division title in 1989 and 1991, as well as the national college championship of the NCAA in 1991 .

After the right winger had already been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 in the sixth round in 108th place by the Nordiques de Québec from the National Hockey League , Ward moved in the summer of 1991 to the professional field. There he came in his first year as a professional for the Greensboro Monarchs in the East Coast Hockey League and the Halifax Citadels in the American Hockey League - both farm teams of the Nordiques - used. The following year, in which he made his debut for the Nordiques de Québec in the NHL, he was mainly active for their new cooperation partner Cornwall Aces . Ward was also part of their squad during the lockout in the 1994/95 NHL season . Towards the end of the season, the striker was transferred to the Calgary Flames in exchange for François Groleau .

The Canadian was part of the Flames' squad for the following four seasons, in which he was also repeatedly involved in the lower-class leagues, almost without reservation until the end of the 1998/99 season . Since Ward was not protected by the Flames before the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft , the newly formed Atlanta Thrashers chose him in the same. Ward came in the course of the game year to 44 games for the Thrashers, before he made in March 2000 for a seven-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2001 to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . Ward only played eight games for the Mighty Ducks. Against the renewed exchange of a seven-round suffrage in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, he moved to the New Jersey Devils in June 2000 .

With the Devils, the attacker did not get beyond the status of the supplementary player and only completed four missions for New Jersey. Instead, he spent most of the season in the AHL with the Albany River Rats . Ward spent his last professional season in the 2001/02 season with Timrå IK in the Swedish Elitserien . At the age of 32, Ward finally ended his active career after the game year.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1987/88 Northern Michigan University WCHA 25th 0 2 2 40
1988/89 Northern Michigan University WCHA 42 5 15th 20th 36
1989/90 Northern Michigan University WCHA 39 5 11 16 77
1990/91 Northern Michigan University WCHA 46 13 18th 31 109
1991/92 Greensboro Monarchs ECHL 12 4th 8th 12 12 - - - - -
1991/92 Halifax Citadels AHL 51 7th 11 18th 65 - - - - -
1992/93 Halifax Citadels AHL 70 13 19th 32 56 - - - - -
1993/94 Cornwall Aces AHL 60 12 30th 42 65 12 1 3 4th 14th
1993/94 Nordiques de Québec NHL 7th 1 0 1 5 - - - - -
1994/95 Cornwall Aces AHL 56 10 14th 24 118 - - - - -
1994/95 Saint John Flames AHL 11 4th 5 9 20th 5 1 0 1 10
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 2 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
1995/96 Saint John Flames AHL 12 1 2 3 45 16 4th 4th 8th 27
1995/96 Calgary Flames NHL 41 3 5 8th 44 - - - - -
1996/97 Calgary Flames NHL 40 5 8th 13 49 - - - - -
1996/97 Detroit Vipers IHL 31 7th 6th 13 45 - - - - -
1996/97 Saint John Flames AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1997/98 Calgary Flames NHL 64 4th 5 9 122 - - - - -
1998/99 Calgary Flames NHL 68 3 5 8th 67 - - - - -
1999/00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 44 5 1 6th 44 - - - - -
1999/00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 8th 1 0 1 15th - - - - -
2000/01 Albany River Rats AHL 65 14th 19th 33 71 - - - - -
2000/01 New Jersey Devils NHL 4th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
2001/02 Timrå IK Elitserien 34 3 2 5 64 - - - - -
NCAA overall 152 23 46 69 262
AHL total 326 61 100 161 440 33 6th 7th 13 51
NHL overall 278 23 26th 49 354 - - - - -

( 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 Ward, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ward, Edward J. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta