Eric Weinrich

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Eric Weinrich
Date of birth December 19, 1966
place of birth Roanoke , Virginia , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1985 , 2nd round, 32nd position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1985-1987 University of Maine
1987-1988 USA hockey
1988-1992 New Jersey Devils
1992-1993 Hartford Whalers
1993-1998 Chicago Blackhawks
1998-2001 Canadiens de Montréal
2001 Boston Bruins
2001-2004 Philadelphia Flyers
2004-2006 St. Louis Blues
2005 EC VSV
2006 Vancouver Canucks
2007-2008 Portland Pirates

Eric John Weinrich (born December 19, 1966 in Roanoke , Virginia ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach , who during his career played a total of 1238 games for the New Jersey Devils , Hartford Whalers , Chicago Blackhawks , Canadiens de Montréal , Boston Bruins , Philadelphia Flyers , St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League . He is currently employed as an assistant coach for the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League . His brothers Alexander and Jason were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Weinrich first played ice hockey from 1983 to 1985 at North Yarmouth Academy in the high school league system of the United States . During this time he was selected by the Buffalo Sabers in the ninth round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft . Since Weinrich was too young for the Entry Draft, the election was declared void. A year later, in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft , the defensive player was approved for the first time in accordance with the rules for the draft and was selected in the second round at position 32 by the New Jersey Devils . In the following three seasons, the American was mainly active for the University of Maine ice hockey team , for which Weinrich ran up in Hockey East . During the 1988/89 season he made his debut for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL, but played mainly for their farm team , the Utica Devils , in the American Hockey League . A good rookie season was followed in the 1989/90 season by an excellent season with the Utica Devils in the AHL, when Weinrich scored twelve goals in 57 games and posted 48 assists . At the end of the season, his convincing performance was recognized with the Eddie Shore Award for best defender of the year and a nomination for the league's First All-Star Team . The following season Weinrich was accepted into the NHL roster of the Devils and he immediately made his breakthrough in the National Hockey League, so that he was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team at the end of the season .

After another good season with the Devils, they gave him on August 28, 1992 in a barter deal with Sean Burke to the Hartford Whalers and received Bobby Holík and a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 1993 . In Hartford, the defender stayed a little over a year before he was transferred to the Chicago Blackhawks in November 1993 together with Patrick Poulin for Steve Larmer and Bryan Marchment . In Chicago, the defender was set as a regular for five seasons and reached in the shortened 1994/95 season with the Blackhawks the Conference Finals, in which they failed at the Detroit Red Wings . In November 1998 Weinrich was in a barter deal, which included a total of six players, given to the Canadiens de Montréal . At the beginning of the 2000/01 season Weinrich was briefly active as the team captain of the Habs , as Saku Koivu was unable to play due to an injury. For the Canadiens, the defensive player completed 60 NHL games before he transferred to the Boston Bruins in February 2001 in exchange for Patrick Traverse . For the Bruins, the American was on the ice in 22 games by the end of the season, then received no new contract and signed in July 2001 as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers . During his stint in Philadelphia, Weinrich hit 1,000 regular-season NHL games. In the course of the 2003/04 season , a transfer to the St. Louis Blues followed , in which the defender ended the season.

The following season, in which the game in the NHL was canceled due to a lockout, the American went on club level for the EC VSV in the Austrian ice hockey league and reached the runner-up in Austria with this after he had played with the EC VSV was inferior to the Vienna Capitals in seven encounters . When the game was resumed in the NHL for the following season, Weinrich was again on the ice for the St. Louis Blues. They handed it over to the Vancouver Canucks for the trade deadline on March 9, 2006 . After 16 games for the Canucks, he declared his playing career over on August 4, 2006. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season he first worked as an assistant coach for the Portland Pirates from the American Hockey League under Kevin Dineen and decided in January 2007 to return to the ice as an active player, so that the defender took the role of player coach in Portland. He completed these tasks until the end of the 2007/08 season and Weinrich decided to end his playing career for good. In August 2008, he received a contract as an assistant coach with the Portland Pirates.

International

Weinrich represented his home country both in the junior and senior sector on the international stage.

The defender played for the first time at the Junior World Championship in 1985 . He was also a year later at the Junior World Championship in 1986 in the squad of the US team , which surprisingly won the bronze medal.

For the senior selection of the Americans, Weinrich first appeared in the squad at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , after he had prepared for the tournament for much of the previous season in the service of the USA Hockey Association . Ultimately, however, he only plays three games during the tournament. Three years later, the defender completed two international competitions. On the one hand, he was on the ice at the 1991 World Cup and a few weeks later he won the silver medal with the US boys at the prestigious Canada Cup . This was followed by another appearance at the world championship in 1993 , which was just as unsuccessful as his participation in all world championships between 1997 and 2002 . It was not until the 2004 World Cup that Weinrich was able to adorn himself with precious metal again, this time winning bronze. He made his last international appearance a few months later at the World Cup of Hockey 2004 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 North Yarmouth Academy HS-ME 17th 23 33 56 - - - - -
1984/85 North Yarmouth Academy HS-ME 20th 6th 21st 27 - - - - -
1985/86 University of Maine NCAA 34 0 14th 14th 26th
1986/87 University of Maine NCAA 41 12 32 44 59
1987/88 University of Maine NCAA 8th 4th 7th 11 22nd
1987/88 USA hockey Intl. 38 3 9 12 24
1988/89 New Jersey Devils NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1988/89 Utica Devils AHL 80 17th 27 44 70 5 0 1 1 4th
1989/90 Utica Devils AHL 57 12 48 60 38 - - - - -
1989/90 New Jersey Devils NHL 19th 2 7th 9 11 6th 1 3 4th 17th
1990/91 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 4th 34 38 48 7th 1 2 3 6th
1991/92 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 7th 25th 32 55 7th 0 2 2 4th
1992/93 Hartford Whalers NHL 79 7th 29 36 76 - - - - -
1993/94 Hartford Whalers NHL 8th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
1993/94 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 54 3 23 26th 31 6th 0 2 2 6th
1994/95 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 3 10 13 33 16 1 5 6th 4th
1995/96 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 77 5 10 15th 65 10 1 4th 5 10
1996/97 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 7th 25th 32 62 6th 0 1 1 4th
1997/98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 2 21st 23 106 - - - - -
1998/99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 14th 1 3 4th 12 - - - - -
1998/99 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 66 6th 12 18th 77 - - - - -
1999/00 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 4th 25th 29 39 - - - - -
2000/01 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 60 6th 19th 25th 34 - - - - -
2000/01 Boston Bruins NHL 22nd 1 5 6th 10 - - - - -
2001/02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 4th 20th 24 26th 5 0 0 0 4th
2002/03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 81 2 18th 20th 40 13 2 3 5 12
2003/04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 54 2 7th 9 32 - - - - -
2003/04 St. Louis Blues NHL 26th 2 8th 10 14th 5 0 1 1 0
2004/05 EC VSV EBEL 10 3 8th 11 8th 3 0 1 1 6th
2005/06 St. Louis Blues NHL 59 1 16 17th 44 - - - - -
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 16 0 0 0 8th - - - - -
2006/07 Portland Pirates AHL 36 2 12 14th 34 - - - - -
2007/08 Portland Pirates AHL 52 1 7th 8th 68 - - - - -
High school overall 37 29 54 83
NCAA overall 83 16 53 69 107
AHL total 225 32 94 126 210 5 0 1 1 4th
NHL overall 1157 70 318 388 825 81 6th 23 29 67

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1985 United States June World Cup 6th place 7th 1 1 2 8th
1986 United States June World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 1 0 1 4th
1988 United States Olympia 7th place 3 0 0 0 0
1991 United States WM 4th Place 10 2 1 3 6th
1991 United States Canada Cup 2nd place 8th 0 0 0 2
1993 United States WM 6th place 6th 0 1 1 0
1997 United States WM 6th place 6th 0 4th 4th 2
1998 United States WM 12th place 6th 0 2 2 16
1999 United States WM 6th place 6th 1 2 3 2
2000 United States WM 5th place 7th 0 2 2 4th
2001 United States WM 4th Place 9 0 2 2 8th
2002 United States WM 7th place 3 0 1 1 2
2004 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 4th 0 0 0 8th
2004 United States World cup 4th Place 2 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 17th 2 1 3 12
Men overall 67 3 15th 18th 50

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ theahl: Weinrich retires to join Pirates - - The American Hockey League. In: theahl.com. August 7, 2008, accessed August 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Weinrich, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weinrich, Eric John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Roanoke , Virginia