Eric Wellwood

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Eric Wellwood
Date of birth March 6, 1990
place of birth Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 78 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 6th round, 172nd position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
2006-2010 Windsor Spitfires
2010-2013 Adirondack Phantoms
Philadelphia Flyers

Eric Wellwood (born March 6, 1990 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 42 games for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League in the course of his active career between 2006 and 2013 left winger has denied. His older brother Kyle Wellwood was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Eric Wellwood began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Windsor Spitfires , for which he was active from 2006 to 2010 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . With the team he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup , the OHL championship title, and then the Memorial Cup , the final tournament for the Canadian Hockey League championship, in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons . During his time with the Spitfires, the winger was also selected in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round as a total of 172 players by the Philadelphia Flyers .

For the Flyers he came in the 2010/11 season to three missions in the National Hockey League , where he prepared a goal. The entire remaining season he spent with Philadelphia's farm team Adirondack Phantoms in the American Hockey League . There he scored 28 scorer points in 73 games, including 16 goals. The Canadian also played for both teams in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons. On April 7, 2013, he suffered a serious injury to his left leg in the AHL game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , which made him miss the 2013/14 season completely and ultimately led to him in May 2014 at the age of 24 announced his retirement from active sport.

Already during the 2013/14 season Wellwood helped out in the coaching staff of his former junior team Windsor Spitfires in the OHL as an assistant coach. After his resignation, he held the same position for two years with the Oshawa Generals and then with the Flint Firebirds for one year .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 Windsor Spitfires OHL 23 2 5 7th 0 - - - - -
2007/08 Windsor Spitfires OHL 68 9 7th 16 12 5 0 0 0 2
2008/09 Windsor Spitfires OHL 61 16 18th 34 12 20th 10 11 21st 12
2009 Windsor Spitfires Memorial Cup 6th 1 3 4th 2
2009/10 Windsor Spitfires OHL 65 31 37 68 36 19th 4th 6th 10 6th
2010 Windsor Spitfires Memorial Cup 4th 2 4th 6th 0
2010/11 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 73 16 12 28 24 - - - - -
2010/11 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2011/12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 33 9 12 21st 8th - - - - -
2011/12 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 24 5 4th 9 2 11 0 0 0 2
2012/13 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 58 9 8th 17th 10 - - - - -
2012/13 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
OHL total 217 58 67 125 60 44 14th 17th 31 20th
AHL total 164 34 32 66 42 - - - - -
NHL overall 31 5 5 10 4th 11 0 0 0 2

( 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 Wellwood, Eric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario , Canada