Erik Westrum

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Erik Westrum
Date of birth July 26, 1979
place of birth Apple Valley , Minnesota , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 92 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 7th lap, 187th position
Phoenix Coyotes
Career stations
1997-2001 University of Minnesota
2001-2004 Springfield Falcons
2004-2005 Utah grizzlies
2005-2006 Houston Eros
2006-2007 Toronto Marlies
2007–2012 HC Ambrì-Piotta

Erik Clinton Westrum (born July 26, 1979 in Apple Valley , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 27 games for the Phoenix Coyotes , Minnesota Wild and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National between 1997 and 2012 Hockey League and 168 games for HC Ambrì-Piotta in the Swiss National League A on the position of the center . His father Pat was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Westrum was drafted in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round in 187th place by the Phoenix Coyotes . At that time he played in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , for the University of Minnesota .

For the 2001/02 season he moved to the American Hockey League for the Coyotes' farm team at the time, the Springfield Falcons . There he spent the next two seasons before making the jump to the NHL team. In the 2003/04 season he came so to 15 missions in the National Hockey League , but spent most of the season in the team of the Falcons. Due to the lockout of the NHL season 2004/05 Westrum moved to the AHL to the Utah Grizzlies , who now cooperated with Phoenix. After an unsuccessful season - the Grizzlies missed the playoffs - the striker was transferred with Dustin Wood to the Minnesota Wild , who in return gave Zbyněk Michálek to the Coyotes. There Westrum came again only to ten missions in the NHL and spent the rest of the season in the farm team of the Wild, the Houston Eros . This was followed by another attempt at the Toronto Maple Leafs , where he only played two games and again spent most of the season with the farm team, the Toronto Marlies .

After only one season, Westrum left this club and moved to Switzerland for HC Ambrì-Piotta in 2007 . There he was PostFinance top scorer in the National League A in the 2007/08 season with a total of 72 points. In addition, he was also the top scorer. He also took part in the 2007 Spengler Cup with HC Davos . After the 2011/12 season, Westrum ended his active career as an ice hockey player at the age of 33.

International

In 2004 Westrum was appointed to the squad of the US national team for the World Cup in the Czech Republic , where he won the bronze medal with the team. To the success that the Americans achieved with a 1-0 penalty shootout against Slovakia , the center forward contributed five points in nine tournament matches . It should remain his only missions for the national team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 University of Minnesota WCHA 39 6th 12 18th 43
1998/99 University of Minnesota WCHA 41 10 26th 36 81
1999/00 University of Minnesota WCHA 39 27 26th 53 99
2000/01 University of Minnesota WCHA 42 26th 35 61 84
2001/02 Springfield Falcons AHL 73 13 29 42 116 - - - - -
2002/03 Springfield Falcons AHL 70 10 22nd 32 65 6th 0 4th 4th 6th
2003/04 Springfield Falcons AHL 56 14th 18th 32 91 - - - - -
2003/04 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 15th 1 1 2 20th - - - - -
2004/05 Utah grizzlies AHL 80 18th 15th 33 117 - - - - -
2005/06 Houston Eros AHL 71 34 64 98 138 8th 1 7th 8th 20th
2005/06 Minnesota Wild NHL 10 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2006/07 Toronto Marlies AHL 70 23 35 58 135 - - - - -
2006/07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2007/08 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 50 33 39 72 104 7 1 3 6th 9 71
2008/09 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 32 21st 18th 39 115 11 1 4th 10 14th 26th
2009/10 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 40 10 16 26th 40 6 1 5 5 10 16
2010/11 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 11 1 3 4th 6th 3 1 1 2 3 0
2011/12 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 8th 1 4th 5 26th - - - - -
NCAA overall 161 69 99 168 307
AHL total 420 112 182 294 662 14th 1 11 12 26th
NHL overall 27 1 2 3 22nd - - - - -
NLA total 141 66 80 146 289 27 13 23 36 113

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2004 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 9 3 2 5 6th
Men overall 9 3 2 5 6th

( 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 Westrum, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westrum, Erik Clinton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Apple Valley , Minnesota , United States