Harold Druken

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CanadaCanada  Harold Druken Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 26, 1979
place of birth St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada
size 181 cm
Weight 90 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 2nd lap, 36th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1995-1996 Noble and Greenough School
1996-1997 Detroit Whalers
1997-1999 Plymouth Whalers
1999-2002 Vancouver Canucks
2002 Carolina Hurricanes
2002-2003 Toronto Maple Leafs
2003 Lowell Lock Monsters
2003-2005 St. John's Maple Leafs
2005-2006 EHC Basel
2008-2010 Deer Lake Red Wings

Harold Druken (born January 26, 1979 in St. John’s , Newfoundland and Labrador ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 150 games for the Vancouver Canucks , Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs in the course of his playing career between 1996 and 2010 National Hockey League has contested on the position of the center .

Career

Druken spent his junior time between 1996 and 1999 in the franchise of the Plymouth Whalers in the Ontario Hockey League , having previously as Canadians at the Noble and Greenough School American US in Dedham in the state of Massachusetts for high school had gone. After being selected in the OHL Priority Selection , the center forward first switched to the Detroit Whalers , who were relocated from Detroit to Plymouth in the summer of 1997 . In the service of the Whalers Druken spent three successful years, in which he was selected in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in the second round in 36th place by the Vancouver Canucks from the National Hockey League . In the course of the three seasons he increased from 58 scorer points in his rookie year over 82 to 103. In his last year he was even top scorer with 58 goals and was elected to the second all-star team of the league.

From the juniors Druken moved in the summer of 1999 to the professional area at the Vancouver Canucks. There the attacker was used in the NHL for the next three years, but also spent time in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League with Vancouver's farm teams , the Syracuse Crunch , Kansas City Blades and Manitoba Moose . In particular, his weaknesses on the defensive prevented an early establishment in the NHL. At the beginning of the 2002/03 season , Druken was transferred to the Carolina Hurricanes together with the Czech Jan Hlaváč , while Darren Langdon and Marek Malík were transferred to Vancouver in return .

The center initially played ten games for the Hurricanes before the season ended in an odyssey. After only a month in Carolina, he was placed on the Waiver (NHL) list in December 2002 , from where he was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs . There he spent a few games both in the NHL and with their cooperation partner St. John's Maple Leafs from his hometown, before he found himself again on the waiver. The Carolina Hurricanes brought him back from there in January 2003, but set him after four more NHL games until the end of the season exclusively in the AHL with the Lowell Lock Monsters . In May 2003, however, the Toronto Maple Leafs decided on a return campaign by exchanging Allan Rourke for Druken. The next two game years the offensive player spent with the St. John's Maple Leafs in the NHL and only added nine NHL appearances for Toronto to his vita.

In the summer of 2005 Druken left the North American continent and dared to give new impetus to his career in Europe. He joined the EHC Basel from the Swiss National League A , but played only 18 games for the club during the season due to injury, in which he scored ten times. In the summer of 2006 he returned to his home province and took a two-year break. Between 2008 and 2010 Druken played again in the West Coast Senior Hockey League for the Deer Lake Red Wings , before he retired completely from professional sport at the age of 31.

International

For his home country, Druken took part in the U20 Junior World Championship in 1999 in his native Canada as a junior . He won the silver medal with the maple leaves after a 2-3 final defeat against Russia. To win the precious metal, the striker contributed two scorer points, including one goal, in seven tournament appearances.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1997 OHL First All-Rookie Team
  • 1999 OHL's best goalscorer
  • 1999 OHL Second All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 Detroit Whalers OHL 63 27 31 58 14th 5 3 2 5 0
1997/98 Plymouth Whalers OHL 64 38 44 82 12 15th 9 11 20th 4th
1998/99 Plymouth Whalers OHL 60 58 45 103 34 10 9 12 21st 14th
1999/00 Syracuse crunch AHL 47 20th 25th 45 32 4th 1 2 3 6th
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 33 7th 9 16 10 - - - - -
2000/01 Kansas City Blades IHL 15th 5 9 14th 20th - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 55 15th 15th 30th 14th 4th 0 1 1 0
2001/02 Manitoba mosses AHL 11 2 9 11 4th - - - - -
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 4th 4th 8th 6th - - - - -
2002/03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2002/03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 14th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2002/03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2002/03 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 6th 0 3 3 2 - - - - -
2002/03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 24 8th 10 18th 8th - - - - -
2003/04 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 57 26th 25th 51 31 - - - - -
2003/04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 9 0 4th 4th 2 - - - - -
2004/05 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 48 18th 20th 38 28 - - - - -
2005/06 EHC Basel NLA 18th 6th 4th 10 32 - - - - -
2006/07 without a contract not played after resignation
2007/08 without a contract not played after resignation
2008/09 Deer Lake Red Wings WCSHL 24 16 28 44 18th 13 7th 13 20th 12
2009/10 Deer Lake Red Wings WCSHL 11 4th 3 7th 10 - - - - -
OHL total 187 123 120 243 60 31 21st 25th 46 18th
AHL total 193 74 92 166 105 4th 1 2 3 6th
NHL overall 146 27 36 63 36 4th 0 1 1 0

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1999 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 1 1 2 2
Juniors overall 7th 1 1 2 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 Druken, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador