JD Forrest

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JD Forrest
Date of birth April 15, 1981
place of birth Auburn , New York , USA
size 175 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
number # 6
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 6th round, 181st position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
1997-2000 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2000-2004 Boston College
2004-2005 SaiPa Lappeenranta
2005-2006 Ässät Pori
2006-2008 Albany River Rats
2008 Worcester Sharks
2008-2009 Kärpät Oulu
2009-2010 Kloten Flyers
2010-2011 Jokerit Helsinki
2011–2012 Malmo Redhawks
2012-2014 Augsburg panther
since 2014 Elmira Jackals

Justin David "JD" Forrest (* 15. April 1981 in Auburn , New York ) is an American ice hockey player who since July 2014 with the Elmira Jackals in the ECHL on the position of the defense plays.

Career

At the age of 16, Forrest switched to the US Ice Hockey Association's support program for the 1997/98 season . There he ran the following three seasons until the summer of 2000 for the U18 team in the North American Hockey League and the main team in the United States Hockey League . He also took part in the 1999 U18 Junior World Championship with the U18 team . After he had been selected in the sixth round at 181st position in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 by the Carolina Hurricanes , the American went to Boston College for four years , where he played for the university team in the Hockey East division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . At the turn of the year 2000/01 he was used for the second time at a junior world championship for the USA and won the college national championship with his team at the end of the season.

Since the Carolina Hurricanes had let pass the opportunity to sign Forrest, he signed his first professional contract with SaiPa Lappeenranta from the Finnish SM-liiga in the summer of 2004 as a free agent . For the 2005/06 season he then moved within the league to Ässät Pori and completed a solid season similar to the previous year. His performance in the SM-liiga made him interesting again for North American ice hockey, which led to the Carolina Hurricanes signing him in the summer of 2006. However, he missed the entire 2006/07 season after seriously injuring the cruciate ligament of his right knee in a pre-season game. For the 2007/08 season he found himself in the roster of the Hurricanes farm team , the Albany River Rats from the American Hockey League . He also played some games for the Florida Everblades and Elmira Jackals in the ECHL , before he was transferred to the San Jose Sharks on February 7, 2008 , who sent him to their farm team, the Worcester Sharks .

After Forrest had not been able to recommend himself for the NHL in Worcester, he switched to the Finnish SM-liiga club and reigning champions Kärpät Oulu shortly after the start of the season in Europe . For this he completed an outstanding playing time with 33 scorer points in 52 games and a positive plus / minus balance of 21. He was among the top defenders in the league in fourth place and in the plus / minus rating in third place in the entire league . Although he was eliminated with the team in the Champions Hockey League in the preliminary round, but in the national championship the team advanced to the playoff finals, where they were defeated by the eventual champions JYP Jyväskylä in four games.

In November 2009 Forrest signed a contract with Kloten Flyers until the end of the season. They observed him during the Germany Cup , where he represented his home country. For the 2010/11 season , the American returned to Finland and signed a contract with Jokerit Helsinki . In May 2011 Forrest decided to leave the club and received a contract with the Malmö Redhawks from HockeyAllsvenskan . The contract was concluded for one season and contains a clause to extend this for another season.

Between 2012 and 2014 he was under contract with the Augsburger Panthers in the DEL.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997-98 US Nat. Team Dev. Program USHL 5 2 0 2 17th - - - - -
US Nat. Team Dev. Program NEAR 41 2 16 18th 20th 5 0 1 1 2
1998-99 US Nat. Team Dev. Program NEAR 2 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
US Nat. Team Dev. Program USHL 48 5 21st 26th 34 - - - - -
1999-00 US Nat. Team Dev. Program NEAR 49 6th 28 34 46 3 0 0 0 6th
US Nat. Team Dev. Program USHL 8th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2000-01 Boston College NCAA 38 6th 17th 23 42
2001-02 Boston College NCAA 35 8th 19th 27 28
2002-03 Boston College NCAA 34 6th 25th 31 28
2003-04 Boston College NCAA 37 4th 13 17th 26th
2004-05 SaiPa Lappeenranta SM-liiga 53 7th 12 19th 44 - - - - -
2005-06 Ässät Pori SM-liiga 43 6th 5 11 69 14th 0 4th 4th 14th
2006-07 not played because of injury
2007-08 Florida Everblades ECHL 12 1 7th 8th 6th - - - - -
Elmira Jackals ECHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
Albany River Rats AHL 19th 3 7th 10 16 - - - - -
Worcester Sharks AHL 16 1 4th 5 10 - - - - -
2008-09 Kärpät Oulu SM-liiga 52 5 28 33 60 15th 3 3 6th 10
2009-10 Kärpät Oulu SM-liiga 17th 2 5 7th 20th - - - - -
Kloten Flyers NLA 30th 7th 20th 27 18th 10 0 5 5 2
2010-11 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 41 3 20th 23 22nd 7th 0 1 1 4th
USHL total 61 7th 21st 28 53 - - - - -
NAHL total 92 9 44 53 70 8th 0 1 1 8th
NCAA overall 144 24 74 98 124
SM-liiga total 206 23 70 93 215 36 3 8th 11 28
ECHL total 14th 1 7th 8th 8th - - - - -
AHL total 35 4th 11 15th 26th - - - - -
NLA total 30th 7th 20th 27 18th 10 0 5 5 2

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1999 United States U18 World Cup 6th 1 2 3 10
2001 United States U20 World Cup 7th 1 1 2 8th
Juniors overall 13 2 3 5 18th

( 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 Forrest, JD
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forrest, Justin David; Forrest, Justin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Auburn , New York, USA