James Wisniewski
 James Wisniewski 
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| Date of birth | February 21, 1984 |
| place of birth | Canton , Michigan , USA |
| size | 180 cm |
| Weight | 88 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2002 , 4th round, 156th position Chicago Blackhawks |
| Career stations | |
| 1999-2000 | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors |
| 2000-2004 | Plymouth Whalers |
| 2004-2005 | Norfolk Admirals |
| 2005-2009 | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 2009-2010 | Anaheim Ducks |
| 2010 | New York Islanders |
| 2010-2011 | Canadiens de Montréal |
| 2011-2015 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2015 | Anaheim Ducks |
| 2015-2016 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| 2016 | Admiral Vladivostok |
| 2017 | Chicago Wolves |
| 2017-2018 | Kassel Huskies |
James Joseph Wisniewski (born February 21, 1984 in Canton , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 576 games for the Chicago Blackhawks , Anaheim Ducks , New York Islanders , Canadiens de Montréal , Columbus Blue Jackets and Carolina Hurricanes has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Wisniewski, who with the national team of the United States at the Olympic Winter Games in 2018 celebrated, attended his greatest career success at youth level by winning the world title in the Under-18 and Under-20 area.
Career
Wisniewski began his career in 2000 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League with the Plymouth Whalers . There he was one of the best defenders on the team in his first season. He scored 42 scorer points in 72 games that he played. He was able to continuously increase this point yield in the following years. So he drew the interest of some NHL scouts . After all, it was those responsible for the Chicago Blackhawks who selected him in the fourth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in a total of 156th position. The right-shooter then stayed with the Plymouth Whalers for two years before moving to the American Hockey League with the Norfolk Admirals , the Chicago Blackhawks' farm team, in the summer of 2004 . His last year in the OHL was also his best. In the 59 games in which he was used, he scored 80 points.
His first year in the AHL was positive for him in terms of sport. With the Admirals he showed consistently good performances, which was also reflected in his statistics. Finally, the Blackhawks recognized his talent and nominated him for the first time in the squad of the NHL team during the 2005/06 season . Wisniewski initially played 19 games. After another ten missions in the AHL with the Admirals, he was able to prevail in the 2006/07 season in the NHL and was henceforth a member of the Chicago Blackhawks' regular squad.
In the 2009/10 season he played for the Anaheim Ducks before being transferred to the New York Islanders in late July 2010 . On December 28, 2010, the New York Islanders transferred him to the Montréal Canadiens for two draft picks . On June 29, 2011, the Habs Wisniewskis transferred transfer rights - two days before he would have become a free agent - in exchange for a seven-round vote in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft to the Columbus Blue Jackets . Shortly before the start of the free agent period, Wisniewski agreed on July 1, 2011 on a six-year contract with the Blue Jackets.
In March 2015, the Blue Jackets gave him, including a third-round vote in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to the Anaheim Ducks and in return received René Bourque , William Karlsson and a second-round vote in the same draft. At the Ducks he scored no goals in 13 games by the end of the season, but five assists.
On June 27, 2015, the Anaheim Ducks gave him to the Carolina Hurricanes for goalkeeper Anton Khudobin . In the first game of the season with the Hurricanes Wisniewski pulled a cruciate ligament tear in his left knee, due to which he was out for the rest of the season. In June 2016 the Hurricanes bought him out of his remaining contract year (buy-out) , so that from then on he was looking for a new employer. In August 2016 he was initially invited to the training camp by the Tampa Bay Lightning , but did not receive a permanent contract, so that he subsequently left North America for the first time and joined Admiral Vladivostok from the Continental Hockey League . He left Vladivostok in December 2016. In the same month he was signed by HC Lugano for the duration of the Spengler Cup , where he reached the final with the NLA club and was appointed to the tournament's all-star team. At the end of January 2017, he received a contract with the Chicago Wolves from the American Hockey League (AHL). In October 2017, the Kassel Huskies from the DEL2 announced the commitment of the veteran.
International
In 2008 James Wisniewski was for the first time in the squad of the US national team , with which he took part in the World Cup in Canada in the same year . There he failed with Team USA in the quarterfinals with a 2-3 defeat against Finland . In the junior division, he had already participated in the Junior World Championships in 2003 and 2004 with the US selection . After finishing fourth in 2003, Wisniewski's team won the gold medal in the following year with a 4: 3 win over arch-rivals Canada.
With the senior national team of the United States, Wisniewski took part in the 2008 World Cup and in the 2018 Winter Olympics, in which the team that competed without an NHL player finished in seventh place.
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 2002 gold medal at the U18 World Junior Championship
- 2004 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1999/00 | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors | NEAR | 50 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4th | ||
| 2000/01 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 53 | 6th | 23 | 29 | 72 | 19th | 3 | 10 | 13 | 34 | ||
| 2001/02 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 62 | 11 | 25th | 36 | 100 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | ||
| 2002/03 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 52 | 18th | 34 | 52 | 60 | 18th | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14th | ||
| 2003/04 | Plymouth Whalers | OHL | 50 | 17th | 53 | 70 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 7th | 10 | 8th | ||
| 2004/05 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 66 | 7th | 18th | 25th | 110 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | ||
| 2005/06 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 61 | 7th | 28 | 35 | 67 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | ||
| 2005/06 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 19th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 10 | 0 | 6th | 6th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 50 | 2 | 8th | 10 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007/08 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 68 | 7th | 19th | 26th | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 31 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 17th | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2009/10 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 69 | 3 | 27 | 30th | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | New York Islanders | NHL | 32 | 3 | 18th | 21st | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 43 | 7th | 23 | 30th | 20th | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7th | ||
| 2011/12 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 48 | 6th | 21st | 27 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 30th | 5 | 9 | 14th | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 75 | 7th | 44 | 51 | 61 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2014/15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 56 | 8th | 21st | 29 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | Admiral Vladivostok | KHL | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 21st | 4th | 7th | 11 | 30th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017/18 | Kassel Huskies | DEL2 | 33 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| OHL total | 217 | 52 | 135 | 187 | 295 | 52 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 62 | ||||
| AHL total | 160 | 21st | 60 | 81 | 215 | 14th | 2 | 7th | 9 | 8th | ||||
| NHL overall | 552 | 53 | 221 | 274 | 459 | 24 | 1 | 6th | 7th | 27 | ||||
International
Represented the USA at:
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 2002 | United States | U18 World Cup |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | |
| 2003 | United States | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 6th | |
| 2004 | United States | U20 World Cup |
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6th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th | |
| 2008 | United States | WM | 6th place | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | |
| 2018 | United States | Olympia | 7th place | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Juniors overall | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| Men overall | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8th | ||||
( 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
- James Wisniewski at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- James Wisniewski at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Actualité - Spengler: James Wisniewski avec Lugano. In: Planète Hockey. Accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ 14. Triumph for Team Canada. In: spenglercup.ch. Accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ http://www.kassel-huskies.com/2017/10/11/nhl-erlebnis-fuer-die-defensive-james-wisniewski-wird-ein-husky/
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| SURNAME | Wisniewski, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wisniewski, James Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canton , Michigan |