James van Riemsdyk

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James van Riemsdyk
Date of birth May 4th 1989
place of birth Middletown , New Jersey , USA
size 190 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
number # 25
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 1st round, 2nd position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
2005-2007 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2007-2009 University of New Hampshire
2009–2012 Philadelphia Flyers
2012-2018 Toronto Maple Leafs
since 2018 Philadelphia Flyers

James van Riemsdyk (born May 4, 1989 in Middletown , New Jersey ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League since July 2018 . The left winger was previously active for six years for the Toronto Maple Leafs and just under two and a half years for the Philadelphia Flyers, who had selected him in second position in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft .

Career

Van Riemsdyk played for the Christian Brothers Academy and the Brick Hockey Club , both of which were based in New Jersey , during his high school years . For the 2005/06 season he moved to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program of the US Ice Hockey Association , where he went through the various junior national teams. As a result, he took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2006 . There, the Americans defeated, among other things, Erik Johnson and Patrick Kane , who were later elected in the NHL Entry Drafts in 2006 and 2007 , in the final of Finland 3-1 and won the world title. The following year van Riemsdyk played both in the U18 Junior World Championship , where he won the silver medal and shared the top scorer title with his teammate Colin Wilson , and at the U20 Junior World Championship , where he won the bronze medal.

In the summer of 2007, the winger was then available in the NHL Entry Draft 2007 for the franchises of the National Hockey League and was selected immediately after his teammate Patrick Kane in second overall position by the Philadelphia Flyers . However, Van Riemsdyk was not signed by the Flyers, after which he went to the University of New Hampshire . There he plays alongside his studies for the university team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . At the end of 2007 he was reappointed to the national team for the U20 World Junior Championship in 2008 .

At the end of the 2008/09 season, the attacker made his professional debut when he played eleven games for the Philadelphia Phantoms , the Flyers' farm team , in the American Hockey League . From the following season he was regularly used in the NHL and reached with Philadelphia in his first season directly the final for the Stanley Cup in the playoffs 2010 , but lost there to the Chicago Blackhawks . After only two and a half years, the Flyers gave it to the Toronto Maple Leafs in June 2012 and received Luke Schenn in return . Van Riemsdyk established himself as a regular goalscorer at the Maple Leafs, reaching the mark of 30 goals for the first time in the 2013/14 season before increasing this best to 36 goals in the 2017/18 season.

After the Maple Leafs did not renew his expiring contract, van Riemsdyk returned to the Philadelphia Flyers as a free agent in July 2018 . There he signed a five-year contract that should bring him an average annual salary of $ 7 million.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2007 Best striker in the U18 World Junior Championship
  • 2007 All-Star Team of the U18 Junior World Championship
  • 2008 top scorer of the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 2008 All-Star Team of the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 2014 Best Template Giver of the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

van Riemsdyk in the Philadelphia Flyers jersey (2012)

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 USA Hockey NTDP NEAR 37 18th 11 29 26th
2006/07 USA Hockey NTDP NEAR 12 13 12 25th 37
2007/08 University of New Hampshire NCAA 31 11 23 34 36
2008/09 University of New Hampshire NCAA 36 17th 23 40 47
2008/09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 7th 1 1 2 2 4th 0 0 0 2
2009/10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 15th 20th 35 30th 21st 3 3 6th 4th
2010/11 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 21st 19th 40 35 11 7th 0 7th 4th
2011/12 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 43 11 13 24 24 7th 1 1 2 4th
2012/13 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 48 18th 14th 32 26th 7th 2 5 7th 4th
2013/14 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 80 30th 31 61 50 - - - - -
2014/15 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 27 29 56 43 - - - - -
2015/16 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 40 14th 15th 29 6th - - - - -
2016/17 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 29 33 62 37 6th 2 1 3 0
2017/18 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 81 36 18th 54 30th 7th 3 1 4th 4th
2018/19 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 27 21st 49 18th - - - - -
NAHL total 49 31 23 54 63
NCAA overall 67 28 46 74 83
NHL overall 675 228 213 441 299 59 18th 11 29 20th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2006 United States U17-WHC 2nd place, silver 6th 5 4th 9 4th
2006 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 2
2007 United States U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 1 0 1 2
2007 United States U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 5 7th 12 4th
2008 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 5 6th 11 2
2009 United States U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 6th 4th 10 4th
2011 United States WM 8th place 2 1 0 1 0
2014 United States Olympia 4th Place 6th 1 6th 7th 2
2016 United States World cup 7th place 3 0 1 1 0
2019 United States WM 7th place 8th 2 3 5 0
Juniors overall 39 22nd 22nd 44 18th
Men overall 19th 4th 10 14th 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 )

family

James van Riemsdyk has two younger brothers who also play ice hockey. Trevor van Riemsdyk is under contract with the Carolina Hurricanes , while Brendan van Riemsdyk (* 1996) has been playing at the University of Hampshire like his brothers since the beginning of the 2016/17 season.

Web links

Commons : James van Riemsdyk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Flyers sign James van Riemsdyk to five-year, $ 35M deal. sportsnet.ca, July 1, 2018, accessed July 3, 2018 .