Jed Ortmeyer

Jed Ortmeyer
Date of birth	3rd September 1978
place of birth	Omaha , Nebraska , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1997-1999	Omaha Lancers
1999-2003	University of Michigan
2003-2007	New York Rangers
2007-2009	Nashville Predators
2009-2010	San Jose Sharks
2010-2011	San Antonio Rampage
2011–2012	Minnesota Wild Houston Eros
2013	Missouri Mavericks
2013-2014	San Antonio Rampage

Jed Ortmeyer (born September 3, 1978 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is a retired American ice hockey player and current professional who, in the course of his active career, took the position of right winger , which in the course of his active career between 1997 and 2014 among other things Has played 327 games for the New York Rangers , Nashville Predators , San Jose Sharks and Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Ortmeyer also completed a large part of his career in the American Hockey League , where he was used in 384 games. Since 2017 he has been employed as Director of Player Development for his former team New York Rangers.

Career

Ortmeyer began his career with the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League , for which he was active between 1997 and 1999. In his rookie year , he collected 48 points scorer in 54 matches. This gave him both the choice in the All-Rookie Team and Second All-Star Team of the league. He also won the Clark Cup , the USHL championship trophy, with the team this season . In the following season, the right winger increased his point yield to 59. However, further successes both personally and with the team did not materialize. In the summer of 1999 Ortmeyer began studying at the University of Michigan , for whose ice hockey team he played in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , over the next four years . The striker won two CCHA championships with the university during this period - in 2000 and 2002 - and received numerous personal awards, including being named the division's best defensive striker and most valuable player in the 2003 championship final.

Ortmeyer in the jersey of the San Jose Sharks

Ungedraftet Ortmeyer was after finishing his last season at the College on 10 May 2003 by the National Hockey League - Franchise of the New York Rangers contracted. During the pre-season training camp in autumn 2003, the winger made it straight to the Rangers squad. Ultimately, the rookie played 58 games for New York in the 2003/04 season and scored six points despite his defensive approach. He also played in 13 games for the Hartford Wolf Pack , the American Hockey League - Rangers' farm team . The American also spent the entire 2004/05 season there , as the NHL season fell victim to the lockout . With appearances in 61 matches, the defensive specialist gained further experience and match practice in the professional field. From the 2005/06 season he was again a permanent member of the team from the “ Big Apple ” for the next two years . However, from mid-September 2006 Ortmeyer missed a large part of the 2006/07 season due to a pulmonary embolism and played some games for Hartford in the AHL to build up his form. Between the end of the lockout and the expiry of his contract in the summer of 2007, the striker played 119 games for the Rangers in the regular season and 13 in the playoffs. Despite the embolism that had limited him to 41 missions in the 2006/07 season, he collected eleven points there, the most in the three seasons for New York.

As a free agent , Ortmeyer was signed on July 2, 2007 by the Nashville Predators . In his first season with the team from the state of Tennessee Ortmeyer was part of the NHL regular squad, but only played 51 games due to a knee injury with subsequent surgery. Overall, he was out between late February and early December 2008 for 48 games including the summer break. Then the coaching staff appointed him to the roster of Nashville's AHL farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals . Ortmeyer spent there, with the exception of a two-game stay in the NHL team in April 2009, the rest of the season and thereby filled the post of assistant captain. Since the expiring contract was not extended by the Nashville Predators, he accepted an offer from the San Jose Sharks with a term of one year on July 16, 2009 .

In January 2011 he was signed by the Minnesota Wild , who initially sent him to the farm team for the Houston Eros in the AHL. In the following years he regularly commuted between the Minnesota Wild and their AHL farm team. After the striker's contract had expired in summer 2012, Ortmeyer only found a new employer in January 2013 in the Missouri Mavericks from the Central Hockey League . However, he completed only two games for the team before he was committed by the San Antonio Rampage from the AHL. There he ended his active career in the summer of 2014 shortly before his 36th birthday.

Before the 2017/18 season , Ortmeyer was hired by his former New York Rangers team as Director of Player Development .

Achievements and Awards

1998 USHL All-Rookie Team 1998 USHL Second All-Star Team 1998 Clark Cup win with the Omaha Lancers 2000 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan 2002 NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team 2002 CCHA Super Six All-Tournament Team

2002 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan 2003 CCHA Best Defensive Forward 2003 CCHA Super Six All-Tournament Team 2003 CCHA Super Six Most Valuable Player 2003 NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	Omaha Lancers	USHL		54	23	25th	48	52		14th	3	4th	7th	31
1998/99	Omaha Lancers	USHL		52	23	36	59	81		12	5	6th	11	16
1999/00	University of Michigan	NCAA		41	8th	16	24	40
2000/01	University of Michigan	NCAA		27	10	11	21st	52
2001/02	University of Michigan	NCAA		41	15th	23	38	40
2002/03	University of Michigan	NCAA		36	18th	16	34	48
2003/04	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		13	2	8th	10	4th		16	5	2	7th	6th
2003/04	New York Rangers	NHL		58	2	4th	6th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		61	7th	20th	27	63		6th	0	1	1	4th
2005/06	New York Rangers	NHL		78	5	2	7th	38		4th	1	0	1	4th
2006/07	New York Rangers	NHL		41	2	9	11	22nd		9	0	0	0	2
2006/07	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		8th	1	3	4th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Nashville Predators	NHL		51	4th	4th	8th	32		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Nashville Predators	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		55	10	13	23	51		11	1	6th	7th	8th
2009/10	San Jose Sharks	NHL		76	8th	11	19th	37		4th	0	1	1	0
2010/11	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		20th	2	1	3	16		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Houston Eros	AHL		40	6th	10	16	29		24	6th	7th	13	4th
2010/11	Minnesota Wild	NHL		4th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Houston Eros	AHL		34	8th	10	18th	32		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Minnesota Wild	NHL		35	1	1	2	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Missouri Mavericks	CHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		32	6th	9	15th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		64	14th	17th	31	64		-	-	-	-	-
USHL total				106	46	61	107	133		26th	8th	10	18th	47
NCAA overall				145	51	66	117	180
AHL total				327	56	91	147	281		57	12	16	28	22nd
NHL overall				310	21st	30th	51	147		17th	1	1	2	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 )

Web links

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• Jed Ortmeyer at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jed Ortmeyer at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jed Ortmeyer at hockeydb.com (English)