Joel Ward (ice hockey player)

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Joel Ward (ice hockey player)
Date of birth 2nd December 1980
place of birth North York , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Right wing
number # 42
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1997-2000 Owen Sound Platers
2000-2001 Owen Sound Attack
2001 Long Beach Ice Dogs
2001-2005 University of Prince Edward Island
2005-2008 Minnesota Wild
2008-2011 Nashville Predators
2011-2015 Washington Capitals
2015-2018 San Jose Sharks

Joel Randal Ward (born December 2, 1980 in North York , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player with Barbadian roots. The right winger played a total of over 800 games in the National Hockey League between 2006 and 2018 and was active for the Minnesota Wild , Nashville Predators , Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks .

Career

Ward in the Washington Capitals shirt

Joel Ward, whose father is from the Barbados , began his career as a hockey player in the Ontario Hockey League , in which he played from 1997 to 2001 for a total of four years. First he was active three seasons for the Owen Sound Platers , then another season for their successor team, the Owen Sound Attack . The 2000/01 season he ended, however, in the West Coast Hockey League , where he came in the playoffs to eight missions for the Long Beach Ice Dogs .

After he was active for four years for the ice hockey team of the University of Prince Edward Island , the Houston Eros signed him from the American Hockey League on December 4, 2005 as a free agent . For the Eros he made his professional ice hockey debut in the 2005/06 season . After a year in Houston, the winger was signed on September 27, 2006 by the Minnesota Wild , whose farm team is the Houston Eros. In the 2006/07 season , Joel Ward played a total of eleven games in the National Hockey League and scored an assist.

The 2007/08 season Ward spent exclusively in the AHL with the Eros, so the Nashville Predators signed the attacker on July 14, 2008 as a free agent.

On July 1, 2011, he signed a four-year contract with the Washington Capitals . This was not renewed, so he joined the San Jose Sharks in July 2015 . He was active there until the end of the 2017/18 season when his contract was not extended. After a trial contract with the Canadiens de Montréal before the 2018/19 season did not result in a permanent engagement, Ward ended his active career. In total, he had played 809 NHL games and recorded 356 points scorer .

International

With the Canadian national team , Ward took part in the 2014 World Cup in the Belarusian capital Minsk , where he finished fifth with the team. He himself was able to collect nine scorer points in eight tournament games. There were six gates below.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2003 CIS ( AUS ) Second All-Star Team
  • 2004 Don Wells Trophy (CIS AUS Most Sportsmanlike Player)
  • 2004 CIS (AUS) Second All-Star Team
  • 2005 CIS (AUS) First All-Star Team
  • 2005 Don Wells Trophy (CIS AUS Most Sportsmanlike Player)
  • 2005 Kelly Trophy (CIS AUS Most Valuable Player)
  • 2005 RW Pugh Award (CIS Most Sportsmanlike Player)

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Owen Sound Platers OHL 47 8th 4th 12 14th 11 1 1 2 5
1998/99 Owen Sound Platers OHL 58 19th 16 35 23 16 2 4th 6th 0
1999/00 Owen Sound Platers OHL 63 23 20th 43 51 - - - - -
2000/01 Owen Sound Attack OHL 67 26th 36 62 45 5 2 4th 6th 4th
2000/01 Long Beach Ice Dogs WCHL - - - - - 8th 0 0 0 0
2001/02 University of Prince Edward Island CIS 22nd 13 14th 27 16
2002/03 University of Prince Edward Island CIS 19th 11 15th 26th 24
2003/04 University of Prince Edward Island CIS 27 14th 24 38 42
2004/05 University of Prince Edward Island CIS 28 16 28 44 42
2005/06 Houston Eros AHL 66 8th 14th 22nd 34 8th 4th 2 6th 4th
2006/07 Houston Eros AHL 64 9 14th 23 45 - - - - -
2006/07 Minnesota Wild NHL 11 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2007/08 Houston Eros AHL 79 21st 20th 41 47 4th 0 2 2 0
2008/09 Nashville Predators NHL 79 17th 18th 35 29 - - - - -
2009/10 Nashville Predators NHL 71 13 21st 34 18th 6th 2 2 4th 2
2010/11 Nashville Predators NHL 80 10 19th 29 42 12 7th 6th 13 6th
2011/12 Washington Capitals NHL 73 6th 12 18th 20th 14th 1 4th 5 6th
2012/13 Washington Capitals NHL 39 8th 12 20th 12 7th 1 3 4th 6th
2013/14 Washington Capitals NHL 82 24 25th 49 32 - - - - -
2014/15 Washington Capitals NHL 82 19th 15th 34 30th 14th 3 6th 9 2
2015/16 San Jose Sharks NHL 79 21st 22nd 43 28 24 7th 6th 13 16
2016/17 San Jose Sharks NHL 78 10 19th 29 30th 6th 1 3 4th 4th
2017/18 San Jose Sharks NHL 52 5 7th 12 20th - - - - -
OHL total 235 76 76 152 133 32 5 9 14th 9
CIS total 96 54 81 135 124
AHL total 209 38 48 86 126 12 4th 4th 8th 4th
NHL overall 726 133 171 304 261 83 22nd 30th 52 42

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2014 Canada WM 5th place 8th 6th 3 9 4th
Men overall 8th 6th 3 9 4th

( 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 Ward, Joel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ward, Joel Randal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd December 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH North York , Ontario , Canada