John Madden (ice hockey player)

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John Madden (ice hockey player)
Date of birth May 4th 1973
place of birth Barrie , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
number # 11
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1989-1991 Alliston Hornets
1991-1993 Barrie Colts
1993-1997 University of Michigan
1997-1999 Albany River Rats
1999-2009 New Jersey Devils
2009-2010 Chicago Blackhawks
2010-2011 Minnesota Wild
2012 Florida panthers

John Joseph Madden (born May 4, 1973 in Barrie , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 1039 games for the New Jersey Devils , Chicago Blackhawks , Minnesota Wild and among others between 1993 and 2012 Florida Panthers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Madden, who was honored with the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the best defensive striker in the NHL in 2001, won the Stanley Cup a total of three times  - including the New Jersey Devils in 2000 and 2003 and the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 . Since 2016 he has been the head coach of the Cleveland Monsters in the American Hockey League .

Career

From 1993 John Madden went to the University of Michigan . He had not been drafted by an NHL team before. He played for the college's ice hockey team for four years, winning the Central Collegiate Hockey Association championship several times and the NCAA Division I championship in 1996 . In 1997 the CCHA division was awarded the title of striker with the best defensive qualities.

John Madden in the jersey of the Chicago Blackhawks

In 1997 Madden signed a contract with the New Jersey Devils as a free agent in the NHL , but for the first two years came almost exclusively for their farm team , the Albany River Rats , in the American Hockey League . In the 1998/99 season he was on the ice four times for the Devils. In the AHL, the Canadian convinced with very good scorer results. In his second season he scored 98 points in 75 regular season games.

From the 1999/2000 season he was an integral part of the NHL squad of the Devils and immediately won the Stanley Cup with them . In the following season, the striker reached the Stanley Cup final with the Devils, which they just lost to the Colorado Avalanche . Madden quickly established himself in the NHL and received the Frank J. Selke Trophy as best defending striker after two years in the league . In 2003 and 2004 he was nominated again for the Frank J. Selke Trophy. In the summer of 2003 Madden was in his third Stanley Cup final and won the Stanley Cup for the second time in his career with the Devils.

During the lockout and the associated failure of the 2004/05 NHL season , the Canadian moved to Finland in the SM-liiga at Helsingfors IFK , but only completed three games. Before the 2005/06 season , team captain Scott Stevens resigned, which is why the management of the New Jersey Devils decided not to give the "C" to any player for the time being and instead to only play with alternative captains, including Madden. On April 25, 2006, he managed his first hat trick in the playoffs against the New York Rangers . He scored two of the goals outnumbered . In the 2009/10 season he won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks . For him it was the third title win in his career. In the summer of 2010, he signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Wild .

After a season he received no new contract, so the striker became available as a free agent in the summer of 2011 . It wasn't until January 2012 that Madden agreed on a contractual relationship with the Florida Panthers . At the end of the 2011/12 season, he finally ended his playing career. John Madden was one of the best defensive strikers in the NHL and was considered a specialist in outnumbered situations.

Following his active career, Madden took over the position of assistant coach with the Florida Panthers in November 2013 , after having worked as a scout for the Canadiens de Montréal the year before . After three seasons in this position, he took over the Cleveland Monsters from the American Hockey League as head coach in the summer of 2016 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1994 CCHA Championship with the University of Michigan
  • 1996 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan
  • 1996 CCHA Tournament MVP
  • 1996 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Michigan
  • 1997 Best defensive striker of the CCHA
  • 1997 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan
  • 1997 CCHA First All-Star Team

Records

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1989/90 Alliston Hornets ON-Jr. C. 31 24 25th 49 26th - - - - -
1990/91 Alliston Hornets ON-Jr. C. 14th 15th 21st 36 10 - - - - -
1990/91 Barrie Colts ON-Jr. B. 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Barrie Colts ON-Jr. B. 42 50 54 104 46 13 10 9 19th 14th
1992/93 Barrie Colts COJHL 43 49 75 124 82 - - - - -
1993/94 University of Michigan CCHA 36 6th 11 17th 14th
1994/95 University of Michigan CCHA 39 21st 22nd 43 8th
1995/96 University of Michigan CCHA 43 27 30th 57 45
1996/97 University of Michigan CCHA 42 26th 37 63 56
1997/98 Albany River Rats AHL 74 20th 36 56 40 13 3 13 16 14th
1998/99 New Jersey Devils NHL 4th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1998/99 Albany River Rats AHL 75 38 60 98 44 5 2 2 4th 6th
1999/00 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 16 9 25th 6th 20th 3 4th 7th 0
2000/01 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 23 15th 38 12 25th 4th 3 7th 6th
2001/02 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 15th 8th 23 25th 6th 0 0 0 0
2002/03 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 19th 22nd 41 26th 24 6th 10 16 2
2003/04 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 12 23 35 22nd 5 0 0 0 0
2004/05 Helsingfors IFK SM-liiga 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 New Jersey Devils NHL 82 16 20th 36 36 9 4th 1 5 8th
2006/07 New Jersey Devils NHL 74 12 20th 32 14th 11 1 1 2 2
2007/08 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 20th 23 43 26th 5 2 1 3 2
2008/09 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 7th 16 23 26th 7th 0 1 1 4th
2009/10 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 79 10 13 23 12 22nd 1 1 2 2
2010/11 Minnesota Wild NHL 76 12 13 25th 10 - - - - -
2011/12 Florida panthers NHL 31 3 0 3 4th 7th 0 0 0 0
NCAA overall 160 80 100 180 123
AHL total 149 58 96 154 84 5 2 2 4th 6th
NHL overall 898 165 183 348 219 141 21st 22nd 43 26th

( 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

Commons : John Madden  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tsn.ca: "Panthers fire head coach Dineen, name Horachek interim coach" (English, November 8, 2013, accessed on November 24, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Madden, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Madden, John Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Barrie , Ontario , Canada