John Walker (ice hockey player)

John Walker
Date of birth	January 22, 1964
place of birth	Iserlohn , Germany
size	193 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Supplemental Draft	1987 , 1st round, 10th position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1985-1987	Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
1987-1988	Utica Devils
1988-1989	ECD Sauerland
1989-1990	Krefelder EV
1990-1991	EV Germering
1991-2000	Krefeld penguins
2000-2002	Frankfurt Lions
2002-2003	EV Duisburg

John "Johnny" Walker (born January 22, 1964 in Iserlohn ) is a former German ice hockey player who was active in the DEL for the Krefeld Penguins and the Frankfurt Lions , among others .

Career

Walker began his career in 1985 at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology , he for the Hockey Team in the Canadian College Football Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference played. During the NHL Supplemental Draft in 1987 , those responsible voted him tenth. For the 1987/88 season he moved to the American Hockey League to the Utica Devils , the then farm team of the New Jersey Devils. There the striker was able to achieve 22 points scorer in 65 league games in his first season .

During the following season 1988/89 Walker signed a contract with the ECD Sauerland , with whom he played in the major league . In the summer of 1989 he joined the Krefelder EV . Walker then wore the KEV jersey 49 times and scored 107 points. This made him one of the most successful attackers in the second division. After one season he left Krefeld again in 1990 and moved to EV Germering from the Regionalliga . The German was able to convince again and scored 37 times in 14 games.

For the 1991/92 season , Walker returned to Krefeld for KEV, which now played in the Bundesliga . Then he was under contract in Krefeld until 2000 and during this time he developed into the crowd's favorites and top performers of the team. His best season in the KEV jersey was the 1992/93 season when he scored 63 times in 48 games. He played a total of 405 games for KEV in the first Bundesliga and from the 1994/95 season in the German Ice Hockey League. In the summer of 2000, Walker left the club and joined league rivals Frankfurt Lions . Walker is still considered to be one of the most popular players to ever play for the club. He was on the ice for the Lions until 2002 before he moved to EV Duisburg in the 2nd Bundesliga . There he ended his active ice hockey career at the age of 39 after the 2002/03 season .

DEL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	8th	337	110	133	243	387
Playoffs	4th	28	5	21st	26th	26th

Web links

• John Walker at hockeydb.com (English)
• John Walker at eurohockey.com