Jon Insana

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United StatesUnited States  Jon Insana Ice hockey player
Date of birth 2nd September 1980
place of birth Mount Clemens , Michigan , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
number # 7
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1997-1998 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
1998-2002 Michigan State University
2002 Trenton Titans
2002-2004 Florida Everblades
2004-2007 Muskegon Fury
2004-2008 Grand Rapids Griffins
2008-2009 Houston Eros
Chicago Wolves
2009-2011 Iserlohn Roosters
2011–2012 Vienna Capitals
since 2012 HC Innsbruck

Jonathan Insana (born September 2, 1980 in Mount Clemens , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who has played for the Vienna Capitals in the Austrian ice hockey league since July 2011 .

Career

Jon Insana started ice hockey at the age of five, started his career in 1997 and spent a year in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in the United States Hockey League and the North American Hockey League . He then studied for four years at Michigan State University and was also active for the local ice hockey team during this time. In 1999 and 2001, Insana won the Central Collegiate Hockey Association championship with his team .

Since the defensively aligned defender had not been considered in the NHL Entry Draft , he received his first professional contract with the Trenton Titans from the third-rate East Coast Hockey League . Nevertheless, he got invitations to the training camps and played some preparatory games for the NHL clubs. A broken leg, however, prevented his further path to the best league in the world. For the first four years, Insana played mainly in the ECHL for the Florida Everblades and in the United Hockey League for the Muskegon Fury . With the Everblades he reached the final series of the Kelly Cup in 2004 , which however was lost to the Idaho Steelheads . In 2005 the American won his first professional ice hockey championship with the Fury. By 2006 he also played a total of 24 games in the American Hockey League . His teams were the Manchester Monarchs , Lowell Lock Monsters , Grand Rapids Griffins and the Cleveland Barons . In the 2006/07 season , Insana first spent most of the year in the AHL at Grand Rapids Griffins, for which he also completed the next season completely. In 2008 he joined the Houston Eros and then moved to the Chicago Wolves .

For the 2009/10 season he signed with the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League , as his playing times in North America were not satisfactory. Insana was able to quickly switch to the larger ice surface and prove his shooting quality with five hits in the first half of the season. On January 5, 2010, he injured his shoulder in the game against the Kassel Huskies and was out for twelve games. When he returned to the team, Insana scored his sixth goal of the season against the Krefeld Pinguine . During the injury break, the Roosters held the first contract talks to extend the contract with the American prematurely. On February 26, 2010, Insana signed a contract for two more years.

On July 2, 2011, Insana signed a contract with Vienna Capitals from the Austrian ice hockey league . In the 2012-2013 season he moved to league newcomer HC Innsbruck.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 USA Hockey National Team Development Program USHL 12 2 1 3 12 - - - - -
1997/98 USA Hockey National Team Development Program NEAR 9 1 0 1 6th
1998/99 Michigan State University NCAA 39 0 1 1 59
1999/00 Michigan State University NCAA 42 3 3 6th 46
2000/01 Michigan State University NCAA 42 3 1 4th 61
2001/02 Michigan State University NCAA 41 1 4th 5 24
2002/03 Manchester monarchs AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2002/03 Trenton Titans ECHL 20th 2 2 4th 22nd - - - - -
2002/03 Florida Everblades ECHL 23 1 4th 5 12 1 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Florida Everblades ECHL 58 6th 24 30th 38 - - - - -
2003/04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Muskegon Fury UHL 64 9 12 21st 84 15th 3 4th 7th 16
2004/05 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 8th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2005/06 Muskegon Fury UHL 52 2 21st 23 63 11 1 2 3 6th
2005/06 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 8th 1 2 3 6th - - - - -
2005/06 Cleveland Barons AHL 5 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
2006/07 Muskegon Fury UHL 18th 6th 11 17th 12 - - - - -
2006/07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 44 3 3 6th 22nd 5 1 0 1 4th
2006/07 Chicago Wolves AHL 2 0 0 0 8th - - - - -
2007/08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 65 0 13 13 39 - - - - -
2008/09 Houston Eros AHL 11 1 2 3 6th - - - - -
2008/09 Chicago Wolves AHL 19th 0 4th 4th 16 - - - - -
2009/10 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 43 7th 11 18th 64 - - - - -
NCAA overall 164 7th 9 16 190
ECHL total 101 9 30th 39 72 1 0 0 0 0
UHL overall 134 17th 44 61 159 26th 4th 6th 10 22nd
AHL total 165 5 26th 31 107 5 1 0 1 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeyfans.at/c/55/ebel/n/33379/transfergefl%C3%BCster--capitals-haben-erneut-verst%C3%A4rkung-aus-der-del.html
  2. ↑ http://www.hockeyfans.at/index.php?nid=40571

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personal data
SURNAME Insana, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Insana, Jonathan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Clemens , Michigan