Josh Harding

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Josh Harding
Date of birth June 18, 1984
place of birth Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
Nickname Hards
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 37
Catch hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 2nd round, 38th position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2001-2004 Regina Pats
2004 Brandon Wheat Kings
2004-2007 Houston Eros
2007-2015 Minnesota Wild

Joshua "Josh" Joel Harding (born June 18, 1984 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who was under contract with the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2003 to 2015 . He previously played three seasons for the Canadian junior teams Regina Pats and Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL). In the 2002 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the second round at a total of 38th position from Minnesota.

After he was nominated as Rookie of the Year in the Junior League last year , Harding won the Del Wilson Trophy as best goalkeeper and the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as most valuable player in the WHL in the 2002/03 season . Two seasons later he moved to the farm team of the Minnesota Wild, the Houston Eros , in the American Hockey League (AHL) and received parallel first appearances in the NHL. From the 2007/08 season Harding was a permanent substitute goalkeeper behind Niklas Bäckström in Minnesota's squad. Due to a knee injury in September 2010, he was out for an entire NHL season.

Harding has multiple sclerosis . After the diagnosis in September 2012, he continued his NHL career and recorded a shutout when he returned to the ice . After he had completed only five games in the regular season , he was used in the play-offs as the goalkeeper of Wild. For his comeback, Harding was honored with the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2013 . In the following season he was at times the goalkeeper of the Wild and ended the season with the best catch rate and the lowest average goal conceded in the NHL.

Career

Youth (until 2001)

Josh Harding grew up in his native Regina in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . There he began playing ice hockey as a center and defender before moving permanently to the goalkeeping position at the age of twelve. He was then removed from the team by his coach, who only wanted to use him as a defender, and had to continue his career in the second-rate Peewee League Reginas.

By good performances in the play-offs of his league Harding received first attention from scouts of higher junior leagues and was finally in 1999 WHL Bantam Draft , in which the teams of the Western Hockey League players from the Midget leagues draften can, in the third round selected by his hometown club Regina Pats . First he moved to the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League , where he played a total of 39 games as the regular goalkeeper of the Regina Pat Canadians in the 2000/01 season and took part in the league's All-Star Game. In the Canadians he was on the ice for eight games with Ryan Getzlaf .

Western Hockey League (2001-2004)

Josh Harding in the jersey of the Regina Pats (2003)

Then Harding moved to the 2001/02 season for the Regina Pats and was initially used as a substitute goalkeeper behind the two-year-old Chad Davidson. In the first two months of the season he played only four missions before he was able to prevail with seven wins from eight games in November 2001 and was named WHL Player of the Month. At the end of the season, Harding set a new team record with an average of 2.39 goals per game and was in second place in the league behind rookie Cam Ward . With four games without conceding, he also recorded the most shutouts in the WHL. In the election for the All-Star Team, he was then only defeated by Cam Ward and was elected to the second All-Star Team of the Eastern Conference . He was also nominated as a finalist in the Conference for the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy , which is awarded to the best rookie in the league, but was defeated in the election by Braydon Coburn . In the play-offs Harding was finally used as a goalkeeper, but failed with the Pats in the first round at the Moose Jaw Warriors .

Before the 2002 NHL Entry Draft , Harding was ranked 11th of the available North American goalkeepers by the Central Scouting Services of the National Hockey League . He was eventually selected in the second round in 38th position by the Minnesota Wild , making it the first goalkeeper to be drafted in team history. Harding then stayed in the Western Hockey League for two more years.

For the 2002/03 season Harding was finally the goalkeeper of the Pats and at the end of the season was one of the most frequently used goalkeepers in the league with 57 games. At the same time he was able to improve his catch rate to 91.4 percent and led the league with 1643 saved shots on goal. Although the Pats scored the fewest goals in the league in the regular season, Harding helped them move into the play-offs, where they were eliminated again in the first round. At the end of the season, Josh Harding was recognized for his achievements with the Del Wilson Trophy for best goalkeeper and the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy for most valuable player of the regular season. He was only the fifth goalkeeper in league history to win both trophies in the same year. He was also nominated for the first All-Star Team of the Eastern Conference . In the election for the CHL Goaltender of the Year of the umbrella organization Canadian Hockey League, he was defeated by Adam Russo from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , but was ultimately elected to the second All-Star Team of the CHL.

On January 29, 2003, Harding signed a so-called amateur tryout contract with the Wild , which allowed the team to use him as an emergency substitute goalkeeper for an NHL game. In April 2003 he finally signed a standard entry contract with the Wild and was invited to the training camp for the first time before the 2003/04 season. Harding then returned to the Western Hockey League. After 28 games with the Regina Pats, he led the league with a catch rate of 92.7 percent. He was then transferred to division rival Brandon Wheat Kings during the U20 World Junior Championship in 2004 . There he recorded five shutouts in 27 games and reached the second round in the play-offs with the team. There they failed, however, because of the later title winners Medicine Hat Tigers .

At the end of his WHL career, Harding held the Regina Pats team records for the lowest goals against goals (2.56) and the most shutouts (9).

Professional debut in the American Hockey League (2004-2007)

For the 2004/05 season he moved to the American Hockey League (AHL) during the lockout in the National Hockey League, which omitted the entire NHL season . There he was in the squad of the Houston Eros , the joint farm team of the Wild and the Dallas Stars , and formed a goalkeeping team with Mike Smith . Harding made his professional debut at the season opener against the San Antonio Rampage and played a total of 42 games in the regular season. With a goalscoring average of 2.01, Harding finished fifth in the league statistics and was well ahead of Smith. In the play-offs, both also shared the operating time, but could not prevent their team from being eliminated after five games against the Chicago Wolves . The following season , the Dallas Stars changed their AHL partner, so that Harding rose to become the regular goalkeeper of the Eros. He then started in 30 of the first 32 games of the season in the team's goal and set a new Eros franchise record on January 10, 2006 when he blocked 56 shots in one game. In the same year he was elected to the AHL All-Star Classic squad , but had to cancel his participation due to an injury. On March 8, 2006, he was called up for the first time in the NHL squad of the Minnesota Wild, while he led the AHL with a catch rate of 92.3 percent.

Josh Harding made his NHL debut less than a month later on April 4, 2006 in a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Blues . He was the first goalkeeper in the history of the league whose debut was decided in a shootout . In his second game he also achieved his first shutout when he beat the Chicago Blackhawks . After three missions he returned to the AHL and closed the season with 29 wins from 38 games with the fourth-best record of all goalkeepers. So he led the Eros again in the play-offs. There the team succeeded first in sweeping the Peoria Rivermen , so to win the series without defeat, before they were swept in turn by the Milwaukee Admirals in the second round . Harding conceded 20 goals in four games in this series and has since been replaced by Seamus Kotyk .

Prior to the start of the 2006-07 NHL season , Harding was expected to receive a permanent spot as a back-up goalkeeper in the Wild squad. After a groin injury in the training camp, he was initially sent back to the AHL. Instead, Niklas Bäckström prevailed as a substitute and later as the regular goalkeeper for Wild. Harding again played 38 games for Houston and was able to improve his individual statistics slightly, but with 17 wins he was well behind his record from the previous season. In February 2007, he was permanently appointed to the Minnesota NHL squad after Manny Fernandez was sidelined with a knee injury. In nine missions he set a new team-internal rookie record with a catch rate of 96 percent .

Replacement goalkeeper for the Minnesota Wild (2007-2010)

Josh Harding warming up in November 2007

In July 2007, both Harding and Bäckström's contracts expired and both became Restricted Free Agents . The wild then gave their previous goalkeeper Fernandez to the Boston Bruins and signed new contracts with Bäckström and Harding, so that Harding received a permanent place in the NHL squad for the first time. In his first game of the season against the Anaheim Ducks he managed the third shutout of his NHL career with 37 saved shots. Since he continued to run as a new professional according to the rules of the league, he set another Minnesota Wild rookie record with eleven wins at the end of the season. Overall, he completed 29 games as a substitute goalkeeper behind Bäckström and came on April 15, 2008 for a first play-off use when he came on in the fourth game of the best-of-seven series against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period and all averted eleven shots.

In the following season , Harding received significantly less time due to outstanding performance from Bäckström, who was nominated as a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as best goalkeeper at the end of the season . In total, Harding was used in 19 games, including eleven from the start, and recorded only three wins. Nevertheless, he received attention in the NHL with a goal against goal of 2.21. In addition, with a catch rate of 92.9 percent, he finished second in the league behind Tim Thomas of all goalkeepers who played at least ten missions. Due to his situation as a substitute goalkeeper, there were rumors of a possible move Harding, including to the Edmonton Oilers, the following summer . He agreed, however, in July 2009 with the Minnesota Wild on a new one-year contract for 1.1 million US dollars.

Harding continued to act as a substitute goalkeeper in the 2009/10 season and allowed a total of eleven goals in his first two appearances. After he had missed several games during the season due to injuries, Harding stood in March 2010 after a groin injury from Bäckström seven games in a row in the goal of Minnesota, where he recorded four wins. After Harding sustained an injury to his hip in the training camp before the start of the season, he injured it again in a game against the Detroit Red Wings and was unable to play the remaining seven games of the season. Overall, he finished the season with a catch quota of 90.5 percent in 25 missions.

Multiple Sclerosis Injury and Diagnosis (2010–2012)

After an operation on the hip in the summer, Harding returned on September 24, 2010 in a preparation game against the St. Louis Blues on the ice. In the first third of the game, however, he collided with winger Brad Boyes and lay on his back for several minutes before he was carried by his teammates on ice. As a result, the goalkeeper was diagnosed with a cruciate ligament and an internal ligament tear, so that he was out for the rest of the 2010/11 season . After the season ended, the Wild offered him a new $ 750,000 one-year deal, which Harding signed on July 1, 2011.

Josh Harding in December 2011

In his second game of the season on October 29, 2011, Harding fended off all 36 shots against the Detroit Red Wings and recorded his first NHL victory in more than 18 months in addition to the shutout. Overall, he was able to win six of his first eight games of the season with the team. In the course of the 2011/12 season , Harding shared the working time with Bäckström and thus came up with new personal bests of 34 NHL games and 13 wins. With his team, however, he ended the season in fourth place in the Northwest Division and thus missed the play-offs for the third time in a row. After his successful comeback, he agreed with the Wild on a new three-year contract totaling $ 5.7 million, deciding against possibly getting a better-paying contract with another team, but still playing as a substitute goalkeeper.

On September 27, 2012, Harding was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after previously experiencing a pinch in his neck and dizziness and a routine magnetic resonance imaging scan with his team doctor. Symptoms of this autoimmune disorder include possible loss of balance, blurred awareness, and fatigue. At first, Harding only informed his family about the condition before reaching out to his teammates, coach Mike Yeo and general manager Chuck Fletcher in November 2012 and finally making the diagnosis public. He had resumed training two weeks earlier. At the same time, he announced that he would continue his NHL career and return to the Wild squad at the start of the 2012/13 season , which was delayed by the lockout in the NHL:

“I don't want people treating me different, I don't want people feeling bad for me, I don't want people moping around. I want this to be a story where when we look back, it was a happy story. "

“I don't want people to treat me differently. I don't want people to feel sorry for me, I don't want people to mop up. I want this to be a story that, when we look back, is a happy story. "

- Josh Harding

Comeback in the NHL (2013-2015)

In January 2013, Harding was back in the Wild squad before the start of the shortened NHL season 2012/13 at the training camp and acted as a substitute goalkeeper for Bäckström at the start of the season. On January 20, 2013, just under four months after his diagnosis, Harding made his comeback in the NHL and led his team to a 1-0 shutout in the game against the Dallas Stars , in which he blocked all 24 shots. He was then named the game's first star . Although he had initially only referred to the use as a "test game", he was five days later in the game against the Detroit Red Wings again at the start of the game in the wild. In the 2: 5 defeat, he fended off a total of 22 of 27 shots. In the following operation, however, Harding was no longer able to build on his performance and was replaced after conceding two goals in the first seven minutes. After a brief stint against the Vancouver Canucks for the time being , Harding was put on the Injured Reserve List in mid-February 2013 to adapt to new drugs to treat his illness. After just under two months, the goalkeeper resumed training with the game and was initially sent to the Houston Eros in the AHL for two games. In the penultimate game of the season against the Edmonton Oilers he returned to the goal of the Minnesota Wild when he replaced Bäckström in the first third.

With eighth place in the Western Conference , the team secured a place in the play-offs for the first time since 2008, where they met the Chicago Blackhawks , who had won the Presidents' Trophy as the best points team of the regular season . Shortly before the start of the first game, however, starting goalkeeper Bäckström injured himself while warming up, so that Harding temporarily took his place and blocked a total of 35 shots in the 2-1 defeat after overtime . After 43 saved shots in the following game, Harding recorded his first win in the NHL play-offs on May 5, 2013. The wild were eventually eliminated after five games in the best-of-seven series.

At the end of the season, Harding was honored for his comeback with the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy , which is awarded annually to the player who shows special perseverance, dedication and fairness in everything to do with ice hockey.

For the 2013/14 season , Harding returned permanently to the Wild squad as a substitute goalkeeper behind Bäckström. After Bäckström suffered a knee injury in the third game of the season against the Nashville Predators , Harding took his position and allowed only one goal in his first four missions. Even after Bäckström's return to the squad, Harding was able to confirm his good form and won the first ten home games with his team as a regular goalkeeper. After he led the game with a catch quota of 92.6 percent to a total of eight wins in November 2013, he finished third in the election for NHL player of the month ginter Patrick Kane and Yevgeny Malkin . He was the first player in team history to be elected to the Three Stars at the end of a month .

Initially, Harding asserted his role as a regular goalkeeper before he was put on the injured reserve list for the first time of the season in December 2013 after a slight adjustment of the medication of his treatment. After two more assignments at the end of the month, he was indefinitely absent due to complications with his treatment. Instead, the rookie Darcy Kuemper and later Ilja Brysgalow , whom the Wild acquired at the Trade Deadline , took his place. Although Harding resumed training towards the end of the season, he was no longer used. He finished the season with 18 wins from 25 games. His catch quota of 93.3 percent and his goalscoring average of 1.65 were both best in the league.

At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, Harding should be back in the NHL squad for the first time, but was initially out due to a broken foot. After recovering from injury, he was handed over to the new AHL farm team, the Iowa Wild , in December 2014 . There Harding was replaced in the second competitive game due to dehydration caused by multiple sclerosis and treated briefly in hospital. As a result, the Canadian did not play a competitive game in the 2014/15 season and did not receive a new contract with the Wild at the end of the season. It is assumed that his active professional career is over, although he has not yet announced this himself.

International

Harding represented the selection Canada West , which consists of players from Manitoba and Harding's home province of Saskatchewan , at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2001 and was the team's first goalkeeper in all five games. With a loss to the province of Ontario in the bronze medal game, the selection took fourth place. At the U18 Junior World Championship in 2002 he represented the Canadian national team for the first time and initially shared the time with Maxime Daigneault . In two appearances he only conceded one goal before he was out for the rest of the tournament due to an injury. In the end, Canada finished sixth.

Two years later Harding was nominated again in the Canadian squad at the U20 World Junior Championship in 2004 and was a substitute goalkeeper behind Marc-André Fleury , who was already playing in the NHL at the time. In the preliminary round, Harding made his only appearance in the 10-0 win against Ukraine , when he blocked 11 shots and thus recorded his first shutout with the national team. In the finals, he played no more game, but eventually won the silver medal with the team.

After the Minnesota Wild had missed the play-offs in the 2008/09 season , Harding was nominated as the third goalkeeper for the 2009 World Cup behind Dwayne Roloson and Chris Mason . However, he was not used there during the tournament. In the end, he won the silver medal with Canada.

Prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics , Harding was brought up by the media as a possible candidate for the Canadian team's third goalkeeping post because of his performance in the NHL. Eventually, however, Mike Smith received the invitation for Team Canada.

Play style and special features

Josh Harding warming up before an NHL game (2011)

Harding, like most NHL goalkeepers today, plays butterfly style . In doing so, he falls on his knees and spreads the lower legs with the leg guards as far away from the body as possible. At the same time, he pulls the schooners together in the middle to cover the so-called five hole , the gap between the two legs, and also uses his stick. Harding is one of the few goalkeepers in the NHL who wears the glove on their right hand. In the 2013/14 season there were only two other right catchers, Jonas Hiller and Steve Mason , regular goalkeepers.

Harding's strengths are his good control of the goal angle and his quick reflexes with the catching hand. In addition, his handling of the puck is rated as above average. He can also use his height of 1.85 m and his athleticism to his advantage. Harding himself sees his greatest strength in showing particularly good performance in pressure situations. His inconsistency in the NHL, which can also be traced back to a long history of injuries, is occasionally mentioned as a weakness.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

League games

    Regular season   Play-offs
season team league Sp S. N U Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2000/01 Regina Pat Canadians SMHL 36 17th 13 0 2106 96 2 2.75 3 1 2 170 11 0 3.88
2001/02 Regina Pats WHL 42 27 13 1 2389 95 4th 2.39 .906 6th 2 4th 325 16 0 2.95 .890
2002/03 Regina Pats WHL 57 18th 24 13 3385 155 3 2.75 .914 5 1 4th 321 13 0 2.43 .939
2003/04 Regina Pats WHL 28 12 14th 2 1665 67 2 2.41 .927 - - - - - - - -
Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 27 13 11 3 1612 65 5 2.42 .920 11 5 6th 660 36 0 3.27 .897
2004/05 Houston Eros AHL 42 21st 16 3 2388 80 4th 2.01 .930 2 0 2 119 8th 0 4.03 .893
2005/06 Minnesota Wild NHL 3 2 1 0 185 8th 1 2.59 .904 - - - - - - - -
2005/06 Houston Eros AHL 38 29 8th 0 2215 99 2 2.68 .922 8th 4th 4th 476 30th 0 3.79 .886
2006/07 Minnesota Wild NHL 7th 3 2 1 361 7th 1 1.16 .960 - - - - - - - -
2006/07 Houston Eros AHL 38 17th 16 4th 2270 94 1 2.48 .920 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Minnesota Wild NHL 29 11 15th 2 1571 77 1 2.94 .908 1 0 0 20th 0 0 0.00 1,000
2008/09 Minnesota Wild NHL 19th 3 9 1 870 32 0 2.21 .929 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Minnesota Wild NHL 25th 9 12 0 1300 66 1 3.05 .905 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Minnesota Wild NHL not played due to knee injury
2011/12 Minnesota Wild NHL 34 13 12 4th 1855 81 2 2.62 .917 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Minnesota Wild NHL 5 1 1 0 185 10 1 3.24 .863 5 1 4th 245 12 0 2.94 .911
2012/13 Houston Eros AHL 2 1 1 0 100 5 0 3.00 .918 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Minnesota Wild NHL 29 18th 7th 3 1668 46 3 1.65 .933 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Iowa Wild AHL 2 0 1 1 107 6th 0 3.37 .920 - - - - - - - -
WHL overall 154 70 62 19th 9051 382 14th 2.53 .916 22nd 8th 14th 1306 65 0 2.99 .908
AHL total 122 68 42 8th 7079 284 7th 2.41 .928 10 4th 6th 595 38 0 3.83 .888
NHL overall 151 60 59 12 7994 327 10 2.45 .918 6th 1 4th 265 12 0 2.72 .918

International

year team event result Sp S. N U Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2001 Canada West U17-WHC 4th 5 2 2 0 300 19th 0 4.33
2002 Canada U18 World Cup 6th 2 2 0 0 120 2 0 1.00 .967
2004 Canada U20 World Cup Silver medal 1 1 0 0 60 0 1 0.00 1,000
2009 Canada WM Silver medal Without any effort
Juniors overall 8th 5 2 0 480 21st 1 2.63

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

social commitment

Harding began his social commitment as a junior with the Regina Pats, when he launched the Saves for a Cure program in the 2003/04 season . He donated a dollar to the palliative care unit in Regina for every shot taken and also won local companies for his campaign. In November 2006, his older sister Stephanie was diagnosed with breast cancer, and Harding started a website selling merchandise for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation . Among other things, Wayne Gretzky donated a signed bat for the auction. He also wanted to raise awareness of the disease by painting his helmet with pink ribbons.

After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in November 2012, Harding found it difficult to gather information about the disease. He then started the non-profit organization Harding's Hope to increase understanding of MS among the population. He also wants to support other people who suffer from the disease with donations and be at their side.

Web links

Commons : Josh Harding  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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