Ken Baumgartner

Ken Baumgartner
Date of birth	March 11, 1966
place of birth	Flin Flon , Manitoba , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	Left wing / defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1985 , 12th lap, 245th position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1982-1983	Swift Current Broncos
1983-1986	Prince Albert Raiders
1986-1987	EHC Chur New Haven Nighthawks
1987-1989	Los Angeles Kings
1989-1992	New York Islanders
1992-1996	Toronto Maple Leafs
1996-1997	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1997-1999	Boston Bruins

Kenneth James Baumgartner (born March 11, 1966 in Flin Flon , Manitoba ) is a former Swiss - Canadian ice hockey player (defender / left winger) and coach who worked for the Los Angeles Kings , New York Islanders , Toronto Maple Leafs , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Boston Bruins played in the National Hockey League .

Career

On January 4, 1988 Ken Baumgartner played as the first player with a Swiss passport to play in the National Hockey League . On March 19, 1988, he scored his first goal against the Detroit Red Wings . In total, Baumgartner played over 700 games and collected over 2000 penalty minutes. At the beginning of his professional career, the grandson of Swiss emigrants spent a season in Switzerland with the EHC Chur together with his brother Kevin ( goalkeeper ) .

Baumgartner owes his many penalty minutes to his role as enforcer . The educated banker (graduated in economics) was for a long time Vice-President of the NHLPA players' union and played a key role in the settlement of the first NHL lockout from 1994-95.

Immediately after the end of his career, the Boston Bruins took him over as an assistant coach for a season.

Achievements and Awards

• 1984 WHL Scholastic Player of the Year
• 1985 Memorial Cup win with the Prince Albert Raiders

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1983/84	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		75	1	6th	7th	203		4th	0	0	0	23
1984/85	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		60	3	9	12	252		13	1	3	4th	89
	Prince Albert Raiders	M-Cup								4th	0	0	0	80
1985/86	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		70	4th	23	27	277		20th	3	9	12	112
1986/97	EHC Chur	NLA		36	2	3	5	85		-	-	-	-	-
	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		13	0	3	3	99		6th	0	0	0	60
1987/88	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		30th	2	3	5	189		5	0	1	1	28
	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		48	1	5	6th	181		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		49	1	3	4th	288		5	0	0	0	8th
	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		10	1	3	4th	26th		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		12	1	0	1	28		-	-	-	-	-
	New York Islanders	NHL		53	0	5	5	194		4th	0	0	0	27
1990/91	New York Islanders	NHL		78	1	6th	7th	282		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	New York Islanders	NHL		44	0	1	1	202		-	-	-	-	-
	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		11	0	0	0	23		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		63	1	0	1	155		7th	1	0	1	0
1993/94	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		64	4th	4th	8th	185		10	0	0	0	18th
1994/95	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		2	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		60	2	3	5	152		-	-	-	-	-
	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		12	0	1	1	41		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		67	0	11	11	182		11	0	1	1	11
1997/98	Boston Bruins	NHL		82	0	1	1	199		6th	0	0	0	14th
1998/99	Boston Bruins	NHL		69	1	3	4th	119		3	0	0	0	0
WHL overall				205	8th	38	46	732		37	4th	12	16	224
AHL total				71	2	11	13	306		6th	0	0	0	60
NHL overall				696	13	41	54	2244		51	1	2	3	106
NLA total				36	2	3	5	85		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Ken Baumgartner at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ken Baumgartner at legendsofhockey.net (English)