Ken Hodge Junior

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CanadaCanada  Ken Hodge Junior Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 13, 1966
place of birth Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 92 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 3rd round, 46th position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1984-1987 Boston College
1987-1990 Kalamazoo Wings
1990-1992 Boston Bruins
1992-1993 Tampa Bay Lightning
Atlanta Knights
San Diego Gulls
1993-1994 Binghamton Rangers
1994-1995 Kansas City Blades
1995-1996 Minnesota Moose
1996 EC Ratingen
1996-1998 Cardiff Devils

Kenneth David "Ken" Hodge junior (born April 13, 1966 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player of British origin, who played 157 games for the Minnesota North Stars , Boston Bruins and Tampa in the course of his playing career between 1984 and 1998 Bay Lightning has played in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . His father of the same name, Ken Hodge senior, was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Hodge, whose father of the same name won two Stanley Cups with the Boston Bruins in the 1970s , first played between 1982 and 1984 at St. John's Preparatory School , a high school in the US state of Massachusetts . From there he moved to Boston College in the summer of 1984 , where he spent the next three years parallel to his studies for the university team in Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his rookie year , Hodge impressed with 64 points and was named Rookie of the Year in the division. He was also selected in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in the third round in 46th position by the Minnesota North Stars from the National Hockey League . After a second year of college marked by injuries, the center forward was able to build on his performance before his injury-related break in his third year and led the team to win the division championship in spring 1987.

After his third year of college, Hodge switched to the professional field in the summer of 1987 when he signed a contract with the Minnesota North Stars. In the following three years, however, they mainly used the attacker in their farm team , the Kalamazoo Wings , in the International Hockey League , without making a permanent leap into the NHL during this time. He completed only five games for the North Stars during the 1988/89 season . It was only with the transfer to the Boston Bruins in August 1990 in exchange for a four-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 that Hodge managed to earn an NHL regular place in his father's ex-team. The striker impressed with 59 points - including 30 goals - in 70 appearances, which earned him a nomination for the NHL All-Rookie Team for the 1990/91 season . In the following year, Hodge could not build on the previous season and spent a quarter of the season with the Maine Mariners in the American Hockey League at the request of management . In September 1992, the paths between player and club parted after only two years when Hodge was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning together with Matt Hervey in exchange for Darin Kimble .

In Tampa, too, Hodge failed to repeat his rookie season and he completed only 25 more NHL games during the year. Mainly he went on the ice for the Atlanta Knights and San Diego Gulls in the 1992/93 season . After the season, the attacker left the Lightning and joined the New York Rangers as a free agent in the summer of 1993 . There he only played in the AHL farm team Binghamton Rangers . In the following years, Hodge also failed to return to the NHL. This was followed by one-year engagements with the Kansas City Blades and Minnesota Moose in the IHL between 1994 and 1996 before he moved to Europe.

Hodge first moved to the German Ice Hockey League , where he played six games for EC Ratingen . In the same season, however, he moved to the British Ice Hockey Superleague , in which he played for two years for the Welsh capital club Cardiff Devils , with whom he won the 1997 league title. After the 1997/98 season , the Canadian ended his active career at the age of 32 and retired from professional business.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1984/85 Boston College Hockey East 41 20th 44 64 28
1985/86 Boston College Hockey East 21st 11 17th 28 16
1986/87 Boston College Hockey East 37 29 33 62 30th
1987/88 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 70 15th 35 50 24 - - - - -
1988/89 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 72 26th 45 71 34 6th 1 5 6th 16
1988/89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 5 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1989/90 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 68 33 53 86 19th - - - - -
1990/91 Maine Mariners AHL 8th 7th 10 17th 2 - - - - -
1990/91 Boston Bruins NHL 70 30th 29 59 20th 15th 4th 6th 10 6th
1991/92 Maine Mariners AHL 19th 6th 11 17th 4th - - - - -
1991/92 Boston Bruins NHL 42 6th 11 17th 10 - - - - -
1992/93 Atlanta Knights IHL 16 10 17th 27 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 25th 2 7th 9 2 - - - - -
1992/93 San Diego Gulls IHL 30th 11 24 35 16 14th 4th 6th 10 6th
1993/94 Binghamton Rangers AHL 79 22nd 56 78 51 - - - - -
1994/95 Kansas City Blades IHL 62 15th 25th 40 18th 17th 4th 6th 10 4th
1995/96 Minnesota Moose IHL 75 14th 40 54 28 - - - - -
1996/97 EC Ratingen DEL 6th 1 3 4th 0 - - - - -
1996/97 Cardiff Devils BISL 34 16 29 45 6th 7th 1 4th 5 2
1997/98 Cardiff Devils BISL 32 10 19th 29 18th 9 4th 10 14th 0
NCAA overall 99 60 94 154 74
IHL total 393 124 239 363 139 47 14th 30th 44 28
AHL total 106 35 77 112 57 - - - - -
NHL overall 142 39 48 87 32 15th 4th 6th 10 6th
BISL total 66 26th 48 74 24 16 5 14th 19th 2

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Hodge, Ken Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hodge, Kenneth David junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario