Kyle McLaren

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Kyle McLaren
Date of birth June 18, 1977
place of birth Coaldale , Alberta , Canada
Nickname Big Mac
size 193 cm
Weight 105 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 1st lap, 9th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1993-1995 Tacoma Rockets
1995-2003 Boston Bruins
2003-2008 San Jose Sharks
2008-2009 Worcester Sharks

Kyle Edgar McLaren (born June 18, 1977 in Coaldale , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 789 games for the Boston Bruins and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League in the course of his active career between 1993 and 2009 of the defense attorney has denied. In 1996, McLaren was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team .

Career

McLaren began his junior career in 1993 in the Western Hockey League with the Tacoma Rockets . After a mixed rookie season, the defensive defender increased in his second and final season, which led to him being selected in the first round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in ninth place by the Boston Bruins .

McLaren (left) in a duel with Jeff Friesen of the Calgary Flames

The Canadian made the leap into the regular Bruins squad for the 1995/96 season and remained loyal to them for the following seven years. In his NHL rookie season, the officials appointed him to the league's all-rookie team because of his performance . The decisive factor was that he had ended the season with a value of +16 in the plus / minus statistics. His best year in terms of points in Boston he had in the 1997/98 season when he scored 25 points in 66 games, the following year it was 24 points in just 52 games. After McLaren had been out for a long time in the 2001/02 season due to a chest and wrist injury and had only played 38 games, the management of the Boston Bruins offered him a contract extension during the summer break at significantly worse terms than before. The defender, who was not satisfied with it, subsequently refused to continue playing for the Bruins and obtained a transfer to the San Jose Sharks in January 2003 , which in return gave Jeff Jillson and Jeff Hackett to Boston. At the San Jose Sharks, McLaren quickly developed, alongside Scott Hannan , to become a leader in the team's defensive team, which is peppered with young players. Even in his offensive production, after initial problems, he was able to build on the best times in Boston. In the 2007/08 season, however , numerous injuries and knee problems limited his playing times. During this time, the other defensive-minded defenders in Team McLaren's place filled well, causing him to temporarily lose his regular place in the defensive network.

McLaren's time with the Sharks finally ended in October 2008 just before the start of the 2008-09 season when he was put on the waiver list. That summer, San Jose had tried unsuccessfully to get him involved in a transfer deal. Due to various new signings on the defensive, the Sharks no longer had any use for the injury-prone Canadian, whose salary also gave the club no scope for further transfers. Since no team signed him off the waiver list within 24 hours, those responsible sent him to the Worcester Sharks , the San Joses farm team , in the American Hockey League . After McLaren had spent most of the season there, but was also absent due to injury, management finally managed to find a new employer for the Canadian on March 4, 2009 in exchange for a six-round draft right in the Philadelphia Flyers . However, there he failed the medical test, whereupon the Flyers canceled the transfer. As a result, McLaren withdrew from active professional sport.

International

McLaren played at the 2001 World Cup for his native Canada , with which he finished fifth.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1993/94 Tacoma Rockets WHL 62 1 9 10 53 6th 1 4th 5 6th
1994/95 Tacoma Rockets WHL 47 13 19th 32 68 4th 1 1 2 4th
1995/96 Boston Bruins NHL 74 5 12 17th 73 5 0 0 0 14th
1996/97 Boston Bruins NHL 58 5 9 14th 54 - - - - -
1997/98 Boston Bruins NHL 66 5 20th 25th 56 6th 1 0 1 4th
1998/99 Boston Bruins NHL 52 6th 18th 24 48 12 0 3 3 10
1999/00 Boston Bruins NHL 71 8th 11 19th 67 - - - - -
2000/01 Boston Bruins NHL 58 5 12 17th 53 - - - - -
2001/02 Boston Bruins NHL 38 0 8th 8th 19th 4th 0 0 0 20th
2002/03 San Jose Sharks NHL 33 0 8th 8th 30th - - - - -
2003/04 San Jose Sharks NHL 64 2 22nd 24 60 16 0 3 3 10
2004/05 without a contract without a team due to NHL lockout
2005/06 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 2 21st 23 66 11 0 3 3 4th
2006/07 San Jose Sharks NHL 67 5 12 17th 61 11 0 4th 4th 10
2007/08 San Jose Sharks NHL 61 3 8th 11 84 5 0 0 0 6th
2008/09 Worcester Sharks AHL 22nd 1 6th 7th 19th 7th 0 1 1 2
WHL overall 109 14th 28 42 121 10 2 5 7th 10
NHL overall 719 46 161 207 671 70 1 13 14th 78

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2001 Canada WM 5th place 7th 0 2 2 2
Men overall 7th 0 2 2 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 McLaren, Kyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McLaren, Kyle Edgar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Coaldale , Alberta, Canada