Mark Giordano

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Mark Giordano
Date of birth 3rd October 1983
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 92 kg
position defender
number # 5
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2001-2002 Brampton Capitals
2002-2004 Owen Sound Attack
2004-2007 Calgary Flames
2007-2008 HK Dynamo Moscow
since 2008 Calgary Flames

Mark Giordano (born October 3, 1983 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey defender of Italian descent. Since July 2008 he has been under contract with the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League and has been captain of the team since 2013 . In 2019 he received the James Norris Memorial Trophy for best defensive player in the NHL.

Career

Beginnings in the youth sector (2001-2004)

Mark Giordano first played from 2001 to 2002 with the Brampton Capitals in the lower class Canadian junior league Ontario Junior Hockey League . In his only season with the team, the defender won the Buckland Cup with the Capitals when they defeated the Wellington Dukes in six encounters in the final series and won the provincial championship of the second-highest junior level in Ontario. The left shooter spent the following two seasons with the Owen Sound Attack in the Ontario Hockey League . There Giordano convinced in his preferred role as an offensive defender and was by far the best defender in the Owen Sound Attack jersey in the two OHL seasons 2002/03 and 2003/04 , with the Canadian among the ten most successful scorers among the defenders in the league. After completing his rookie season , Giordano was appointed to the selection team of the best newcomers of the Ontario Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League . In contrast, the team successes remained rather modest, which was also reflected in Giordano's relatively even plus / minus balance. Although they made it into the OHL finals, the Owen Sound Attack failed in the first round.

First engagement with the Calgary Flames and move to Dynamo Moscow (2004–2008)

Subsequently, Giordano, who was never drafted , was signed by the Calgary Flames as a free agent in July 2004 . Initially, the defender played for the two then farm teams of the Flames, the Lowell Lock Monsters and the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights from the American Hockey League . During the 2005/06 season , on January 30, 2006 in the game against the St. Louis Blues , the Canadian made his debut in the National Hockey League for Calgary. In total, he came to seven missions in his first NHL season. The Canadian finished the 2005/06 AHL season with 16 hits and 42 assists as the best scorer of the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. Throughout the league, the left-handed shooter took fourth place among defenders.

On October 14, 2006, he scored his first two NHL goals in an away game with the Toronto Maple Leafs , in his hometown of all places. On August 28, 2007, Giordano rejected a two-way contract for the Flames and their farm team. He then signed a contract with HK Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Super League , for which a total of 50 games played in the 2007/08 season and marked 12 points scorer.

Return to the Calgary Flames (since 2008)

In the summer of 2008 Giordano returned to the Flames after accepting a three-year contract exclusively for the NHL team. In the following season , the Canadian completed a total of 58 games for the Flames, before a shoulder injury sustained in the game against the Minnesota Wild put him out of action for the rest of the season in February 2008 . The 2009/10 season he finished with 41 scorer points and a plus / minus member and not of +17 for the Flames and was then in January 2010 by the prestigious North American Hockey - trade magazine The Hockey News as one of the most underrated players in the National Hockey League elected.

In October 2010, the Canadians extended his contract with the Flames for five years and it gets an annual salary of 4.02 million US dollars . The following season was to be one of the most successful in Giordano's career, with 43 points scorer in 82 games, his season with the highest points in the NHL to date. For the 2011/12 season , the left shooter was appointed one of the Flames' assistant captains, but was only able to play 61 season games due to a hamstring tear . In the summer of 2013, Giordano was named the 19th team captain in the history of the Flames as the successor to Jarome Iginla . Right at the beginning of the 2013/14 season , the defensive player suffered a broken ankle when blocking an opponent's end and had to pause for 18 games as a result.

In the following year Giordano had a significant share in the interim sporting success of the Flames with strong offensive performances. In November 2014 he was named Player of the Month in the NHL and took part in the All-Star Game in January 2015 . A month later, the defender completed his 500th game in the NHL in beating the Winnipeg Jets . Overall, Giordano achieved a new personal best with 48 points scorer before he suffered a ruptured biceps tendon in the game against the New Jersey Devils at the end of February and was out for the rest of the season. The Canadian increased this record to 56 points the following year before reaching the playoffs for the first time in ten years with the Flames in the 2016/17 season.

In the 2018/19 season, Giordano recorded his previous career record with 74 scorer points and also led the entire league in the plus / minus statistics (+39). The NHL Plus / Minus Award is no longer officially awarded. In addition, he was awarded the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defender and was named to the NHL First All-Star Team .

International

Giordano played for Team Canada during the Spengler Cup in 2007 and contributed to the Canadian team's tournament win with two assists. Giordano was also part of the national team at the 2008 World Cup . However, it was not used there. For the 2010 World Cup , the defender was called up again in the squad and was on the ice in all seven games of the Canadians, with Giordano contributing three goals and one assist to the quarter-finals.

Style of play

Giordano is considered an excellent skater , with his offensive skills being particularly valuable. It is also used in numerous outnumbered situations, while it shows weaknesses in all-round situations. He often lacks the ability to assert himself against physically strong players, although Giordano, as a strongly built defender, is one of the leading players in Calgary. In particular, his commitment and work ethic are praised by teammates and coaches in Calgary, Giordano is still considered one of the elementary components of the team and consequently acts as the captain of the Flames.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 Brampton Capitals OPJHL 48 11 26th 37 59
2002/03 Owen Sound Attack OHL 68 18th 30th 48 109 4th 1 3 4th 2
2003/04 Owen Sound Attack OHL 65 14th 35 49 72 7th 1 3 4th 5
2004/05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 66 6th 10 16 85 11 0 1 1 41
2005/06 Calgary Flames NHL 7th 0 1 1 8th - - - - -
2005/06 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 73 16 42 58 141 - - - - -
2006/07 Calgary Flames NHL 48 7th 8th 15th 36 4th 1 0 1 0
2006/07 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights AHL 5 0 2 2 8th 3 0 1 1 2
2007/08 HK Dynamo Moscow Super league 50 4th 8th 12 89 9 1 5 6th 35
2008/09 Calgary Flames NHL 58 2 17th 19th 59 - - - - -
2009/10 Calgary Flames NHL 82 11 19th 30th 81 - - - - -
2010/11 Calgary Flames NHL 82 8th 35 43 67 - - - - -
2011/12 Calgary Flames NHL 61 9 18th 27 75 - - - - -
2012/13 Calgary Flames NHL 47 4th 11 15th 40 - - - - -
2013/14 Calgary Flames NHL 64 14th 33 47 63 - - - - -
2014/15 Calgary Flames NHL 61 11 37 48 37 - - - - -
2015/16 Calgary Flames NHL 82 21st 35 56 54 - - - - -
2016/17 Calgary Flames NHL 81 12 27 39 59 4th 0 1 1 2
2017/18 Calgary Flames NHL 82 13 25th 38 63 - - - - -
2018/19 Calgary Flames NHL 78 17th 57 74 69 5 0 2 2 0
2019/20 Calgary Flames NHL 60 5 26th 31 34 10 0 3 3 12
OPJHL total 48 11 26th 37 59
OHL total 133 32 65 97 181 11 2 6th 8th 7th
AHL total 144 22nd 54 76 234 14th 0 2 2 43
NHL overall 893 134 349 483 745 23 1 6th 7th 14th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2010 Canada WM 7th place 7th 3 1 4th 10
Men overall 7th 3 1 4th 10

( 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

Commons : Mark Giordano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Metro News Canada: Ep. 6: FLAMES UP CLOSE with Ryan Leslie, guest Mark Giordano - Metro Calgary. In: metronews.ca. January 23, 2017, accessed January 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g flames.nhl.com, Calgary Flames Media Guide 2011–2012, pp. 59–60 (PDF file; 18.8 MB)
  3. ↑ bramptonguardian.com, Dan Robson recalls playing with Mark Giordano
  4. ↑ ontariohockeyleague.com, Mark Giordano - OHL-Stats ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ontariohockeyleague.com
  5. ↑ canada.com, Giordano to sign three-year deal with Flames, sources say ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.canada.com
  6. ↑ cbc.ca Injured Flames return home
  7. ↑ slam.canoe.ca, Gio's game scores extra ink
  8. ↑ tsn.ca, Flames sign Giordano to five-year contract extension
  9. ↑ calgaryherald.com Giordano new captain of Flames
  10. ↑ nhl.com Giordano, Tarasenko, Rinne named stars of November
  11. ↑ calgarysun.com Flames snapshots - Mark Giordano celebrates 500th career NHL game ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.calgarysun.com
  12. ↑ cbc.ca Mark Giordano to have surgery, miss rest of Flames' season
  13. ↑ slam.canoe.ca, Giordano off to Worlds
  14. ↑ thehockeynews.com, Mark Giordano - Player Profiles
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personal data
SURNAME Giordano, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario