Matt Gilroy

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Matt Gilroy
Date of birth July 30, 1984
place of birth North Bellmore , New York , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
number # 97
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2000-2003 St. Mary's Gaels
2003-2004 New York Apple Core
2004-2005 Walpole Stars
2005-2009 Boston University
2009-2011 New York Rangers
2011–2012 Tampa Bay Lightning
2012 Ottawa Senators
2012-2013 Connecticut Whale
2013 New York Rangers
2013-2014 Florida Panthers
San Antonio Rampage
2014-2015 Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast
2015-2017 HK Spartak Moscow
2017-2018 Jokerite
2018-2019 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Matthew "Matt" Gilroy (born July 30, 1984 in North Bellmore , New York ) is a former American ice hockey player on the position of defender , who in the course of his playing career for the New York Rangers , Tampa Bay Lightning , Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers have played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Gilroy in the jersey of Boston University (2009)

Gilroy first played from 2000 to 2003 in the US state of New York for the high school team of St. Mary's Gaels , in the high school league system of the United States. Gilroy then went two seasons in the Eastern Junior Hockey League , a junior junior league in the United States, one season each for the New York Apple Core and Walpole Stars on the ice. From 2005, the defender was on the ice for the Boston University ice hockey team , for which he played four years in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In 2009 he won the NCAA American College Championship as the captain of Boston University and was honored with the Hobey Baker Memorial Award for best player of the season. After the season was over, he signed a two-year deal with the New York Rangers . On July 2, 2011 Gilroy received a free agent contract for one year with the Tampa Bay Lightning . On February 27, 2012 they transferred him to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Brian Lee . The following season he received a contract with the New York Rangers, but played during the NHL lockout in the 2012/13 season, first with the Connecticut Whale in the American Hockey League , before joining the team's NHL roster in January 2013 was called. In July 2013, Gilroy signed a new two-way contract for one year with the Florida Panthers .

Before the 2014/15 season, Gilroy moved to Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast in the Continental Hockey League . Due to financial problems, Atlant withdrew from the game operation after the 2014/15 season and Gilroy moved with a few other players to HK Spartak Moscow , who took over Atlants KHL starting place. For Spartak he completed a total of 106 KHL games in the following two game years, in which he collected a total of 53 scorer points. In July 2017 he moved to Jokerit within the KHL . He ended his career in Switzerland with the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers .

Gilroy wore jersey number 97 in honor of his brother Timmy, who died at the age of twelve.

International

For the USA , Gilroy took part in the 2010 World Cup in Germany. Eight years later, he was part of Team USA's squad at the 2018 Winter Olympics , where the team that competed without an NHL player finished seventh.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2007 Hockey East First All-Star Team
  • 2007 NCAA Second All-American Team
  • 2008 Hockey East First All-Star Team
  • 2008 NCAA First All-American Team
  • 2009 NCAA Division I Championship with Boston University

Career statistics

Gilroy in the jersey of Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast (2014)
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2004/05 Walpole Stars EJHL 55 24 29 53 20th
2005/06 Boston University NCAA 36 2 6th 8th 8th
2006/07 Boston University NCAA 39 9 17th 26th 14th
2007/08 Boston University NCAA 40 6th 15th 21st 12
2008/09 Boston University NCAA 45 8th 29 37 12
2009/10 New York Rangers NHL 69 4th 11 15th 23 - - - - -
2009/10 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 5 0 4th 4th 4th - - - - -
2010/11 New York Rangers NHL 58 3 8th 11 14th 5 1 0 1 2
2011/12 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 53 2 15th 17th 16 - - - - -
2011/12 Ottawa Senators NHL 14th 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0
2012/13 New York Rangers NHL 15th 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
2012/13 Connecticut Whale AHL 34 6th 9 15th 14th - - - - -
2013/14 Florida panthers NHL 16 1 1 2 6th - - - - -
2013/14 San Antonio Rampage AHL 42 10 11 21st 0 - - - - -
2014/15 Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast KHL 60 9 24 33 14th - - - - -
2015/16 HK Spartak Moscow KHL 49 6th 9 15th 12 - - - - -
2016/17 HK Spartak Moscow KHL 57 7th 31 38 8th - - - - -
2017/18 Jokerite KHL 55 7th 20th 27 10 9 1 10 11 0
2018/19 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NL 13 1 3 4th 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
NCAA overall 159 25th 66 91 46
AHL total 81 16 24 40 18th - - - - -
NHL overall 225 11 37 48 67 8th 1 0 1 2

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2010 United States WM 13th place 6th 3 1 4th 0
2018 United States Olympia 7th place 5 0 1 1 2
Men overall 11 3 2 5 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 )

Web links

Commons : Matt Gilroy  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spartak is back. In: iihf.com. June 9, 2015, accessed July 7, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Jokerit värvade effectively KHL-back. In: svenska.yle.fi. July 8, 2017, accessed July 11, 2017 (Finnish).
personal data
SURNAME Gilroy, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilroy, Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH North Bellmore , New York