Matt Henderson

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United StatesUnited States  Matt Henderson Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 1, 1974
place of birth White Bear Lake , Minnesota , USA
size 184 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1992-1994 St. Paul Vulcans
1994-1998 University of North Dakota
1998-1999 Milwaukee Admirals
1999-2000 Philadelphia Phantoms
2000-2003 Norfolk Admirals
2003-2004 Iserlohn Roosters

Matthew Henderson (* 1. March 1974 in White Bear Lake , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey players , among others in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators and Chicago Blackhawks and in the German Ice Hockey League for the Iserlohn Roosters was active .

Career

Henderson began his career in 1992 in the United States Hockey League with the St. Paul Vulcans. After two years in the most important junior league in the United States , he began studying at the University of North Dakota and played on the university team, the Fighting Sioux in the NCAA . In his third year he won the championship with his team and was also voted best player of the final tournament.

In July 1998 he signed his first professional contract as a free agent with the Nashville Predators . Henderson spent most of his rookie season on the Predators' farm team , the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League . He was also on the NHL squad twice , although he was never selected by a team in the NHL Entry Draft . After the season he was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers , in return Paul Healey moved to the Predators. In the organization of the Flyers, however, he only played for the Philadelphia Phantoms in the American Hockey League and for the Trenton Titans in the East Coast Hockey League . From the 2000/01 season he played three years for the AHL team of the Norfolk Admirals and came in the 2001/02 season to four NHL games for the Chicago Blackhawks .

Then he moved to Europe to the Iserlohn Roosters in the German Ice Hockey League . After the 2003-04 season , Henderson ended his professional career at the age of 30 to accept a job offer outside of ice hockey.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 St. Paul Vulcans USHL 45 14th 19th 33 83
1993/94 St. Paul Vulcans USHL 44 23 17th 40 111
1994/95 University of North Dakota NCAA 19th 1 3 4th 16 - - - - -
1995/96 University of North Dakota NCAA 36 9 10 19th 34 2 0 1 1 0
1996/97 University of North Dakota NCAA 42 14th 17th 31 71 7th 5 4th 9 10
1997/98 University of North Dakota NCAA 38 24 14th 38 74 5 2 2 4th 4th
1998/99 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1998/99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 77 19th 29 38 117 2 0 0 0 0
1999/00 Trenton Titans ECHL 16 2 4th 6th 47 - - - - -
1999/00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 51 4th 8th 12 37 5 0 0 0 4th
2000/01 Norfolk Admirals AHL 78 14th 24 38 80 9 1 1 2 16
2001/02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2001/02 Norfolk Admirals AHL 74 21st 28 49 90 4th 0 0 0 6th
2002/03 Norfolk Admirals AHL 77 18th 29 47 95 1 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 51 11 12 23 105 - - - - -
NHL overall 6th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
AHL total 280 57 89 146 302 19th 1 1 2 26th
DEL total 51 11 12 23 105 - - - - -

( 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 )

Others

Henderson named Wayne Gretzky as his role model, and named Steve Yzerman and Sergei Fjodorow as the best players he played against . In his spare time he plays golf , baseball , soccer and tennis .

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personal data
SURNAME Henderson, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henderson, Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH White Bear Lake , Minnesota, Minnesota