Matt Hussey

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Matt Hussey
Date of birth May 28, 1979
place of birth New Haven , Connecticut , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 95 kg
position center
number # 11
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1998 , 9th lap, 254th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1998-2002 University of Wisconsin – Madison
2002-2006 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2006-2007 Grand Rapids Griffins
2007-2008 Lake Erie Monsters
2008 Jokerit Helsinki
2008-2009 Straubing Tigers
2009-2011 ERC Ingolstadt
2011-2013 Straubing Tigers
2013-2014 Nuremberg Ice Tigers

Matthew Hussey (born May 28, 1979 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American ice hockey player who last played in the German Ice Hockey League for the Nürnberg Ice Tigers .

Career

The Connecticut-born Hussey was selected during the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the ninth round in a total of 254th place. First he played in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a US college league in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , for the university team of the University of Wisconsin-Madison . In 2002 the Center joined the Penguins organization and was active in the American Hockey League in the 2002/03 season for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins . In the 2003/04 season , Hussey completed three games for Pittsburgh in the NHL and was able to achieve three points , the rest of the season he was used again in the AHL.

While the attacker only played for Wilkes-Barre in the following season, he was back 13 times for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2005/06 season . This season was his most successful to date in the AHL, as the American was the most successful scorer of his team with 34 points. In the 2006/07 season , the left shooter moved to the Detroit Red Wings , for whom he played five times in the NHL, but laced the skates for most of the season at the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL.

After the US-American was active for the Lake Erie Monsters in the AHL in the 2007/08 season , he moved to Europe during the season and signed a contract there with Jokerit Helsinki from the Finnish SM-liiga . In the summer of 2008, Hussey was signed by the Straubing Tigers from the German Ice Hockey League and given a one-year contract. For the 2009/10 season the center moved to league competitor ERC Ingolstadt , where he played until the end of the 2010/11 season. On October 17, 2011 Matt Hussey was taken back as a striker with the Straubing Tigers under contract.

From December 2013 until the end of the 2013/14 season, Hussey was under contract in the DEL with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1998/99 University of Wisconsin NCAA 37 10 5 15th 18th
1999/00 University of Wisconsin NCAA 35 5 11 16 8th
2000/01 University of Wisconsin NCAA 40 9 11 20th 24
2001/02 University of Wisconsin NCAA 39 18th 15th 33 16
2002/03 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 69 12 11 23 28 2 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 3 2 1 3 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 55 2 1 3 6th 6th 2 2 4th 0
2004/05 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 80 14th 14th 28 19th 10 1 2 3 2
2005/06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 13 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 65 21st 30th 51 34 9 1 0 1 0
2006/07 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2006/07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 75 15th 29 44 36 6th 1 1 2 2
2007/08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 37 8th 8th 16 18th - - - - -
2007/08 Jokerit Helsinki FNL 11 0 3 3 4th 11 0 0 0 0
2008/09 Straubing Tigers DEL 48 16 27 43 48 - - - - -
2009/10 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 51 20th 20th 40 26th 9 1 3 4th 6th
2010/11 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 51 15th 15th 30th 36 4th 0 2 2 0
2011/12 Straubing Tigers DEL 42 23 22nd 45 10 8th 2 2 4th 4th
2012/13 Straubing Tigers DEL 33 6th 9 15th 28 6th 2 1 3 0
2013/14 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 14th 2 10 12 18th 3 1 0 1 0
NCAA overall 151 42 42 84 66
AHL total 381 72 93 165 141 33 5 5 10 4th
NHL overall 21st 2 2 4th 2 0 0 0 0 0
DEL total 239 82 103 185 166 30th 1 8th 14th 10

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tigers react: Matt Hussey comes back. In: tigershockey.de. October 17, 2011, accessed October 19, 2011 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hussey, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hussey, Matthew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven , Connecticut, United States