Matthew Walker (ice hockey player)
Date of birth | April 7, 1980 |
place of birth | Beaverlodge , Alberta , Canada |
size | 188 cm |
Weight | 107 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1998 , 3rd round, 83rd position St. Louis Blues |
Career stations | |
1997-2000 | Portland Winter Hawks |
2000 | Kootenay Ice |
2000-2008 | St. Louis Blues |
2008-2009 | Chicago Blackhawks |
2009-2010 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
2010–2012 |
Philadelphia Flyers Adirondack Phantoms |
Matthew "Matt" Walker (born April 7, 1980 in Beaverlodge , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 335 games for the St. Louis Blues , Chicago Blackhawks , Tampa Bay Lightning and among others between 1997 and 201x Philadelphia Flyers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . But Walker also spent a large part of his career in the American Hockey League , where he played another 234 games.
Career
Walker began his career in 1997 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League with the Portland Winter Hawks , with whom he won the President's Cup in his first season . Then you were eligible to play the Memorial Cup , which you also, after a final victory against the champions of the Ontario Hockey League , the Guelph Storm , won. In the summer of 1998 he was selected during the NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues in the third round in a total of 83rd position. Walker then stayed for another two years in the WHL before moving to the American Hockey League for the Worcester IceCats , the then farm team of the Blues, for the 2000/01 season. Two years later, during the 2002/03 season , he got the chance to prove himself in the NHL. Ultimately, he completed 16 games for the St. Louis Blues, in which the right-shooter was able to achieve a scorer point.
After another 15 NHL appearances in the following season, he spent the 2004/05 season , which was canceled due to the lockout , completely in the AHL with the IceCats. With the beginning of the 2005/06 season , Walker was able to establish himself in the squad of the St. Louis Blues and consequently came to 54 games in which he scored two assists . He scored his first goal in the National Hockey League on February 17, 2008, during a game of his Blues against the Columbus Blue Jackets . After his contract expired after the 2007/08 season and was not renewed, he moved to the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent .
In July 2010, Walker was delivered to the Philadelphia Flyers along with a four-round draft pick . In return, the Tampa Bay Lightning got Simon Gagné . With the Flyers and their farm team, the Adirondack Phantoms , the defender came to sporadic missions until the end of the 2011/12 season due to injuries to his hips and back, before he declared his career at the age of 32 for an end.
Achievements and Awards
- 1998 President's Cup win with the Portland Winter Hawks
- 1998 Memorial Cup win with the Portland Winter Hawks
- 2000 President's Cup win with the Kootenay Ice
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1997/98 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 64 | 2 | 13 | 15th | 124 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | ||
1998 | Portland Winter Hawks | Memorial Cup | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
1998/99 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 64 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 151 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
1999/00 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 38 | 2 | 7th | 9 | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1999/00 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 31 | 4th | 19th | 23 | 53 | 21st | 5 | 13 | 18th | 24 | ||
2000 | Kootenay Ice | Memorial Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
2000/01 | Peoria Rivermen | ECHL | 8th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 61 | 4th | 8th | 12 | 131 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
2001/02 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 49 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 164 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | ||
2002/03 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 40 | 1 | 8th | 9 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 14th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2003/04 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2004/05 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 20th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2005/06 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006/07 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 48 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006/07 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2007/08 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008/09 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 65 | 1 | 13 | 14th | 79 | 17th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14th | ||
2009/10 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 66 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 33 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
WHL overall | 197 | 9 | 49 | 58 | 425 | 41 | 5 | 14th | 19th | 51 | ||||
AHL total | 220 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 453 | 14th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||||
NHL overall | 314 | 4th | 26th | 30th | 464 | 21st | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14th |
( 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
- Matthew Walker at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Matthew Walker at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Matthew Walker at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Walker, Matthew |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walker, Matt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Beaverlodge , Alberta |