Paul Ranger

Paul Ranger
Date of birth	September 12, 1984
place of birth	Whitby , Ontario , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	98 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 6th round, 183rd position Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
2000-2004	Oshawa Generals
2004-2005	Springfield Falcons
2005-2010	Tampa Bay Lightning
2012-2013	Toronto Marlies
2013-2014	Toronto Maple Leafs
2014-2015	Genève-Servette HC

Paul Ranger (born September 12, 1984 in Whitby , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Genève-Servette HC in the National League A.

Career

The 1.88 m tall defender began his career in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League with the Oshawa Generals , before he was selected in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft as 183rd in the sixth round of the Tampa Bay Lightning .

During the 2004/05 lockout season , the left-handed shooter was used for the first time with the Tampa Bay farm team Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League , after good performance in the American Hockey League he was part of the Tampa Bay Lightning squad in the following season . In 2007 Ranger was nominated for the YoungStars Game, which was part of the supporting program of the NHL All-Star Game , where he played for the Eastern Conference team .

For personal reasons, Ranger had missed almost the entire 2009/10 season and was only used in eight NHL games. In September 2010, the defender also did not participate in the Bolts training camp . Since he was not re-signed by December 1, the Canadian was not eligible for the entire season in the NHL.

After two seasons off, he returned to professional ice hockey and joined the Toronto Marlies from the American Hockey League for the 2012/13 season .

Because of his performance there, he was signed for the 2013-14 NHL season by the Maple Leafs. In March 2014, he was seriously injured in a game against his old club Tampa Bay Lightning. In July 2014, the defender signed a two-year contract with Genève-Servette HC from the National League A , which was however dissolved after the first season.

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2007 NHL YoungStars Game

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	Oshawa Generals	OHL		32	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Oshawa Generals	OHL		62	0	9	9	49		5	0	0	0	4th
2002/03	Oshawa Generals	OHL		68	10	28	38	70		13	0	3	3	10
2003/04	Oshawa Generals	OHL		62	12	31	43	72		7th	0	1	1	10
2004/05	Springfield Falcons	AHL		69	3	8th	11	46		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Springfield Falcons	AHL		1	1	2	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		76	1	17th	18th	58		5	2	4th	6th	0
2006/07	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		72	4th	24	28	42		6th	0	1	1	4th
2007/08	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		72	10	21st	31	56		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		42	2	11	13	56		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		8th	1	1	2	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	not played			-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	not played			-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Toronto Marlies	AHL		51	8th	17th	25th	54		9	2	2	4th	14th
2013/14	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		53	6th	8th	14th	36		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				224	22nd	69	91	193		25th	0	4th	4th	24
AHL total				121	12	27	39	100		9	2	2	4th	14th
NHL overall				323	24	82	106	254		11	2	5	7th	4th

( 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

• Paul Ranger at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Paul Ranger at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tampabay.com, Paul Ranger will not be at Lightning camp and the GM says roster set (for now) ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2011 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.