Raffi Torres

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Raffi Torres
Date of birth October 8, 1981
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 1st round, 5th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1998-2001 Brampton Battalion
2001-2003 New York Islanders
2003-2008 Edmonton Oilers
2008-2010 Columbus Blue Jackets
2010 Buffalo Sabers
2010-2011 Vancouver Canucks
2011-2013 Phoenix Coyotes
2013-2016 San Jose Sharks
2016 San Jose Barracuda

Raphael "Raffi" Torres (born October 8, 1981 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 703 games for the New York Islanders , Edmonton Oilers , Columbus Blue Jackets , Buffalo Sabers during his active career between 1998 and 2016 , Vancouver Canucks , Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position .

Career

Raffi Torres began his career as a hockey player with the Brampton Battalion , for which he was active from 1998 to 2001 in the Ontario Hockey League . During this time he was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft as the fifth player in total by the New York Islanders , for whom he played in the National Hockey League from 2001 to 2003 . Mostly he came to the two seasons, however, for their farm team , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers from the American Hockey League (AHL). Then the attacker was Edmonton Oilers made, for which he played the next five years in the NHL, and with whom he in the 2005/06 season , the final of the Stanley Cup reached, in which he and his team the Carolina Hurricanes defeated . On July 1, 2008 Torres was transferred to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Gilbert Brulé , for which he scored 20 scorer points, including eight goals, in 51 regular season games in the 2008/09 season . He also scored two assists in four games during the Columbus Blue Jackets' first playoff participation.

In March 2010 it was given to the Buffalo Sabers in exchange for Nathan Paetsch . In August 2010, Torres signed a one-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent . On July 1, 2011, he agreed on a long-term contract with the Phoenix Coyotes .

On April 21, 2012, Torres was suspended for an irregular check against the head of Chicago's Marián Hossa for the duration of 25 NHL games, the fifth-longest suspension in league history. At the trade deadline on April 3, 2013, it was given to the San Jose Sharks . The striker stayed there for the 2013/14 season before he was completely out of action the following year due to an injury to the cruciate ligaments .

After another check against Jakob Silfverberg's head in a preparatory game against the Anaheim Ducks in October 2015, Torres was suspended for 41 games - half of the season. This was the longest suspension issued by the NHL; Torres also had to pay a fine of $ 440,000. Thus Torres did not return to the Sharks squad until January 2016 and was initially handed over to the San Jose Barracuda , the Sharks farm team from the AHL. A little later, as well as a second-round vote for the Entry Drafts 2017 and 2018, he was given to the Toronto Maple Leafs , who in return sent Nick Spaling and Roman Polák to San Jose. In the same breath, the Maple Leafs awarded him to the San Jose Barracuda until the end of the 2015/16 season. Due to persistent problems with the operated knee, Torres did not play any more games following the transfer deal. In November 2016, he finally announced the official end of his active career.

International

For Canada Torres took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2001 , where he won the bronze medal with his team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1998/99 Brampton Battalion OHL 62 35 27 62 32 - - - - -
1999/00 Brampton Battalion OHL 68 43 48 91 40 6th 5 2 7th 23
2000/01 Brampton Battalion OHL 55 33 37 70 76 8th 7th 4th 11 19th
2001/02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 59 20th 10 30th 45 20th 8th 9 17th 26th
2001/02 New York Islanders NHL 14th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
2002/03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 49 17th 15th 32 54 - - - - -
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 17th 0 5 5 10 - - - - -
2002/03 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 11 1 7th 8th 14th 23 6th 1 7th 29
2003/04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 80 20th 14th 34 65 - - - - -
2004/05 Edmonton Road Runners AHL 67 21st 25th 46 165 - - - - -
2005/06 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 27 14th 41 50 22nd 4th 7th 11 16
2006/07 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 15th 19th 34 88 - - - - -
2007/08 Edmonton Oilers NHL 32 5 6th 11 36 - - - - -
2008/09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 51 12 8th 20th 23 4th 0 2 2 2
2009/10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 60 19th 12 31 32 - - - - -
2009/10 Buffalo Sabers NHL 14th 0 5 5 2 4th 0 2 2 12
2010/11 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 14th 15th 29 78 23 3 4th 7th 28
2011/12 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 79 15th 11 26th 83 3 1 1 2 2
2012/13 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 28 5 7th 12 13 - - - - -
2012/13 San Jose Sharks NHL 11 2 4th 6th 4th 5 1 0 1 2
2013/14 San Jose Sharks NHL 5 3 2 5 7th 7th 2 1 3 18th
2014/15 San Jose Sharks NHL not played because of cruciate ligament injury
2015/16 San Jose Barracuda AHL 6th 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
OHL total 185 111 112 223 148 14th 12 6th 18th 42
AHL total 192 59 57 116 283 43 14th 10 24 55
NHL overall 635 137 123 260 497 68 11 17th 28 80

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2001 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 3 2 5 10
Juniors overall 7th 3 2 5 10

( 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 : Raffi Torres  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Canucks sign free agent Torres to 1-year, $ 1M deal
  2. ^ Message on the Phoenix Coyotes homepage
  3. ↑ Sharks' Torres suspended 41 games for a preseason hit. nhl.com, October 5, 2015, accessed October 5, 2015 .
  4. ^ Maple Leafs complete trade with San Jose. mapleleafs.nhl.com, February 22, 2016, accessed February 22, 2016 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Torres, Raffi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Torres, Raphael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario, Canada