Ray Whitney
Date of birth | May 8, 1972 |
place of birth | Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta , Canada |
Nickname | The Wizard |
size | 178 cm |
Weight | 82 kg |
position | Left wing |
number | # 13 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1991 , 1st lap, 23rd position San Jose Sharks |
Career stations | |
1988-1991 | Spokane Chiefs |
1991 |
Hockey Canada Cologne EC |
1991-1992 | San Diego Gulls |
1992-1997 | San Jose Sharks |
1997 | Edmonton Oilers |
1997-2001 | Florida panthers |
2001-2003 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
2003-2005 | Detroit Red Wings |
2005-2010 | Carolina Hurricanes |
2010–2012 | Phoenix Coyotes |
2012-2014 | Dallas Stars |
Raymond D. "Ray" Whitney (born May 8, 1972 in Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and sport who played 1438 games for the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers in the course of his active career between 1988 and 2014 , Florida Panthers , Columbus Blue Jackets , Detroit Red wings , Carolina Hurricanes , Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger has denied. Whitney celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Carolina Hurricanes by winning the Stanley Cup in 2006 .
Career
Whitney played during his junior career from 1988 with the Spokane Chiefs in the Western Hockey League , one of the major junior leagues in North America. In the 1990/91 season, the right -handed shooter was elected to the league's all-star team and named best player of the year.
For the 1991/92 season he moved to the Kölner Haien . He left this but after a few games and signed a contract with the newly founded San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League , of which he had been selected a total of 23rd place in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft . He played for the Californians and their farm teams until 1997 , before moving to the Edmonton Oilers . Shortly after the start of the 1997/98 season he moved on to the Florida Panthers and in 2000 to the Columbus Blue Jackets , for which he was active for three more years and in the meantime acted as team captain.
The 2003/04 season Whitney spent with the Detroit Red Wings , a year later he did not play due to the lockout . In 2005/06 he joined the Carolina Hurricanes for two years . The greatest success of his career Whitney celebrated in the 2005/06 season , in which he won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes . In 2000 and 2003 he was named to the NHL All-Star Game . On July 1, 2010, he signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes .
On March 31, 2012, he scored in his 1,226th NHL game in the regular season, a goal and an assist against the Anaheim Ducks and reached the mark of 1,000 points as the 79th player in the history of the league .
After the 2011/12 season , Whitney became a free agent and signed a two-year deal with the Dallas Stars . His contract expired in June 2014, which meant that he was now looking for a new employer as a free agent . In January 2015, he announced the end of his active career. He got 1064 points scorer in 1330 NHL missions. After his career ended, he worked as a scout for his ex-team from Carolina between 2015 and 2018 .
Achievements and Awards
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Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1988/89 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 71 | 17th | 33 | 50 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1989/90 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 71 | 57 | 56 | 113 | 50 | 6th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 6th | ||
1990/91 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 72 | 67 | 118 | 185 | 36 | 15th | 13 | 18th | 31 | 12 | ||
1991 | Spokane Chiefs | Memorial Cup | 4th | 5 | 6th | 11 | 4th | |||||||
1991/92 | Team Canada | International | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | |||||||
1991/92 | Cologne Sharks | Bundesliga | 10 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 4th | |||||||
1991/92 | San Diego Gulls | IHL | 63 | 36 | 54 | 90 | 12 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1991/92 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 46 | 20th | 33 | 53 | 14th | 12 | 5 | 7th | 12 | 2 | ||
1992/93 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 26th | 4th | 6th | 10 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993/94 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 61 | 14th | 26th | 40 | 14th | 14th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 8th | ||
1994/95 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 39 | 13 | 12 | 25th | 14th | 11 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 2 | ||
1995/96 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 60 | 17th | 24 | 41 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996/97 | Utah grizzlies | IHL | 43 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 34 | 7th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 6th | ||
1996/97 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 9 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996/97 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997/98 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1997/98 | Florida panthers | NHL | 68 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1998/99 | Florida panthers | NHL | 81 | 26th | 38 | 64 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1999/00 | Florida panthers | NHL | 81 | 29 | 42 | 71 | 35 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | ||
2000/01 | Florida panthers | NHL | 43 | 10 | 21st | 31 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2001/02 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 67 | 21st | 40 | 61 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 81 | 24 | 52 | 76 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 67 | 14th | 29 | 43 | 22nd | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 4th | ||
2004/05 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | not played because of lockout | |||||||||||
2005/06 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 63 | 17th | 38 | 55 | 42 | 18th | 8th | 4th | 12 | 4th | ||
2006/07 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 81 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2007/08 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 66 | 25th | 36 | 61 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008/09 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 32 | 18th | 3 | 8th | 11 | 4th | ||
2009/10 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 80 | 21st | 37 | 58 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 75 | 17th | 40 | 57 | 24 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
2011/12 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 24 | 53 | 77 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 10 | ||
2012/13 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 23 | 11 | 18th | 29 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 69 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 14th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
WHL overall | 214 | 141 | 207 | 348 | 102 | 21st | 16 | 22nd | 38 | 18th | ||||
IHL total | 152 | 69 | 122 | 191 | 60 | 23 | 8th | 8th | 16 | 8th | ||||
AHL total | 9 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
NHL overall | 1330 | 385 | 679 | 1064 | 465 | 108 | 21st | 32 | 53 | 48 |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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1998 | Canada | WM | 6th place | 6th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 4th | |
1999 | Canada | WM | 4th Place | 10 | 1 | 6th | 7th | 22nd | |
2002 | Canada | WM | 6th place | 7th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | |
2010 | Canada | WM | 7th place | 7th | 2 | 6th | 8th | 0 | |
Men overall | 30th | 8th | 17th | 25th | 28 |
( 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
In August 2016 he took as a caddy of Graham DeLaet , the golf tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in part.
Web links
- Ray Whitney at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Ray Whitney at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Ray Whitney at hockeydb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ coyotes.nhl.com, Coyotes sign Ray Whitney to Two-Year Contract
- ↑ Ice Hockey News , Whitney to Dallas ...
- ↑ espn.com: "Ray Whitney closes a terrific career" (English, January 21, 2015, accessed on January 21, 2015)
- ↑ Sport 1 : Golf: NHL star Ray Whitney is the caddy of his compatriot Graham DeLaet An NHL star as a golf caddy from August 13, 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Whitney, Ray |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Whitney, Raymond D. (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and scout |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta |