Rhett Rakhshani

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Rhett Rakhshani
Date of birth March 6, 1988
place of birth Huntington Beach , California , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 4th round, 100th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
2004-2006 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2006-2010 University of Denver
2010–2012 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2012-2013 HV71
2013-2015 Vaxjo Lakers
2015-2016 Linköpings HC
2016-2018 Malmo Redhawks

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Rhett Rakhshani (born March 6, 1988 in Huntington Beach , California ) is an American - Iranian ice hockey player , who was last under contract with the Malmö Redhawks in the Svenska Hockeyligan .

Career

Rhett Rakhshani began his career as a hockey player in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , for which he was active from 2004 to 2006 in the junior division of the North American Hockey League . He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the fourth round as a total of 100th player by the New York Islanders . First, however, he attended the University of Denver for four years , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . With his team, he won the WCHA championship in 2008. He has also received numerous personal awards. Towards the end of the 2009/10 season he made his professional ice hockey debut for the Islanders' farm team , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , when he prepared two goals in a total of ten games in the American Hockey League . In the following season he played his first two games in the National Hockey League for the Islanders, but spent the rest of the season again with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. There he was able to convince and was allowed to participate in the AHL All-Star Classic . He was also elected to the AHL All-Rookie Team . Also in the 2011/12 season he ran only five games in the NHL for the Islanders, while he was regularly used in the AHL farm team at the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

In June 2012 Rakhshani signed a contract for the 2012/13 season with the HV71 from the Elitserien . After one season there, he moved in April 2013 as part of the League to the Växjö Lakers and won with the team in the 2014/15 season the Championship , with Rakshani with eight goals and four assists in 12 playoff games a significant share of the Had won the title. In the summer of 2015, the attacker signed a contract with league rivals Linköpings HC , a year later he moved within the Swedish league to the Malmö Redhawks .

International

For the United States , Rakhshani took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2005 , the U18 Junior World Championship in 2006 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2008 . At the U18 World Cup in 2006, he and his team won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2008 Broadmoor Trophy win with the University of Denver
  • 2009 WCHA All-Academic Team
  • 2009 WCHA Third All-Star Team
  • 2010 WCHA All-Academic Team
  • 2010 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 2010 WCHA Scoring Champion

International

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 2 7th 0 0 0 2
Playoffs - - - - - -

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

Commons : Rhett Rakhshani  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Även Rhett Rakhshani clear for HV71. (No longer available online.) HV71 , archived from the original on July 18, 2012 ; Retrieved August 3, 2012 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Rakhshani, Rhett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntington Beach , California , USA