Rick Girard
 Rick Girard 
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| Date of birth | May 1st 1974 |
| place of birth | Edmonton , Alberta , Canada |
| size | 178 cm |
| Weight | 79 kg |
| position | center |
| number | # 37 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1993 , 2nd lap, 46th position Vancouver Canucks |
| Career stations | |
| 1990-1994 | Swift Current Broncos |
| 1994-1997 | Syracuse crunch |
| 1997 | Manitoba mosses |
| 1997-1998 | Québec Rafales |
| 1998 | Cleveland Lumberjacks |
| 1998 | Kaufbeurer eagle |
| 1998-1999 | Augsburg panther |
| 1999-2000 | Schwenninger Wild Wings |
| 2000-2001 | Munich Barons |
| 2001-2003 | Frankfurt Lions |
| 2003-2006 | Augsburg panther |
| 2006-2009 | Adler Mannheim |
| 2009–2012 | ERC Ingolstadt |
Rick Girard (born May 1, 1974 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian - German ice hockey player who last played in the DEL at ERC Ingolstadt and has been a German citizen since 2006.
Career
As a junior, Rick Girard played for the Swift Current Broncos in the WHL . After good performances there, he chose the Vancouver Canucks in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in the second round off at the 46th place.
The professional career of the center began in 1993 with the Vancouver farm team Hamilton Canucks in the American Hockey League , in the following years he played for the new AHL farm team, the Syracuse Crunch , but without making the leap into the NHL. Via the Cleveland Lumberjacks , the Canadian came to the Kaufbeurer Eagles in the DEL in 1997 , which he left after the season for the Augsburg Panthers . The left-handed shooter's other DEL stations were the Schwenninger Wild Wings ( 1999/2000 ), the Munich Barons ( 2000/01 ) and the Frankfurt Lions ( 2001 to 2003 ).
Rick Girard has been playing for Adler Mannheim since the 2006/07 season , with whom he won the German championship and the German ice hockey cup in their first year together . Due to his German passport, which he acquired in 2006, Girard no longer has a foreign position. After the 2008/09 season , the attacker's contract in Mannheim was not extended, he then moved to Ingolstadt.
He ended his career in July 2012.
Achievements and Awards
- 1993 Brad Hornung Trophy
- 1993 CHL Sportsman of the Year
- 1993 WHL East First All-Star Team
- 1994 gold medal at the Junior World Championship
- 1994 Top scorer of the Junior World Championship (together with Martin Gendron and Petr Sýkora )
- 1994 WHL East First All-Star Team
- 2007 German champion with the Adler Mannheim
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1990/91 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1991/92 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 45 | 14th | 17th | 31 | 6th | 8th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1992/93 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 72 | 71 | 10 | 141 | 25th | 17th | 9 | 17th | 26th | 10 | ||
| 1993/94 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 58 | 40 | 49 | 89 | 43 | 7th | 1 | 8th | 9 | 6th | ||
| 1993/94 | Hamilton Canucks | AHL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994/95 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 26th | 10 | 13 | 23 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1995/96 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 67 | 15th | 21st | 36 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 8th | 17th | 16 | ||
| 1996/97 | Syracuse crunch | AHL | 66 | 19th | 28 | 47 | 20th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1997/98 | Manitoba mosses | IHL | 18th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | Quebec Rafales | IHL | 35 | 7th | 10 | 17th | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997/98 | Kaufbeurer eagle | DEL | 14th | 3 | 7th | 10 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998/99 | Augsburg panther | DEL | 49 | 18th | 23 | 41 | 22nd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | ||
| 1999/2000 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | DEL | 55 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000/01 | Munich Barons | DEL | 58 | 23 | 25th | 48 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 8th | 13 | 4th | ||
| 2001/02 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 57 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002/03 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 48 | 12 | 18th | 30th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003/04 | Augsburg panther | DEL | 40 | 11 | 25th | 36 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004/05 | Augsburg panther | DEL | 52 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2005/06 | Augsburg panther | DEL | 43 | 15th | 29 | 44 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006/07 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 42 | 9 | 11 | 20th | 8th | 11 | 2 | 7th | 9 | 4th | ||
| 2007/08 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 48 | 13 | 21st | 34 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 12 | ||
| 2008/09 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 39 | 4th | 11 | 15th | 10 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2009/10 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 50 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 0 | ||
| 2010/11 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | 31 | 11 | 14th | 25th | 18th | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| WHL overall | 175 | 125 | 76 | 261 | 74 | 33 | 12 | 25th | 37 | 18th | ||||
| AHL total | 160 | 45 | 63 | 108 | 75 | 17th | 10 | 9 | 19th | 18th | ||||
| IHL total | 58 | 12 | 14th | 26th | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DEL total | 626 | 174 | 292 | 466 | 388 | 57 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 26th | ||||
( 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
- Rick Girard at eurohockey.com
- Rick Girard at hockeydb.com (English)
- Rick Girard at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Rick Girard at rodi-db.de
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| SURNAME | Girard, Rick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1st 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edmonton , Alberta |