Ron Hainsey

Ron Hainsey
Date of birth	March 24, 1981
place of birth	Bolton , Connecticut , USA
size	191 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
number	# 81
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 1st lap, 13th position Montreal Canadiens
Career stations
1997-1999	US National Team Development Program
1999-2001	University of Massachusetts Lowell
2001-2002	Québec Citadelles
2002-2005	Montréal Canadiens
2005-2008	Columbus Blue Jackets
2008-2011	Atlanta Thrashers
2011-2013	Winnipeg Jets
2013-2017	Carolina Hurricanes
2017	Pittsburgh Penguins
2017-2019	Toronto Maple Leafs
since 2019	Ottawa Senators

Ronald Martin "Ron" Hainsey (born March 24, 1981 in Bolton , Connecticut ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Ottawa Senators from the National Hockey League since July 2019 . With the Pittsburgh Penguins , the defender won the Stanley Cup in the 2017 playoffs .

Career

Hainsey in the Carolina Hurricanes jersey

Hainsey initially spent his junior years between 1997 and 1999 in the US National Team Development Program of the US ice hockey association USA Hockey . For the association's sponsorship teams, the defender played in the North American Hockey League and United States Hockey League . After retiring from the program, Hainsey enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Lowell . There he played alongside his studies for the ice hockey team in Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . After his first year of college, which he completed with the election to the all-rookie team of Hockey East, the defender was chosen during the NHL Entry Draft 2000 by the Montréal Canadiens as a total of 13th player in the first round.

After another year at university, the American ended his college career prematurely when he signed his first professional contract in the Canadiens franchise in the spring of 2001 . He then played in the American Hockey League for the Canadiens' farm team , the Québec Citadelles , and at the beginning of the 2002/03 season - since the Canadiens had changed partners - for the Hamilton Bulldogs . For the Canadiens, the defender ran a total of 32 times between 2002 and 2004 and scored two points , including one goal. After he had spent due to the lockout of the NHL season 2004/05 both this and the beginning of the following season in Hamilton, he was committed on November 29, 2005 on the waiver list of the Columbus Blue Jackets . In the Blue Jackets, the defensive player finally made his breakthrough in the NHL and was a fixture in the squad until the end of the 2007/08 season .

After his contract expired at the end of the season, Hainsey signed on July 2, 2008 as a free agent a five-year contract worth 22.5 million US dollars with the Atlanta Thrashers . He completed three successful seasons for the Thrashers before the franchise was relocated and started playing as Winnipeg Jets at the beginning of the 2011/12 season . With the Jets, Hainsey fulfilled his five-year contract. The Jets refrained from any further obligation of the now 32-year-old, so that he found a new employer for the 2013/14 game year in the Carolina Hurricanes in September 2013 . In the summer of 2014, the Hurricanes finally extended the expiring contract by three years. The contract was worth $ 8.5 million. In the final year of his contract, the defender was transferred from Carolina to the Pittsburgh Penguins in February 2017 . The Penguins exchanged Danny Kristo and a second-round vote in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft to Carolina. In return, the Hurricanes also took over half of their ex-player's salary.

With the Penguins, Hainsey took part in the first NHL playoffs of his career and won the Stanley Cup directly with the team . Just a few weeks after the success, he left the Penguins again and joined the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent . In their jersey he completed his 1000th game of the regular season in the NHL a little later. In early July 2019, Hainsey signed a one-year contract with the Ottawa Senators .

International

For the United States , Hainsey took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in 1999 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2001 . The best result was a fourth place at the U20 Junior World Championship in 2000. The 2001 U20 Junior World Championship was completed by the defender with five assists, making him the most productive player in his position in the course of the tournament.

With the men's selection, he took part in the 2009 World Cup in Switzerland . Although he was able to convince there with six scorer points from nine games, he was denied a medal win after defeats in the semi-finals and a game for third place. During the tournament, Hainsey acted as assistant captain .

Achievements and Awards

2000 Hockey East All-Rookie Team 2001 Hockey East First All-Star Team 2001 NCAA East Second All-American Team

2002 AHL All-Star Classic 2002 AHL All-Rookie Team 2017 Stanley Cup win with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Career statistics

Hainsey in the Toronto Maple Leafs jersey

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	US National Team Development Program	USHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	US National Team Development Program	NEAR		40	4th	7th	11	16		5	0	1	1	0
1998/99	US National Team Development Program	USHL		48	5	12	17th	45		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	University of Massachusetts Lowell	NCAA		30th	3	8th	11	20th
2000/01	University of Massachusetts Lowell	NCAA		33	10	26th	36	51
2000/01	Citadelles de Quebec	AHL		4th	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
2001/02	Citadelles de Quebec	AHL		63	7th	24	31	26th		3	0	0	0	0
2002/03	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		21st	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		33	2	11	13	26th		23	1	10	11	20th
2003/04	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		11	1	1	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		54	7th	24	31	35		10	0	5	5	6th
2004/05	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		68	9	14th	23	45		4th	1	1	2	0
2005/06	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		22nd	3	14th	17th	19th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		55	2	15th	17th	43		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		80	9	25th	34	69		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		78	8th	24	32	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		81	6th	33	39	32		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		80	5	21st	26th	39		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		82	3	16	19th	24		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		56	0	10	10	23		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		47	0	13	13	10		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		82	4th	11	15th	45		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		81	2	8th	10	16		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		81	5	14th	19th	37		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		56	4th	10	14th	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		16	0	3	3	4th		25th	2	6th	8th	6th
2017/18	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		80	4th	19th	23	20th		7th	0	1	1	4th
2018/19	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		81	5	18th	23	21st		7th	0	1	1	2
2019/20	Ottawa Senators	NHL		64	1	11	12	12		-	-	-	-	-
NAHL total				40	4th	7th	11	16		5	0	1	1	0
USHL total				51	5	12	17th	45		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				63	13	34	47	71
AHL total				244	29	87	116	151		41	2	16	18th	26th
NHL overall				1132	59	252	311	443		39	2	8th	10	12

International

Represented the USA at:

• U18 Junior World Championship 1999
• U20 Junior World Championship 2000
• U20 World Junior Championship 2001
• World Championship 2009

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1999	United States	U18 World Cup	7th place		6th	2	1	3	8th
2000	United States	U20 World Cup	4th Place		7th	1	1	2	4th
2001	United States	U20 World Cup	5th place		7th	0	5	5	2
2009	United States	WM	4th Place		9	2	4th	6th	2
Juniors overall					20th	3	7th	10	14th
Men overall					9	2	4th	6th	2

( 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 : Ron Hainsey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Ottawa Senators website
• Ron Hainsey at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ron Hainsey at eliteprospects.com (English)