Ryan Craig (ice hockey player)

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Ryan Craig
Date of birth January 6, 1982
place of birth Abbotsford , British Columbia , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 100 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 8th round, 255th position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
1998-2003 Brandon Wheat Kings
2003-2004 Hershey Bears
2004-2005 Springfield Falcons
2005-2010 Tampa Bay Lightning
2010–2012 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2012-2015 Springfield Falcons
2015-2017 Lake Erie / Cleveland Monsters

Ryan F. Craig (born January 6, 1982 in Abbotsford , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 209 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning , Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue during his active career between 1998 and 2017 Jackets in the National Hockey League . Craig has been assistant coach for the Vegas Golden Knights from the NHL since the beginning of the 2017/18 season .

Career

Ryan Craig began his career as a hockey player with the Brandon Wheat Kings , for whom he was active in the Western Hockey League from 1998 to 2003 . During this time he was selected in the eighth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft as a total of 255th player by the Tampa Bay Lightning . First, however, Craig was on the ice for one season each from 2003 to 2005 for their farm teams from the American Hockey League , the Hershey Bears and the Springfield Falcons , before the Canadian made his debut in the National Hockey League for in the 2005/06 season the Lightning gave. In July 2010 he moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins . After the training camp he was accepted into the AHL roster of the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins and in November 2010 was appointed captain of the team. After his contract expired, he signed a contract with the Springfield Falcons from the AHL as a free agent in the summer of 2012 and is also team captain there.

At the end of the 2015/16 season, he won the Calder Cup as captain of the Lake Erie Monsters , the Jackets' new farm team . Craig also spent the following season with the team renamed Cleveland Monsters before ending his career in spring 2017. He then became an assistant coach for the Vegas Golden Knights from the NHL.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1998/99 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 54 11 12 23 46 5 0 0 0 4th
1999/00 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 65 17th 19th 36 40 - - - - -
2000/01 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 70 38 33 71 49 6th 3 0 3 7th
2001/02 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 52 29 35 64 52 19th 11 10 21st 13
2002/03 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 60 42 32 74 69 17th 5 8th 13 29
2003/04 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 5 3 5 8th 0 2 0 1 1 0
2003/04 Hershey Bears AHL 61 4th 8th 12 24 - - - - -
2004/05 Springfield Falcons AHL 80 27 14th 41 50 - - - - -
2005/06 Springfield Falcons AHL 28 12 10 22nd 14th - - - - -
2005/06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 48 15th 13 28 6th 5 0 0 0 10
2006/07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 72 14th 13 27 55 6th 0 0 0 12
2007/08 Norfolk Admirals AHL 2 1 2 3 2 - - - - -
2007/08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 7th 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 54 2 4th 6th 60 - - - - -
2009/10 Norfolk Admirals AHL 73 23 22nd 45 64 - - - - -
2009/10 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 3 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
2010/11 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 71 19th 29 48 84 12 3 4th 7th 12
2010/11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 6th 0 0 0 22nd - - - - -
2011/12 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 68 11 19th 30th 70 12 1 3 4th 2
2012/13 Springfield Falcons AHL 75 20th 27 47 71 8th 2 2 4th 7th
2013/14 Springfield Falcons AHL 55 18th 15th 33 52 5 4th 1 5 4th
2013/14 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 6th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2014/15 Springfield Falcons AHL 67 17th 20th 37 60 - - - - -
2014/15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2015/16 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 60 9 11 20th 38 17th 3 10 13 8th
2016/17 Cleveland Monsters AHL 71 11 11 22nd 25th - - - - -
WHL overall 302 137 131 268 256 47 19th 18th 37 53
ECHL total 5 3 5 8th 0 2 0 1 1 0
AHL total 711 172 188 360 554 54 13 20th 33 33
NHL overall 198 32 31 63 148 11 0 0 0 22nd

( 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 )

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Squad of Vegas Golden Knights in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Craig, Ryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craig, Ryan F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Abbotsford , British Columbia, Canada