Ryan Getzlaf

Canada Ryan Getzlaf


Date of birth	May 10, 1985
place of birth	Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	193 cm
Weight	100 kg

position	center
number	# 15
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 1st round, 19th position Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Career stations

2000-2001	Regina Rangers Regina Pat Canadians
2001-2005	Calgary Hitmen
since 2005	Anaheim Ducks

Ryan Getzlaf (born May 10, 1985 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey player on the position of the center , who has been under contract with the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League since 2005 and has led the team as captain since 2010 . He also holds the franchise records there for most games and most assists. In the 2007 playoffs , he won the Stanley Cup with the Ducks and the gold medal at the Winter Olympics with the Canadian national team in 2010 and 2014 .

Career

Junior area (2000-2005)

The 1.93 m tall center started ice skating at the age of four . As a child he already took part in a wide range of sporting activities and, in addition to playing ice hockey, also dealt with Canadian football and baseball . Getzlaf also carried out these activities with his brother Chris, who was two years older than him . As an active player, Ryan Getzlaf initially played junior ice hockey at the club level in his hometown of Regina in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In 1998 he also represented the province of Saskatchewan as catcher for the Regina White Sox at the Canadian peewee- level baseball championships and won the award for most valuable player in an encounter several times . The 2000/01 season spent the striker with the Regina Rangers in the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League and the Regina Pat Canadians in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League . During this time, the Calgary Hitmen selected the offensive player in the WHL Bantam Draft 2000 in the third round in 54th position.

The Getzlaf brothers parted ways in 2001 when Ryan first played for the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Hockey League for the 2001/02 season and Chris attended a university in Regina, followed by a career as a professional Canadian football player to strike. The striker finished his rookie season in the WHL with 18 points in 63 games of the regular season . In the following season , the right-handed shooter managed to increase his point yield significantly. The Canadian contributed 29 goals and 39 assists - the second best value after the team's top scorer Fredrik Sjöström with 77 points - for the playoffs of the Calgary Hitmen. Like a season before, Getzlaf was eliminated with the team in the first playoff round and this time lost to the Red Deer Rebels in five games after the team had lost the first round series to the Swift Current Broncos a season earlier with a loss in the decisive seventh game.

At the NHL Entry Draft 2003 he was selected in the first round in 19th position by his current team, which was then still called the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . In the fall of 2003, the Canadian took part in the Californian training camp and in early October competed with Joffrey Lupul for last place in the Mighty Ducks NHL squad. Finally, Lupul prevailed, so that Getzlaf initially received no contract and was ordered to the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Hockey League. In the course of the 2003/04 season he acted temporarily with Andrew Ladd and Brandon Segal in a storm row. With 75 points in the regular season he was together with Andrew Ladd the best scorer of the Hitmen, although Getzlaf had only played 49 WHL games - 22 games less than winger Ladd - because he was at the training camp of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and around the beginning of the season At the turn of the year he had also participated in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2004 . Getzlaf took fourth place in the league with a plus / minus balance of +32; his yield of an average of 1.53 scorer points per encounter was the top value in this WHL season. Nevertheless, the subsequent playoff round was again not crowned with success, so that he missed the Eastern Conference semi-finals for the third time in a row with the Calgary Hitmen.

For the 2004/05 season , the center forward was named as the successor to defender Patrick Wellar to the ninth team captain in the history of the Calgary Hitmen. During that season, the offensive player suffered a traumatic brain injury in a clash with Red Deer Rebels defender Dion Phaneuf and was subsequently unable to play for a month. This was the first serious injury the Canadian had suffered in his career.

Getzlaf (r.) And Ryan Kesler at the Bully (2009).

Anaheim Ducks (since 2005)

During the playoffs of the 2004/05 season , the right-shooter came first for the farm team of the Anaheim Ducks, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks , in the American Hockey League . During the pre-season he was able to recommend himself for the NHL squad in Anaheim and made his debut in the top division of North America at the beginning of the 2005/06 season in October 2005 in the game against the Chicago Blackhawks . In the same month he scored his first goal in the NHL in the game against the Detroit Red Wings . Although Getzlaf scored a total of seven scorer points in 16 games, he was transferred to the squad of the Portland Pirates , the new farm team of the Ducks in the AHL, in November 2005 . There he was able to recommend himself with eight goals and 25 assists from 17 games, so that in January 2006 he was again appointed to the NHL squad of the Ducks. In the following year , the Canadian formed an attacking formation together with Corey Perry and Dustin Penner , which was dubbed the kid line due to the young age of the players and was particularly convincing in the playoffs with strong offensive performances. With 17 points, Getzlaf was the player with the highest points in his team in the first Stanley Cup victory in the history of the Ducks.

In the 2007/08 season , the attacker was able to seamlessly build on his performance from the previous year and extended his contract in November 2007 by five years for a total salary of 26.625 million US dollars and a term until the end of the 2012/13 season . In January 2008 he took part in the All-Star Game for the Western Conference team for the first time and contributed the assists to the meanwhile 3: 5. At the end of regular time he was the strongest attacker in his team with 82 points from 77 games, but could not prevent the early elimination of the Ducks in the playoffs. In the 2008/09 season , Getzlaf played the season with the highest points of his NHL career to date with 25 goals and 66 assists and set a new franchise record with 13 assists in the playoffs . In summer 2010 he took over the position of team captain as the successor to Scott Niedermayer , but only played 67 games in the 2010/11 season due to injury, in which he scored 19 goals and 57 assists.

In March 2013, Getzlaf scored the 500th scorer point of his NHL career in the game against the Calgary Flames and on the same day extended his contract in Anaheim for eight years with a rumored annual salary of 8.25 million US dollars. In the 2013/14 season , the attacker scored more than 30 goals for the first time and with 31 hits and 56 assists was the player with the highest points in the league behind Sidney Crosby , whom he also had to admit defeated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the main round.

In November 2019, Getzlaf played his 1,000th regular season game in the NHL. He became the first player to complete this number of games exclusively in the Ducks jersey.

International

Getzlaf (# 51) in a duel with Thomas Greiss at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

On an international level, Getzlaf made his debut at the U18 Junior World Championship in 2003 and won the gold medal with the Canadian national team. The following year he was in the squad for the U20 Junior World Championship , scored six points from six games, but was only able to win the silver medal with the Canadian team due to a 3: 4 defeat in the final against the USA . In 2005 Getzlaf dominated the tournament with the Canadian team and scored a total of three goals and nine assists from 12 games. With a 6-1 win in the final against Russia , the team secured the gold medal, whereby Getzlaf scored once and prepared two goals.

At the 2008 World Cup , the attacker played for the senior national team for the first time and with 14 scorer points from nine games was the player with the highest points in the tournament behind his teammate Dany Heatley , but could not prevent Canada's final defeat against the Russian selection. In 2010 Getzlaf was in the squad for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and won the gold medal there with the team. At the 2010 World Cup , he acted as team captain , where he received a game penalty in the quarter-finals and was thus instrumental in the 3-4 defeat against Slovakia .

In 2014, Getzlaf was in the Canadian squad for the Winter Olympics in Sochi , where they won the gold medal again after beating Sweden 3-0 in the final. He also represented his home country at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 and won the gold medal there with the team.

Style of play

Getzlaf is considered one of the best attackers in the National Hockey League, but not only acts as a scorer, but also acts as a two-way striker. He can be described as a power forward who combines physical presence, speed and playful qualities in his game. He often tends to skip promising shooting opportunities and instead play a team-mate, which is why he regularly has a high number of assists. Together with his teammate Corey Perry, they formed one of the NHL's most attacking storm duos over several seasons. Getzlaf is also considered a leader, which is reflected in his role as team captain at the Anaheim Ducks as well as in his nomination for the Mark Messier Leadership Award in 2014.

Achievements and Awards

2003 CHL Top Prospects Game
2004 WHL East First All-Star Team
2005 WHL East Second All-Star Team
2007 NHL YoungStars Game
2007 Stanley Cup win with the Anaheim Ducks
2008 NHL All-Star Game

2009 NHL All-Star Game
2014 NHL Second All-Star Team
2014 NHL Player of the Month for December
2015 NHL All-Star Game
2016 NHL Player of the Month for February

International

2003 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
2004 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
2005 gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
2005 Best assists in the U20 Junior World Championship
2005 Best plus / minus balance of the U20 Junior World Championship

2008 silver medal at the world championship
2008 best assists in the world championship
2010 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
2014 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
2016 gold medal at the World Cup of Hockey

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Getzlaf in the jersey of the Anaheim Ducks

			Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2000/01	Regina Rangers	SBHL	41	33	41	74	189		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Regina Pat Canadians	SMHL	8th	4th	3	7th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	63	9	9	18th	34	-16	7th	2	1	1	4th	-4
2002/03	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	70	29	39	68	121	+8	5	1	1	2	6th	-2
2003/04	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	49	28	47	75	97	+32	7th	5	1	2	6th	+4
2004/05	Calgary Hitmen	WHL	51	29	25th	54	102	+22	12	4th	13	17th	18th	+6
2004/05	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	4th	5	4th	-3
2005/06	Portland Pirates	AHL	17th	8th	25th	33	36	+5	1	0	0	0	4th	± 0
2005/06	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	57	14th	25th	39	22nd	+6	16	3	4th	7th	13	-3
2006/07	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	82	25th	33	58	66	+17	21st	7th	10	17th	32	+1
2007/08	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	77	24	58	82	94	+32	6th	2	3	5	6th	-2
2008/09	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	81	25th	66	91	121	+5	13	4th	14th	18th	25th	+3
2009/10	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	66	19th	50	69	79	+4	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	67	19th	57	76	35	+14	6th	2	4th	6th	9	± 0
2011/12	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	82	11	46	57	75	–11	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	44	15th	34	49	41	+14	7th	3	3	6th	2	+2
2013/14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	77	31	56	87	31	+28	12	4th	11	15th	10	-2
2014/15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	77	25th	45	70	62	+15	16	2	18th	20th	6th	+6
2015/16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	77	13	50	63	55	+14	7th	2	3	5	4th	+4
2016/17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	74	15th	58	73	49	+7	17th	8th	11	19th	8th	+7
2017/18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	56	11	50	61	42	+20	4th	0	2	2	18th	-4
2018/19	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	67	14th	34	48	58	-19	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	69	13	29	42	58	-16	-	-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall			233	95	120	215	354	+46	31	12	16	28	40	+4
NHL overall			1053	274	691	965	888	+130	125	37	83	120	137	+12

International

Represented Canada to:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2002	Canada West	U17-WHC	7th place	6th	3	6th	9	14th
2003	Canada	U18 World Cup		7th	2	2	4th	10	+6
2004	Canada	U20 World Cup		6th	3	3	6th	4th	+3
2005	Canada	U20 World Cup		6th	3	9	12	8th	+14
2008	Canada	WM		9	3	11	14th	10	+10
2010	Canada	Olympia		7th	3	4th	7th	2	+2
2012	Canada	WM	5th place	8th	2	7th	9	27	+6
2014	Canada	Olympia		6th	1	2	3	4th	+3
2016	Canada	World cup		5	0	3	3	4th	± 0
Juniors overall				25th	11	20th	31	36
Men overall				35	9	27	36	47	+21

( 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 )