Ryan Walter

Ryan Walter
Date of birth	April 23, 1958
place of birth	New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1978 , 1st round, 2nd position Washington Capitals
Career stations
1973-1975	Langley Lords
1975-1977	Kamloops Chiefs
1977-1988	Seattle Breakers
1978-1982	Washington Capitals
1982-1991	Montréal Canadiens
1991-1993	Vancouver Canucks

Ryan William Walter (* 23. April 1958 in New Westminster , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (center) and current - trainer , who from 1978 to 1993 for the Washington Capitals , Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League played . His son Ben Walter is also a professional ice hockey player.

Walter is also the author of non-fiction books on the subject of training in ice hockey.

Career

As a junior with the Kamloops Chiefs in the WCHL together with Andy Moog . Within the league, he moved to the Seattle Breakers . There he played a very good season and was selected in the first round of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft by the Washington Capitals as second .

He immediately made it to the NHL for the 1978/79 season . After a good rookie season , he led the Capitals scorer list with Mike Gartner and Dennis Maruk in the following years . During his time in Washington he participated with the Canadian national team in the ice hockey world championships in 1979 , 1981 and 1982 .

Together with Rick Green he was given to the Montreal Canadiens for Rod Langway , Brian Engblom , Doug Jarvis and Craig Laughlin . He stayed in Montreal for nine years and won the Stanley Cup with the team in the 1985/86 season . An injury cost him most of the 1990/91 season .

The following season he moved to the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent . There he mainly played a defensive role. He ended his career after two years in Vancouver.

After his active career, he worked as a television commentator at TSN from 1993 to 1998 . From 2008 to 2010, Walter served two seasons as assistant coach at the Vancouver Canucks under head coach Alain Vigneault . In the 2010 calendar year he was hired as head coach of the Canadian women's ice hockey team and was behind the gang for the first time at the 4 Nations Cup . At the 2011 World Cup , Walter won the silver medal with the Canadian team.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	15th	1.003	264	382	646	946
Playoffs	10	113	16	35	51	62

Achievements and Awards

• 1978 WCJHL First All-Star Team
• 1978 WCJHL Player of the Year
• 1983 NHL All-Star Game
• 1986 Stanley Cup win with the Montréal Canadiens
• 1992 Budweiser NHL Man of the Year Award

International

• 1978 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1982 bronze medal at the world championship

Publications

(each together with Mike Johnston )

• Simply the Best: Insights and Strategies from Great Hockey Coaches. Heritage House Publishing Company, 2007, ISBN 978-1-894974-37-0 .
• Simply the Best: Players on Performance. Heritage House Publishing Company, 2007, ISBN 978-1-894974-24-0 .
• Hockey Plays and Strategies . Human Kinetics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7360-7634-0 .

Web links

• Ryan Walter at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ryan Walter at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ryan Walter at hockeycanada.ca