Ryan Whitney

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Ryan Whitney
Date of birth February 19, 1983
place of birth Scituate , Massachusetts , USA
size 193 cm
Weight 99 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 1st lap, 5th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
2001-2004 Boston University
2004-2005 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2005-2009 Pittsburgh Penguins
2009-2010 Anaheim Ducks
2010-2013 Edmonton Oilers
2013-2014 San Antonio Rampage
2014-2015 HK Sochi
2015 MODO hockey

Ryan Whitney (born February 19, 1983 in Scituate , Massachusetts ) is a retired American ice hockey player . Whitney played 519 games in the National Hockey League , mostly for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Edmonton Oilers . With the national team of the USA he won the silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games .

Career

After the 1.84 m tall defender had completed various American youth development programs, he played for Boston University in the league operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft as fifth in the first round by the Penguins .

First Whitney was used in the American Hockey League with the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , for which he also played in the lockout season 2004/05 . In the 2005/06 season he finally completed his first NHL appearances for Pittsburgh after he had moved to the team for the injured Dick Tärnström . Due to his good performance, he was one of the permanent staff of the Penguins even after Tärnström had recovered.

During the 2006/07 season Whitney was nominated for the "Young Stars Game" taking place in the framework of the 55th NHL All-Star Game , in which he ran up in the starting line-up of the Eastern Conference team.

On January 26, 2009 he was transferred to the Anaheim Ducks for Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi . Only a year later, the Ducks gave him in exchange for Ľubomír Višňovský to the Edmonton Oilers .

After three years in Edmonton, Whitney signed a one-year contract with the Florida Panthers in October 2013 , but was placed on the waiver a month later and then played in the AHL for the San Antonio Rampage .

After the 2013/14 season he left North America and joined HK Sochi from the Continental Hockey League for one season . In June 2015 he moved to MODO Hockey in the Svenska Hockeyligan , but only played two competitive games there before announcing the end of his active career. He justified the move with persistent health problems resulting from an ankle injury from the 2010/11 season that had never completely healed . Today he runs the podcast "Spittin 'Chiclets" with his former teammate Paul Bissonnette .

International

Whitney took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics with Team USA and won the silver medal with the team.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 Boston University NCAA 35 4th 17th 21st 46
2002/03 Boston University NCAA 34 3 10 13 48
2003/04 Boston University NCAA 38 9 16 25th 56
2003/04 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL - - - - - 20th 1 9 10 0
2004/05 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 80 6th 35 41 101 11 2 7th 9 12
2005/06 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 9 5 9 14th 6th 11 1 4th 5 8th
2005/06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 68 6th 32 38 85 - - - - -
2006/07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 81 14th 45 59 77 5 1 1 2 6th
2007/08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 12 28 40 45 20th 1 5 6th 25th
2008/09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 28 2 11 13 16 - - - - -
2008/09 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 1 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2008/09 Anaheim Ducks NHL 20th 0 10 10 12 13 1 5 6th 9
2009/10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 62 4th 24 28 48 - - - - -
2009/10 Edmonton Oilers NHL 19th 3 8th 11 22nd - - - - -
2010/11 Edmonton Oilers NHL 35 2 25th 27 33 - - - - -
2011/12 Edmonton Oilers NHL 51 3 17th 20th 16 - - - - -
2012/13 Edmonton Oilers NHL 34 4th 9 13 23 - - - - -
2013/14 Florida panthers NHL 7th 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
2013/14 San Antonio Rampage AHL 45 7th 16 23 52 - - - - -
2014/15 HK Sochi KHL 42 6th 13 19th 23 4th 0 1 1 0
2015/16 MODO hockey SHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
NCAA overall 107 16 43 59 150
AHL total 135 18th 61 79 161 42 4th 20th 24 20th
NHL overall 481 50 209 259 383 38 3 11 14th 40

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 United States U17-WHC 4th Place 6th 1 0 1
2001 United States U18 World Cup 6th place 6th 0 1 1 8th
2002 United States U20 World Cup 5th place 7th 1 2 3 20th
2003 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 4th 5 14th
2010 United States Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 26th 3 7th 10 42
Men overall 6th 0 0 0 0

( 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 : Ryan Whitney  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com: "Encouraging Signs Early On" (English, October 9, 2013, accessed November 24, 2013)
  2. ↑ nhl.com: "Panthers Recall D Mike Mottau" (English, November 11, 2013, accessed on November 24, 2013)
  3. ^ Mackenzie Liddell: Former Oilers defenceman Whitney retires at age 32. sportsnet.ca, September 20, 2015, accessed on September 21, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Frank Eriksson: Ryan Whitney avslutar sin ishockeykarriär. www.modohockey.se, September 20, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Whitney, Ryan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Scituate , Massachusetts