Shay Stephenson

Shay Stephenson
Date of birth	September 13, 1983
place of birth	Outlook , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	193 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	center
number	# 25
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 9th lap, 278th position Edmonton Oilers
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 7th round, 198th position Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
2000-2004	Red Deer Rebels
2004-2005	IF Sundsvall
2005-2006	Reading Royals
2006-2007	Manchester monarchs
2007-2008	HC Milano Vipers
2008-2009	Krefeld penguins
2009-2010	Las Vegas Wranglers Vålerenga Ishockey

Shay Stephenson (born September 13, 1983 in Outlook , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last (2010) under contract with Vålerenga Ishockey from the GET league .

Career

Stephenson began his career in 2000 in the Canadian Junior League WHL with the Red Deer Rebels , where he improved after a difficult first season and was able to achieve a total of 19 scorer points in 59 games in his second year . As a consequence, several were NHL - scouts noticed him, so that the Center during the NHL Entry Draft in 2001 by the Edmonton Oilers selected. However, these could not bring Stephenson to sign the contract, so that he continued to go on the ice in the WHL. After another strong performance in the 2002/03 season, the attacker was drafted again in 2003 , this time by the Carolina Hurricanes , who selected him in the seventh round in 198th place.

In the following years Stephenson stayed with the Red Deer Rebels for a year before moving to Sweden to IF Sundsvall in 2004 . In the summer of 2005, the Canadian was hired as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings , who initially used him on their farm teams in the American Hockey League and ECHL . In the 2006/07 season , Stephenson then completed two games in the NHL for the Los Angeles Kings for the first time, in which, however, he could not achieve any scorer points. For the 2007/08 season the striker again dared to move to Europe and opted for an engagement with the Milano Vipers from the Italian Serie A . On June 12, 2008, however, the club stopped playing with immediate effect, so that the Canadian was without a club.

A few months later, the Krefeld Pinguine announced Stephenson's commitment. In the 2008/09 season he went on ice in the German Ice Hockey League before he came to Vålerenga Ishockey in Norway via the Las Vegas Wranglers .

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 President's Cup win with the Red Deer Rebels
• 2001 Memorial Cup win with the Red Deer Rebels

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000/01	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		44	1	4th	5	30th		22nd	0	0	0	15th
2001/02	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		59	9	10	19th	55		23	0	3	3	14th
2002/03	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		67	17th	15th	32	84		23	6th	5	11	33
2003/04	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		60	11	19th	30th	34		19th	5	7th	12	16
2005/06	Reading Royals	ECHL		62	19th	22nd	41	42		4th	0	2	2	8th
2005/06	Manchester monarchs	AHL		6th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Manchester monarchs	AHL		55	11	10	21st	67		5	1	0	1	4th
2006/07	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	HC Milano Vipers	SerA		31	23	18th	41	54
2008/09	Krefeld penguins	DEL
WHL overall				230	38	48	86	203		87	11	15th	26th	78
AHL total				61	11	10	21st	71		5	1	0	1	4th

( 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

• Shay Stephenson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Shay Stephenson at eurohockey.com