Sheldon Souray

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Sheldon Souray
Date of birth July 13, 1976
place of birth Elk Point , Alberta , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 106 kg
position defender
number # 44
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 3rd round, 71st position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1992-1995 Tri-City Americans
1994-1995 Prince George Cougars
1995-1996 Kelowna Rockets
1996-1997 Albany River Rats
1997-2000 New Jersey Devils
2000-2007 Canadiens de Montréal
2004-2005 Färjestad BK
2007-2010 Edmonton Oilers
2010-2011 Hershey Bears
2011–2012 Dallas Stars
2012-2013 Anaheim Ducks

Sheldon Sharik Souray (born July 13, 1976 in Elk Point , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played almost 800 games for the New Jersey Devils , Canadiens de Montréal , Edmonton Oilers , Dallas between 1992 and 2013 Stars and Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Souray was also nominated three times for the NHL All-Star Game and represented the national team of his home country at the 2005 World Cup .

Career

Souray first played in various youth teams until he was accepted in the 1992/93 season by the Tri-City Americans in the Canadian junior league Western Hockey League and completed his first two games for the team. After his first full season in the WHL, he was selected in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils in the third round in 71st position. The following year he completed mainly in Tri-City, but moved towards the end of the season for league rivals Prince George Cougars . In addition, there were his first appearances for the Albany River Rats in the American Hockey League , the farm team of the New Jersey Devils. His last year in the WHL he graduated in 1995/96, where he moved from the Prince George Cougars to the Kelowna Rockets during the season within the WHL . Further missions for Albany were also added. He had developed into a good defender in the WHL who could both score and accept the tough game. In his last season he achieved 54 points and 185 penalty minutes in a total of 59 games.

For the season 1996/97 Souray moved to the Albany River Rats in the AHL, where he spent the entire season before he came to his first use in the NHL for the Devils in the 1997/98 game year and was able to establish himself in the team. He played for New Jersey for two and a half years until he was transferred to the Montréal Canadiens in March 2000 together with Josh DeWolf for Vladimir Malachow and a draft pick . There the Canadian was repeatedly thrown back by injuries and was only able to play 86 of a possible 164 games in the 2000/01 and 2001/02 seasons . In the entire 2002/03 season he could not complete a single game because of a protracted hip injury.

He made his comeback in the 2003/04 season and finally his final breakthrough in the NHL. After collecting a maximum of eleven points per season in the previous years, this time it was 35. As a reward, he was invited to the NHL All-Star Game . Since the 2004/05 NHL season was completely canceled due to the lockout , the defender decided, like many NHL players, to move to Europe to play the season there. He signed a contract in the Swedish Elitserien with Färjestad BK . When the NHL resumed play in the fall of 2005, Souray returned to Montréal from Sweden. But at the beginning of the season, Souray faced allegations that he should have mistreated his wife Angelica Bridges , who was known, among other things, through appearances on the television series Baywatch . In the end there was no charge. Due to the allegations, he started the 2005/06 season weak, thereby gambled away his participation in the Olympic Winter Games in Turin , but was then able to improve in the last third of the season and bring about a conciliatory end to the season. Souray saved his good form into the 2006/07 game year and set career records in all offensive categories. He finished the season with a total of 64 points just behind Scott Niedermayer and with his 26 goals he clearly led all defenders.

After the season, he signed a $ 27 million five-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers as a free agent . However, a persistent shoulder injury forced him to take breaks again and again during the season, which meant that he had only played 26 games by mid-February when he underwent an operation. In the 2008/09 season, the defender justified the lavish contract and scored 53 points in 81 games. The hopes of the Oilers management that Souray should lead the team, which is currently being rebuilt, with his experience, were dashed after just three games in the 2009/10 season . Souray suffered a concussion on October 8, 2009 after a check by Jarome Iginla , which - like a broken hand - limited him to 37 appearances during the season. He posted 13 points scorer. Since the team had fallen far short of sporting expectations in the three years since Souray was signed, the Canadian asked for a change during the 2010 summer break. However, there was no interested party, whereupon the Oilers put him on the waiver list. Since no team from there was ready to sign Souray, Edmonton sent him on loan to the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League , the actual farm team of the Washington Capitals . The defender spent the 2010/11 season there . In February 2011 he was put on the waiver list again, as the Oilers hoped to find a new NHL club for Souray before the trade deadline . However, there was no buyer, although the new club would only have had to pay half of the salary.

On July 1, 2011, Souray signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars . After a season in Dallas, he signed a three-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks . At the Ducks, however, the Canadian only played one season before he didn't play a single competitive game in two seasons due to a wrist injury and then ended his active career in July 2015.

International

Souray only played for the Canadian national team at the 2005 World Cup in Austria . There he won the silver medal with the team after the Canadians clearly defeated the Czechs with 0: 3 in the final . Souray contributed two scorer points, including one goal, in nine tournament games.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Tri-City Americans WHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1993/94 Tri-City Americans WHL 42 3 6th 9 122 - - - - -
1994/95 Tri-City Americans WHL 40 2 24 26th 140 - - - - -
1994/95 Prince George Cougars WHL 11 2 3 5 23 - - - - -
1994/95 Albany River Rats AHL 7th 0 2 2 8th - - - - -
1995/96 Prince George Cougars WHL 32 9 18th 27 91 - - - - -
1995/96 Kelowna Rockets WHL 27 7th 20th 27 94 6th 0 5 5 2
1995/96 Albany River Rats AHL 6th 0 2 2 12 4th 0 1 1 4th
1996/97 Albany River Rats AHL 70 2 11 13 160 16 2 3 5 47
1997/98 Albany River Rats AHL 6th 0 0 0 8th - - - - -
1997/98 New Jersey Devils NHL 60 3 7th 10 85 3 0 1 1 2
1998/99 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 1 7th 8th 110 2 0 1 1 0
1999/00 New Jersey Devils NHL 52 0 8th 8th 70 - - - - -
1999/00 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 19th 3 0 3 44 - - - - -
2000/01 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 52 3 8th 11 95 - - - - -
2001/02 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 34 3 5 8th 63 12 0 1 1 16
2002/03 Canadiens de Montréal NHL not played because of hip injury
2003/04 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 63 15th 20th 35 104 11 0 2 2 39
2004/05 Färjestad BK Elitserien 39 9 8th 17th 117 15th 1 6th 7th 77
2005/06 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 75 12 27 39 116 6th 3 2 5 8th
2006/07 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 81 26th 38 64 135 - - - - -
2007/08 Edmonton Oilers NHL 26th 3 7th 10 36 - - - - -
2008/09 Edmonton Oilers NHL 81 23 30th 53 98 - - - - -
2009/10 Edmonton Oilers NHL 37 4th 9 13 65 - - - - -
2010/11 Hershey Bears AHL 40 4th 15th 19th 85 6th 1 1 2 16
2011/12 Dallas Stars NHL 64 6th 15th 21st 73 - - - - -
2012/13 Anaheim Ducks NHL 44 7th 10 17th 52 6th 0 1 1 4th
WHL overall 154 23 71 94 470 6th 0 5 5 2
AHL total 129 6th 30th 36 273 26th 3 5 8th 67
NHL overall 758 109 191 300 1145 40 3 8th 11 69

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 1 1 2 6th
Men overall 9 1 1 2 6th

( 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 )

Personal

Souray was engaged to his longtime girlfriend, former wrestler Kelly Kelly , since summer 2014 , before the couple married in Mexico on February 27, 2016. The separation took place in October 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ducks Sign Souray to Three-Year Contract. Anaheim Ducks , July 1, 2012, accessed July 28, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Souray, Sheldon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Souray, Sheldon Sharik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Elk Point , Alberta, Alberta