Stu Bickel

Stu Bickel
Date of birth	2nd October 1986
place of birth	Chanhassen , Minnesota , USA
size	193 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2004-2006	Green Bay Gamblers
2006-2007	Sioux Falls Stampede
2007-2008	University of Minnesota
2008-2009	Iowa chops
2009-2010	San Antonio Rampage
2010-2011	Connecticut Whale
2011-2013	New York Rangers
2013-2014	Hartford Wolf Pack
2014-2015	Minnesota Wild Iowa Wild
since 2015	San Diego Gulls

Stuart Richard Bickel (born October 2, 1986 in Chanhassen , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League since October 2015 .

Career

The preferred acting in the position of defender Stu Bickel was initially active from 2004 to 2006 for the Green Bay Gamblers in the United States Hockey League . The 2006/07 game year was spent by the right-handed shooter with their league rivals Sioux Falls Stampede . Then Bickel completed a season in the jersey of the University of Minnesota ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . The American, who had never been drafted , was signed as a free agent by the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League in July 2008 . His first season in the organization of Californians spent the defender in the AHL - Farm Team Iowa Stars . In the following two playing years, he initially commuted several times between several teams from the American Hockey League and ECHL , before Bickel was transferred to the New York Rangers in November 2010 by the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Nigel Williams .

After starting the 2011/12 season with the Connecticut Whale in the American Hockey League, Bickel was appointed to the New York Rangers' NHL squad in December 2011. On December 20, 2011, he made his debut in the game against the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League and posted his first scorer point . In his rookie season , Bickel managed to earn a regular place in the defense of the New York Rangers. He was used in a total of 51 regular season games and 18 playoff games for the Blueshirts .

After his contract with the Rangers was not renewed, he joined the Minnesota Wild as a free agent in July 2014 and signed a one-year contract there. There he was used, however, mainly with the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League ; in addition, his contract was not extended after the end of the season. In October 2015, he therefore joined the San Diego Gulls from the AHL.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 Clark Cup win with the Sioux Falls Stampede

NHL statistics

Status: end of the 2015/16 season

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	3	76	0	10	10	203
Playoffs	1	18th	0	0	0	16

Web links

• Stu Bickel in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Stu Bickel at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Stu Bickel at legendsofhockey.net (English)