Todd Ewen

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CanadaCanada  Todd Ewen Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 22, 1966
place of birth Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death 19th September 2015
Place of death Wildwood , Missouri , USA
Nickname The Animal
size 191 cm
Weight 104 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 8th lap, 168th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1982-1983 Vernon Lakers
1983 Kamloops Junior Oilers
1983-1986 New Westminster Bruins
1986-1989 St. Louis Blues
1989-1993 Canadiens de Montréal
1993-1996 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1996-1997 San Jose Sharks

Todd Gordon Ewen (born March 22, 1966 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , † September 19, 2015 in Wildwood , Missouri , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 544 games for St. Louis during his playing career between 1982 and 1997 Blues , Canadiens de Montréal , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Ewen, who embodied the player type of the Enforcer , celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Canadiens de Montréal by winning the Stanley Cup in 1993 .

Career

Ewen began his career in 1982 in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League with the Vernon Lakers, before moving to the Western Hockey League for the Kamloops Junior Oilers at the end of the season. From the 1983/84 season, the Canadian ran three seasons for the New Westminster Bruins , where he was particularly noticeable due to his large number of penalty minutes. Nevertheless, he was selected in the eighth round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in 168th place by the Edmonton Oilers , who gave up his transfer rights in October 1986 without playing a game for the franchise to the St. Louis Blues .

Ewen played his first professional games in the 1985/86 season after the WHL season, when he went on the ice in three playoff games for the Maine Mariners in the American Hockey League . Before the 1986/87 season , the right winger signed a contract with the St. Louis Blues organization and was initially used in the International Hockey League with the farm team , the Peoria Rivermen . However, he made the leap into the NHL squad in the course of the season , in which he established himself until the end of the 1988/89 season. After just a few missions in the first months of the 1989/90 game year, the Blues transferred him to the Canadiens de Montréal . There the Canadian was again part of the permanent staff and was only given to the newly founded Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in a transfer business after the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup at the end of the 1992/93 season . In his first season with the Mighty Ducks, Ewen completed his best NHL year with 18 points in 76 games, measured by points. In his role as enforcer, he was responsible for protecting Teemu Selänne and Paul Kariya , the two star players in the Ducks at the time. In addition, he took over the position of assistant captain in the three seasons with Anaheim , initially one year behind Troy Loney and two years behind Randy Ladouceur . Ewen left the Ducks in the summer of 1996 when his expiring contract was not renewed. As a free agent he therefore moved to the San Jose Sharks , where he completed his last NHL season in the 1996/97 season. He finally ended his career in the course of the 1997/98 season , in which he had not played a single game because of a knee operation.

The dreaded pugilist nicknamed "The Animal" collected just under 2,000 penalty minutes in just 544 NHL games. Ewen passed away unexpectedly on September 19, 2015 at the age of 49. The following day, reported several media, Ewen had with a head shot killed himself . Ewen's family later confirmed that he had suffered from depression for years.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1982/83 Vernon Lakers BCJHL 42 14th 10 24 178 - - - - -
1982/83 Kamloops Junior Oilers WHL 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1983/84 New Westminster Bruins WHL 68 11 13 24 176 7th 1 2 3 15th
1984/85 New Westminster Bruins WHL 56 11 20th 31 304 10 1 8th 9 60
1985/86 New Westminster Bruins WHL 60 28 24 52 289 - - - - -
1985/86 Maine Mariners AHL - - - - - 3 0 0 0 7th
1986/87 Peoria Rivermen IHL 16 3 3 6th 110 - - - - -
1986/87 St. Louis Blues NHL 23 2 0 2 84 4th 0 0 0 23
1987/88 St. Louis Blues NHL 64 4th 2 6th 227 6th 0 0 0 21st
1988/89 St. Louis Blues NHL 34 4th 5 9 171 2 0 0 0 21st
1989/90 Peoria Rivermen IHL 2 0 0 0 12 - - - - -
1989/90 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 0 0 11 - - - - -
1989/90 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 41 4th 6th 10 158 10 0 0 0 4th
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 28 3 2 5 128 - - - - -
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 46 1 2 3 130 3 0 0 0 18th
1992/93 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 75 5 9 14th 193 1 0 0 0 0
1993/94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 79 9 9 18th 272 - - - - -
1994/95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 24 0 0 0 90 - - - - -
1995/96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 53 4th 3 7th 285 - - - - -
1996/97 San Jose Sharks NHL 51 0 2 2 162 - - - - -
WHL overall 187 50 57 107 771 19th 3 9 12 75
IHL total 18th 3 3 6th 122 - - - - -
NHL overall 518 36 40 76 1911 26th 0 0 0 87

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Former Stanley Cup champion Todd Ewen dies at 49
  2. ↑ Ice Hockey News (Ed.): Chronicle 2015 . Ice Hockey News, p. 93 .
  3. ↑ Former NHL enforcer Todd Ewen dies at 49. In: USA Today . September 20, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015 .
  4. ^ Report: Ewen's death classified as suicide. In: tsn.ca. September 20, 2015, accessed on July 13, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Sean Leahy: Police classify death of former NHLer Todd Ewen as suicide: Report. In: ca.sports. yahoo .com. September 21, 2015, accessed on July 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Ewen, Todd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ewen, Todd Gordon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon , Saskatchewan
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 2015
Place of death Wildwood , Missouri