Todd Reirden

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United StatesUnited States  Todd Reirden Ice hockey player
Reirden as assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins (2011)

Reirden as assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins (2011)
Date of birth June 25, 1971
place of birth Deerfield , Illinois , USA
size 196 cm
Weight 98 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 12th lap, 242nd position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1990-1994 Bowling Green State University
1994 Albany River Rats
Raleigh IceCaps
1994-1995 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
1995-1996 Chicago Wolves
Jacksonville Lizard Kings
1996-1997 San Antonio Dragons
1997 Fort Wayne Comet
1998-1999 Edmonton Oilers
Hamilton Bulldogs
1999-2001 St. Louis Blues
2001-2002 Atlanta Thrashers
2002-2004 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2004 Phoenix Coyotes
Springfield Falcons
2004-2005 Houston Eros
2005-2006 DEG Metro Stars
2006 EC Graz 99ers
2006-2007 SønderjyskE ishockey

Todd Reirden (born June 25, 1971 in Deerfield , Illinois ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach . The defender played 188 games for the Edmonton Oilers , St. Louis Blues , Atlanta Thrashers and Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League , but spent the majority of his career in minor leagues, which was characterized by frequent changes . Since June 2014 he worked as an assistant coach at the Washington Capitals in the NHL and served as their 18th head coach from June 2018 to August 2020.

Career

As a player

Todd Reirden attended Deerfield Academy in his hometown and later the Tabor Academy in Massachusetts and played for their ice hockey teams in regional high school leagues. In 1990, the defender enrolled at Bowling Green State University and from then on took part with their Falcons in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), a league within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). After his first year in college, he was selected in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in 242nd position by the New Jersey Devils before increasing his personal statistics from season to season. In his fourth and final season in 1993/94 he recorded 30 points scorer in 38 games and then moved to the professional area, but the New Jersey Devils did not make use of their rights acquired in the draft.

Reirden began his professional career in the ECHL and was active there in his first two professional years with the Raleigh IceCaps , Tallahassee Tiger Sharks and Jacksonville Lizard Kings , while he also played two appearances with the Albany River Rats in the American Hockey League (AHL). From 1996 the defender established himself in the International Hockey League (IHL), but also changed the team here regularly, so he ran until 1998 for the Chicago Wolves , San Antonio Dragons and Fort Wayne Komets . With his services there he recommended himself in the episode for the National Hockey League (NHL), so that he was committed as a free agent by the Edmonton Oilers in September 1998 . For this, the American made his debut in January 1999 in the top division of North America, but was mainly used in their farm team , the Hamilton Bulldogs , in the AHL. After a year in Edmonton, he came in September 1999 via the waiver to the St. Louis Blues , in whose NHL line-up he subsequently established himself and was regularly on the ice for the first time in the NHL. After the 2000/01 season, his expiring contract was not extended, so he joined the Atlanta Thrashers as a free agent , as well as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim the following year . In contrast to Atlanta, the defender in Anaheim received no more NHL service time, so that after one and a half years at the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in January 2004 he was given to the Phoenix Coyotes without any further consideration . The Coyotes, who used him primarily with the Springfield Falcons , should be his last NHL station. The Houston Eros , in which he ran up in the following season 2004/05, subsequently marked his last team in North America.

In 2005 Reirden decided to end his career in Europe. He spent the 2005/06 season with the DEG Metro Stars in the German Ice Hockey League , before playing in 2006/07 for the EC Graz 99ers in the Austrian EBEL and for SønderjyskE Ishockey in the Danish Oddset Ligaen . He then ended his active career, in which he had completed a total of 188 NHL, 214 IHL and 266 AHL games.

As a trainer

United StatesUnited States  Todd Reirden
Coaching stations
2007-2008 Bowling Green State University (assistant coach)
2008-2010 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2010-2014 Pittsburgh Penguins (assistant coach)
2014-2018 Washington Capitals (assistant coach)
2018-2020 Washington Capitals

After the end of his active career, Reirden returned for one season to his alma mater , where he worked as an assistant coach. In the 2008/09 season he was hired by the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins from the AHL, where he acted as assistant to Dan Bylsma , before he was promoted to head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the middle of the season , making Reirden his first head coach. Position in the professional area. In July 2010 he followed Bylsma to Pittsburgh and was there again as an assistant coach until the entire NHL coaching staff of the Penguins was dismissed after the 2013/14 season. A little later, the Washington Capitals hired him in June 2014 as the new assistant to Barry Spy , with whom he led the team in the 2018 playoffs for the first Stanley Cup in franchise history . After this success, however, defiance resigned from the Capitals and moved to the New York Islanders , which Reirden was promoted to head coach. Under his aegis, the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs two years in a row, so that they separated from him again in August 2020.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1990/91 Bowling Green State University NCAA 28 1 5 6th 22nd
1991/92 Bowling Green State University NCAA 33 8th 7th 15th 34
1992/93 Bowling Green State University NCAA 41 8th 17th 25th 48
1992/93 Bowling Green State University NCAA 38 7th 23 30th 56
1994/95 Raleigh IceCaps ECHL 26th 2 13 15th −7 33 - - - - - -
1994/95 Albany River Rats AHL 2 0 1 1 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
1994/95 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL 43 5 25th 30th +12 61 13 2 5 7th 40
1995/96 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL 7th 1 3 4th −2 10 - - - - - -
1995/96 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 15th 1 10 11 −4 41 1 0 2 2 +3 4th
1995/96 Chicago Wolves IHL 31 0 2 2 ± 0 39 9 0 2 2 +5 16
1996/97 Chicago Wolves IHL 57 3 10 13 +12 108 - - - - - -
1996/97 San Antonio Dragons NHL 23 2 5 7th +11 51 9 0 1 1 −1 17th
1997/98 San Antonio Dragons IHL 70 5 14th 19th −4 132 - - - - - -
1997/98 Fort Wayne Comet IHL 11 2 2 4th −10 16 4th 0 2 2 +3 4th
1998/99 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 58 9 25th 34 +4 84 11 0 5 5 ± 0 6th
1998/99 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17th 2 3 5 −1 20th - - - - - -
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 56 4th 21st 25th +18 32 4th 0 1 1 −1 0
2000/01 Worcester IceCats AHL 7th 2 6th 8th +5 20th - - - - - -
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 38 2 4th 6th −2 43 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 65 3 5 8th −25 82 - - - - - -
2002/03 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 58 7th 13 20th −5 97 - - - - - -
2003/04 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 39 3 8th 11 −8 42 - - - - - -
2003/04 Springfield Falcons AHL 34 6th 7th 13 −14 42 - - - - - -
2003/04 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 7th 0 2 2 −4 4th - - - - - -
2004/05 Houston Eros AHL 52 3 5 8th +3 56 5 0 0 0 −1 6th
2005/06 DEG Metro Stars DEL 37 4th 13 17th +2 72 14th 0 4th 4th +1 10
2006/07 EC Graz 99ers EBEL 15th 2 6th 8th −5 24 - - - - - -
2006/07 SønderjyskE ishockey Oddset Ligaen 22nd 5 10 15th 36 13 3 5 8th 16
NCAA overall 140 24 52 76 160
ECHL total 91 9 51 60 −1 145 14th 2 7th 9 44
IHL total 192 12 33 45 +9 346 22nd 0 5 5 +7 37
AHL total 250 30th 65 95 −15 343 16 0 5 5 −1 12
NHL overall 183 11 35 46 −14 181 5 0 1 1 −1 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 : Todd Reirden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Capital's name Todd Reirden Assistant Coach. nhl.com, June 24, 2014, accessed June 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Mike Battaglino: Reirden named coach of Capitals, replaces Defiance. nhl.com, June 29, 2018, accessed June 29, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Reirden, Todd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Deerfield , Illinois , United States