Travis Moen

Travis Moen
Date of birth	April 6, 1982
place of birth	Swift Current , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	98 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 5th lap, 155th position Calgary Flames
Career stations
1998-2002	Kelowna Rockets
2002-2005	Chicago Blackhawks
2005-2009	Anaheim Ducks
2009	San Jose Sharks
2009-2014	Montréal Canadiens
2014-2016	Dallas Stars

Travis Moen (born April 6, 1982 in Swift Current , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The winger played 830 games in the National Hockey League , most of them for the Anaheim Ducks , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2007 , and for the Canadiens de Montréal .

Career

Moen began his career in 1998 at the age of 16 in the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League with the team in his hometown. At the end of the season he joined the Kelowna Rockets from the Western Hockey League , for which he played four games in the rest of the season. In the 1999/2000 season, the Canadian was an integral part of the team. In 66 encounters, the rookie got 15 points and was selected in the following summer during the NHL Entry Draft 2000 as a total of 155th player in the fifth round of the Calgary Flames . Nevertheless, Moen stayed in Kelowna for the next two years and was able to improve gradually, although he was out for large parts of the 2000/01 season due to an injury. Above all, his aggressive style of playing in the style of an enforcer made him an important pillar of the team.

For the 2002/03 season Moen switched to the professional field. Not in the organization of the Calgary Flames, which had drafted him, but with the Chicago Blackhawks , with whom he had signed a contract in the summer. This first used him with the Norfolk Admirals , their farm team in the American Hockey League , where the Canadian came to appearances in 42 matches. Despite only three scorer points in the season, he managed to get a regular place in the squad of the NHL team for the 2003/04 season through the Blackhawks' pre-season training camp . In the course of the game year, the left winger completed all 82 games of the season in which he scored six points, but his clearly negative plus / minus statistics indicated weaknesses on the defensive. Due to the lockout in the NHL season 2004/05 Moen could not gain further experience in the NHL, but played again for Norfolk in the AHL. In his third year in the professional field, he showed himself greatly improved both on the offensive and on the defensive, which in the summer of 2006 led to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim signing him in exchange for the Swedish striker Michael Holmqvist .

Moen in the jersey of the Anaheim Ducks

On the US west coast, Moen was immediately part of the NHL squad, playing only 39 games due to a knee and shoulder injury and the great competition in the squad. He posted five scorer points in these games and was thus almost able to approach his production from the 2003/04 season, in which he had completed more than double the number of games. For the 2006/07 season , the striker finally won a regular place in the starting lineup of the now in Anaheim Ducks renamed franchises . Together with Samuel Påhlsson and Rob Niedermayer , he formed a very dangerous third row, which, due to its defensive orientation, was actually intended to play against the opponent's best row. After the three strikers had already caused a sensation in the regular season, they were able to improve again in the course of the playoffs and made a significant contribution to the Ducks' first Stanley Cup win. In the best season of his career to date, the Canadian had 33 points in 103 games in the regular season and playoffs. The following season was not so successful for both the Ducks and Moen. Neither the Ducks had a chance in the fight for the Stanley Cup, nor was the striker able to build on the performances of the previous season. The 2008/09 season was similar, although Moen's statistical values ​​in the offensive area improved again slightly. Nevertheless, he and his teammate Kent Huskins were handed over to rival San Jose Sharks in early March . In return, they transferred Timo Pielmeier , Nick Bonino and a conditional draft right between the second and fourth round in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft to Anaheim. For the Sharks, the Canadian only played 25 games, including six in the playoffs, as he signed a three-year contract with the Montréal Canadiens after the season .

In November the Canadiens gave it to the Dallas Stars and received Sergei Gonchar in return . Moen played for the stars until the summer of 2016 before his contract was not renewed. In November 2016, the Canadian announced the end of his playing career.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 Stanley Cup win with the Anaheim Ducks

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		4th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		66	9	6th	15th	96		5	1	1	2	2
2000/01	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		40	8th	8th	16	106		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		71	10	17th	27	197		13	1	0	1	28
2002/03	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		42	1	2	3	62		9	0	0	0	20th
2003/04	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		82	4th	2	6th	142		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		79	8th	12	20th	187		6th	0	1	1	6th
2005/06	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		39	4th	1	5	72		9	1	0	1	10
2006/07	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		82	11	10	21st	101		21st	7th	5	12	22nd
2007/08	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		77	3	5	8th	81		6th	1	1	2	2
2008/09	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		63	4th	7th	11	77		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	San Jose Sharks	NHL		19th	3	2	5	14th		6th	0	0	0	2
2009/10	Montréal Canadiens	NHL		81	8th	11	19th	57		19th	2	1	3	4th
2010/11	Montréal Canadiens	NHL		79	6th	10	16	96		7th	0	1	1	2
2011/12	Montréal Canadiens	NHL		48	9	7th	16	41		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Montréal Canadiens	NHL		45	2	4th	6th	32		5	0	0	0	17th
2013/14	Montréal Canadiens	NHL		65	2	10	12	49		4th	0	0	0	0
2014/15	Montréal Canadiens	NHL		10	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Dallas Stars	NHL		34	3	6th	9	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Dallas Stars	NHL		23	0	2	2	21st		6th	0	0	0	2
WHL overall				181	27	31	58	399		18th	2	1	3	30th
AHL total				121	9	14th	23	249		15th	0	1	1	26th
NHL overall				747	59	77	136	801		83	11	8th	19th	61

( 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 )

Others

Moen has been a member of the Trent McCleary - Patrick Marleau - Travis Moen Sports and Recreation Foundation since 2007 . This was founded in 2001 by former NHL players Trent McCleary and Patrick Marleau as Trent McCleary - Patrick Marleau Sport and Recreation Foundation . It supports young people between the ages of six and 18 financially so that their athletic potential can be promoted. McCleary, who had to retire early due to an accident, Marleau and Moen all come from or around Swift Current .

Moen is married and has two children.

Web links

Commons : Travis Moen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Travis Moen in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Travis Moen at legendsofhockey.net (English)