Eric Boguniecki
Eric Boguniecki ( born May 6, 1975 in New Haven, Connecticut ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player and current coach, who during his active career, among other things for the Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Islanders the National Hockey League was active. Since July 2011 he has worked as an assistant coach for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League.
Career
Boguniecki began his career in 1993 as a team of University of New Hampshire, with whom he played in the College Football Hockey East. During the NHL Entry Draft in 1993, he was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the eighth round in a total of 193 positions. The trained striker completed his studies and then joined the International Hockey League with the Fort Wayne Komets. In the summer of 1999, the right-handed shooter signed a contract with the Florida Panthers, the him but mostly in the AHL in their former farm team, the Louisville Panthers began,. Boguniecki was four times the shirt of the Panthers.
In 2000 he was nominated for the U.S. national team, with which he participated in the same year at World Cup in Japan and reached the fifth place. Boguniecki graduated seven games for the team in the United States and was able to achieve an assist, and have a plus / minus stats by 2.
For the 2000/01 season he became a free agent at the St. Louis Blues, where he was, however, used only once. In the following years he was mainly in the former farm team of the Blues active. In the Worcester IceCats he was one of the best punk strikers in the team. In the season 2001/ 02 he scored 84 points scorer in 63 games. Then he got another chance to prove himself in the NHL. The 2002/03 season was also extremely positive. Boguniecki could play in the master cadre of blues and completed almost all main round matches. It was used 80 times and came up with 49 points.
During the NHL lockout in 2004/ 05 was played by the then 29 -year-old in the Swiss National League B at SC Langenthal and then returned to the team of the St. Louis Blues. Other career stops were followed by the Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as the clubs AHL Peoria Rivermen, Syracuse Crunch and Binghamton Senators.
In summer 2007, he was able to see a commitment in the German Ice Hockey League, the management of the ERC Ingolstadt. Boguniecki signed a one-year contract. At the end of the season he received a contract offer from the Anaheim Ducks, who eventually transferred him to the 2008/ 09 to North America. However, the then 33 -year-old was the entire season in the squad of the Iowa Chops, the farm team of the Ducks. In the following season, he went for the Alaska Aces in the ECHL on the ice. In July 2011, the Americans were in the position of assistant coach committed by the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.