Greg Andrusak
Greg Andrusak ( born November 14, 1969 in Cranbrook, British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defender. During his career he played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League as well as for the polar bears Berlin, Berlin Capitals and the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Career
Greg Andrusak was in the fifth round as the 88th overall player selected during the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. His career as a hockey player, he began earlier in the season 1986/87 at the Kelowna Packers of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. From 1987 to 1992 Andrusak played both ice hockey team from the University of Minnesota Duluth, and the junior national team of Canada. In the summer of 1992, the Canadian was in the squad of Pittsburgh's farm team, the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League, for whom he had the following three seasons mainly active. In the period to 1996, he was only twelve times used in the National Hockey League by the Penguins. The rest of the time he spent in the IHL with the Detroit Vipers and Minnesota Moose.
From 1996 to 1999 the defender was the first time in Europe under contract, where in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the polar bears Berlin, he was on the ice for two years. On 19 March 1999 Andrusak signed as a free agent with his former club the Pittsburgh Penguins after he already this season for polar bears Berlin in the DEL, HC Servette Geneva in the Swiss National League B, and the Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League had played and won the Turner Cup. Since Andrusak played only seven games by the end of the 1998/99 season in the NHL, he moved on 19 July 1999 as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs. There, too, he was rarely used in the NHL, but played the majority of the season for the Chicago Wolves in the IHL, with whom he won his second Turner Cup.
In the summer of 2000, the San Jose Sharks committed the defender, but the. During the following season exclusively for their farm team in the American Hockey League, the Kentucky Thoroughblades, was used His career ended the defenders in Europe, where he was first in the 2001/ 02 season, played in the Swiss National League A for the HC Lugano and then descended with the Berlin Capitals of the DEL. The 2002/ 03 spent Andrusak in their league rivals Hamburg Freezers, before he ended his career with the EHC Chur in the National League B.
Internationally
At the only tournament that played for the Canadian national team Andrusak, he reached with his team the bronze medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1995.