Marc-Édouard Vlasic
Marc -Edouard Vlasic (Croatian Marc -Edouard Vlasic, born March 30, 1987 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player of Croatian descent. He currently plays for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League on the position of the defender. His ancestors came from what is now Croatia.
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Career
Vlasic began his junior career in 2003 with the Quebec Remparts in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. After a streaky rookie year and a slightly stronger second year, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2005 in the second round 35th by the San Jose Sharks. The following year saw Vlasics best season in the jersey of the Remparts. With 73 points in 66 games he played an outstanding season, which was rewarded with the move into the playoffs. Finally, the team from Quebec City won as host the Memorial Cup final, where Vlasic scored the game -winning goal for the final victory, he also was the defender with the most points in the playoffs.
When training camp of the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 2006, convinced Vlasic and won a place in the squad of the team. With over 20 minutes of ice per game, the most for a rookie in the 2006/07 season, he established himself in his first NHL season and was named on the end of the season the best rookie player of the San Jose Sharks and was also the NHL All- Rookie Team selected. In the following season Vlasic improved his game significantly in defense and was one of the most consistent defenders in the squad. However, he was not able to progress in the offensive, which showed its only 14 points scorer. This changed in 2008/ 09 was as under new coach Todd McLellan greater involvement of the defenders on the offensive. Vlasic put on new records in the categories of goals, assists and points at the side of defensive partner Rob Blake at the end of the season. With its 36 scorer points, he improved significantly compared to last year and his total of 30 Assist in the last game of the regular season led to the Sharks with Dan Boyle, Rob Blake, Christian Ehrhoff and his own four defenders with 30 or more Torvorbereitungen presented. This was previously only three other teams have succeeded in NHL history.
Internationally
On the international stage Vlasic played for the first time at the 2009 World Championships in Switzerland for the national team of Canada, when he was re-nominated after leaving the San Jose Sharks from the playoffs of the National Hockey League for the start of the second round of the tournament. Overall, he played five games and won the silver medal after a final defeat against the reigning world champions Russia. 2014 he was with the Canadian National Team Olympic champion.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 Memorial Cup win with the Quebec Remparts
- 2007 PlayStation " Sharks Rookie of the Year " Award
- 2007 NHL All- Rookie Team
Internationally
- 2009 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2014 Gold Medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World Cup 2009
- World Cup 2012
- 2014 Winter Olympics
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )