Aaron Gagnon
Aaron Gagnon ( born April 24, 1986 in Quesnel, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since August 2013 in HV71 in the Svenska Hockey ligands under contract.
Career
Aaron Gagnon began his career as a hockey player with the Seattle Thunderbirds, for which he was active from 2001 to 2007 in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League. During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 in the eighth round as the 240th overall player of the Phoenix Coyotes, for which, however, he never played. Instead he received on 2 February 2007 as a free agent contract with the Dallas Stars.
After being in his first two years in the franchise of Texans exclusively for their farm teams that came Iowa Stars and Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League, as well as the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL for use, he gave on 16 October 2009 against the home game the Boston Bruins made his debut in the National Hockey League for Dallas. For the rest of the season 2009/10 the Canadians were divided Stars in the squad of Dallas ' new AHL farm team Texas.
On July 4, 2011 Gagnon signed a contract for two years with the Winnipeg Jets, however, came mainly for their AHL farm team St. John's IceCaps used. Following this he was engaged in August 2013 for two seasons of HV71 from the Svenska Hockey ligands.
Internationally
For Canada, Gagnon took part in the U18 World Youth Championship 2004, where he finished fourth with his team.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 WHL West First All-Star Team
- 2007 WHL West First All-Star Team
- 2007 Brad Hornung Trophy
Statistics
(End of season 2012/ 13)