Andy Sutton
Andy Cameron Sutton ( born March 10, 1975 in Kingston, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player on the position of the defender during his playing career from 1998 to 2013, among other things for the San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers was active in the National Hockey League.
Career
Sutton began his career in 1994 at Michigan Technological University with the university team in the Western Collegiate Hockey he Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Four years After problems in the first three years of the game which was caused by its size of 1.98 meters and a weight of 111 kg, above all, managed the Canadians in his last year to become one, for his physical conditions, mobile defender. So he reached in his last year 40 points scorer after only 16 points it had succeeded in the three previous years. The performance was rewarded with the appointment to the Second All-Star Team of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and his first professional contract with the San Jose Sharks, who committed the ungedrafteten Sutton after the college season and at the Kentucky Thoroughblades, their farm team in him the American Hockey League, exert.
During the 1998/99 season the defender was able to keep a third of the season in the NHL squad, before he had to play again for the Thoroughblades. The 1999/ 00 spent Sutton again between Kentucky and San Jose. In June 2000, the Sharks then transferred him to the Minnesota Wild, where the Canadians could work out a regular place in the 2000 /01 season. After only a few games in the following season game for Hnat Scandella to the Atlanta Thrashers gave from him in their squad to Sutton was able to develop until the end of the season 2006/ 07 to a fixed size, which now could set the tone in the offensive. His five-year commitment to the Thrashers was interrupted only by a change in the Switzerland during the 2004/ 05 season, as the NHL season had fallen victim to the lockout. In Switzerland, he signed a contract with the first GCK Lions of the National League B, which loaned him in the course of the season to the ZSC Lions of the National League A.
In summer 2007, Sutton extended his contract with the Atlanta Thrashers and not tested the free agent market. Finally, he moved to the New York Islanders. Since his contract expired after two years at the end of the season 2009/10, the Islanders transferred him to a choice of the second round Draft beginning of March 2010 to the Ottawa Senators. In August 2010 he signed a temporary two -year contract with the Anaheim Ducks.
On 1 July 2011, the Californians him transferred in exchange for Kurtis Foster to the Edmonton Oilers. After he had denied some games in the 2011/12 season, he had to stop due to a knee injury, the entire 2012/13 season. As a result, he announced on May 22, 2013 officially announced the end of his career known.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
( 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 )