Blake Sloan
Blake Sloan ( born July 27, 1975 in Park Ridge, Illinois ) is an American professional ice hockey player who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Red Bull EHC Munich. Sloan won the 1999 with the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup, then subsequently moved to the Swedish club Timrå IK and from there to the 2006/07 season to Mannheim before he played between 2009 and 2012 for the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg.
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Career
Sloan's NHL career also began with the Dallas Stars, for which he for the Farm Team Houston Aeros came alongside playing his first 33 NHL inserts, in which he succeeded, however, did not score in two assists. The following season should Sloans successful in Texas are - next to Stanley Cup victory of the right-handed shooter was able to get a regular place in the team.
But already in the following year, the Americans came back only on 33 missions in the North American professional league, so he still moved during the season for the Columbus Blue Jackets. During the 2001/ 02 season, the defender moved to the Calgary Flames, where he played until the summer of 2003. A new employer could Sloan found only in November 2003, when he signed a contract with the farm team of the Detroit Red Wings, Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. A little later the right shooter received an NHL contract by the Red Wings, but before he came to the mission of the team, the Dallas Stars took him on the waiver list back. After the expiry of his contract and the failure of the NHL season 2004/ 05 Sloan returned to the Grand Rapids Griffins.
2005 dared the then 30 -year-old a new start in Sweden, which he finally reached Germany. There he won in the 2006/07 season with the Adler Mannheim, the German Cup and the German Ice Hockey Cup. After the 2008/ 09 season Sloans contract was not renewed in Mannheim and he hired the league rivals Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg. The biggest success was winning the first round championship here in the season 2010/11. In July 2012, Sloan signed a contract for one-year term at the Red Bull EHC Munich.
Internationally
Sloan participated with the U.S. National Team at the 2004 World Championship, where he won the bronze medal with Team USA. In nine World Cup matches Sloan scored two goals.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
- 2004 bronze medal at the World Championships
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 )