Cam Paddock

Cam Paddock ( born March 22, 1983 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since January 2012 the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga under contract.

Career

Cam Paddock began his career in 1999 with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. After two unremarkable seasons he developed in the 2001/ 02 season, along with Jesse Schultz to the major players of the Rockets and was top scorer of his team. Thus, the Pittsburgh Penguins were aware of him and pulled him in the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 in the fifth round at 137th place. Next year, Paddock scored also constant and contributed eleven goals in the play-offs to win the President's Cup at. The season 2003/ 04 was for the Canadians and the Rockets a huge success, as one could win the Memorial Cup for the first time.

After his successful junior time signed Paddock to season 2004/ 05 his first professional contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but only put him in the farm teams. From 2004 to 2006 he commuted as between the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League and the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. In December 2006 Paddock signed a contract with the San Antonio Rampage, where he remained for two years. In his first season he played for the farm team of the ECHL, the Phoenix RoadRunners. After he was aggressively targeted in his youth time, was at senior level in particular its quality as a defensive forward, so committed him to the 2008/09 season the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. After a few games with the Peoria Rivermen in the AHL the Blues Paddock convened in November 2008 to the NHL team, where he gave against the Chicago Blackhawks made ​​his debut in the league. Here in his third change to 99 seconds operating time in the game he scored his first NHL goal. This was followed by another 15 games with a goal and an assist before he was sent back to the AHL. The next year he spent entirely with the Peoria Rivermen.

For the season 2010/11 he moved to Europe and signed a contract with the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In September 2011, he was with a contract for one season of the Los Angeles Kings obliged to put him in the farm team for the Manchester Monarchs. In January 2012, the Canadians received a contract with the Augsburger Panther of the DEL.

Awards and achievements

• 2003 President's Cup with the Kelowna Rockets win
• 2004 Memorial Cup with the Kelowna Rockets win

Statistics

(End of season 2009/10)