Dean Sylvester
Dean Sylvester ( born December 30, 1972 in Weymouth, Massachusetts ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Buffalo Sabres and Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League.
Career
Sylvester played with three years from 1991 to 1994 at Kent State University and for one year from 1994 to 1995 at Michigan State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. During this time he had been selected in the NHL Supplemental Draft 1993 second overall position of the San Jose Sharks.
After completing his college education, the right winger joined the 1995/96 season first in the East Coast Hockey League to the Mobile Mysticks, but was still taken during the season by the San Jose Sharks under contract. This put him in the following three seasons, but only in their farm team in the International Hockey League, the Kansas City Blades, a. At a NHL - use for the Sharks but he never came. Therefore, the Americans moved in the summer of 1998 as a free agent with the Buffalo Sabres, which led him first also only in the farm team, the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, exert. Towards the end of the season 1998/99 he came to his first in the NHL and was also used in four playoff games. Nevertheless, Sylvester was transferred in the summer of 1999 to the Atlanta Thrashers newly founded, where he could eventually prevail and for the seasons 1999/2000 and 2000/ 01 came to a total of 95 missions. On 25 June 2001, he announced the end of his career.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 Turner Cup win with the Orlando Solar Bears