Dixon Ward
Dixon McRae Ward ( born September 23, 1968 in Leduc, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is in during his active career, among other things for the Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers the National Hockey League has played. His brother Colin was also a professional hockey player.
Career
The offensive player was initially active in the Red Deer Rustlers in the Alberta Junior Hockey League from 1986 to 1988. NHL Entry Draft 1988, he was selected in the seventh round in a total of 128 position of the Vancouver Canucks. Then, the attacker began studying at the University of North Dakota and went the next four years for the ice hockey team, the Fighting Sioux, in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association on the ice. During this time, the Canadian was elected twice to the Second All-Star team in the league. For the season 1992 /93 right-handed shooter debuted for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League, where he completed 70 matches for the team in the regular season and scored 52 points scorer. With a value of 34 in the plus / minus- he also led the league in all rookies. In January 1994, the Vancouver Canucks him transferred in exchange for Jimmy Carson to the Los Angeles Kings. For Californians Dixon played 34 NHL games before he was released before the start of the following season in a comprehensive six players barter to the Toronto Maple Leafs. However, he found himself there - as well as previously in Los Angeles - not really cope and remained far behind his achievements rookie season. Decisive upturn in the career of the Canadian brought the contract was signed in September 1995 with the Buffalo Sabres, where he hired as a free agent.
After his first season in the organization of the Buffalo Sabres are still predominantly at their farm team, the Rochester Americans, had spent in the American Hockey League, with which he in 1996 as the most valuable player of the finals - honored with the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy - the Calder Cup won and also made it into the list of the ten best points scorer in the league, to set Dixon during the 1996/97 season also carried as a regular force in the NHL squad of the Buffalo Sabres. The Game 1998 /99 is his most successful in the dress of the buffalo, which the winger reached the finals series for the Stanley Cup. In six games but lost the team the Dallas Stars, with the right shooter was successful with one hit. For the 2000/ 01 season, the free agent was hired by the Boston Bruins and was available to them in 63 NHL games on the ice.
Following that season, he first accepted an offer from Europe and spent the game in 2001/ 02 in the Emmental in the SCL Tigers of the National League A. In early October 2002, the Canadian was taken by the New York Rangers under contract, spent the majority of the season but their AHL farm team in Hartford Wolf Pack. Then Ward came back again for a season in Switzerland and played his final season as a professional in the jersey of SC Rapperswil -Jona.