Drew Bagnall
Drew Bagnall ( born October 26, 1983 in Oakbank, Manitoba ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since July 2013 when the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League contract.
Career
Drew Bagnall first played from 2000 to 2003 for the Battlefords North Stars of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in. Following the defender at the NHL Entry Draft in 2003 in the sixth round of a total of 195 position was selected by the Dallas Stars. The Canadians chose to study at St. Lawrence University and went into the following four seasons for the ice hockey team in the university and college sports league ECAC hockey on the ice. In March 2004, the Dallas Stars gave his rights, together with a second-round vote in NHL Entry Draft 2004 to the Florida Panthers off to acquire Valeri Bure. The 2006/07 season, his last at St. Lawrence University, was the most successful for Bagnall. Among other things, he was elected to the First All -Star team in the league and won player of the year. This led to him that the Los Angeles Kings submitted a contract offer, where the Canadians signed a contract in August 2007. His first season in the organization of the Kings, he spent at the Reading Royals in the ECHL and the Manchester Monarchs in the American Hockey League. In the 2008 / 09 season, the defensive player made the breakthrough in the AHL when he became a regular for the Monarchs.
In the following season, he served as the team captain and led the team to the Conference Finals, in which the team later Calder Cup winner from Pennsylvania, the Hershey Bears defeated. In early July 2010, he was available as a free agent and agreed on the second day of the free agent period on a contract with the Minnesota Wild. His first season in the organization of the Wild spent the defender mostly in the farm team for the Houston Aeros in the AHL, where Bagnall quickly established himself as a performer and with the team in the season 2010/11 reached the finals series for the Calder Cup. On 8 April 2011 he made his debut in the National Hockey League, ran aground as Bagnall for the Minnesota Wild in the encounter against the Edmonton Oilers.
In July 2013 he signed a two -year contract with the Buffalo Sabres.
Awards and achievements
- 2003 SJHL First All -Star Team
- 2003 SJHL Defenseman of the Year
- 2007 ECAC First All -Star Team
- 2007 ECAC Player of the Year
- 2007 NCAA East First All-American Team
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 )