Duncan Siemens
Duncan Siemens ( born September 7, 1993, Sherwood Park, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays on the position of the defender for the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League since 2009.
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Career
Duncan Siemens played in the season 2007/ 08 for the Sherwood Park Flyers, a junior team his hometown, in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League. In the season 2008/ 09 he went for the Sherwood Park Kings, another junior team his hometown, in the Alberta Midget Hockey League on the ice. Previously, he was selected in the Bantam Draft of the Western Hockey League, a talent drawing similar to the NHL Entry Draft, from the Saskatoon Blades at third position overall. The defender completed 34 games for the Kings in the regular season and came late in the 2008 /09 WHL season, along with two inserts for the Blades in the Western Hockey League.
From the season 2009/10 Siemens belonged to the tribe of the squad Saskatoon Blades. The Canadians completed 57 games in the regular season, scoring three goals and 17 assists. In the subsequent play-offs the Blades won the first round after a 4-0 sweep against the Red Deer Rebels. In the second round, the Eastern Conference semi-final, subject to the Brandon Wheat Kings Blades with 2:4 games. Siemens came in seven playoff games for use and remained without point scorer.
The following season he played with Stefan Elliott in a defensive line. The links Sagittarius came in all 72 games of the regular season for the Saskatoon Blades for use, but he scored five goals and 43 points. In addition, he collected 121 penalty minutes. In the play-offs the Blades eliminated in the second round to eventual champion of the Western Hockey League, the Kootenay Ice from. Previously, the Prince Albert Raiders were defeated in the quarterfinals. Following the 2010/ 11 Siemens was appointed All- Star team in the WHL East Second.
NHL Entry Draft 2011 - an annual event in which teams of the National Hockey League can secure the rights to young players is - Duncan Siemens was selected in the first round at a total eleventh position from the Colorado Avalanche. On 28 July 2011, he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Colorado Avalanche. The defender was sent to its further development back to Saskatoon in the Western Hockey League, where he was appointed captain of the blades before the start of the 2011/12 season.
After the Saskatoon Blades in the first round of the WHL playoffs in 2012 the Medicine Hat Tigers subject, Siemens was appointed to the Colorado Farm Team Lake Erie Monsters in the American Hockey League, for the defensive player in the AHL 2011/12 season three games played.
Internationally
Duncan Siemens was of the Canadian national team for the first time at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in 2010. The defender came in five games, a field that scored a goal and two assists. The Canadians won at this tournament after a final victory against the U.S. selection the gold medal.
Awards and achievements
- 2011 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2011 WHL East Second All- Star Team
Internationally
- 2010 Gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Career Stats
Internationally
( 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 )