Ian Gordon (ice hockey)
Ian Gordon ( born May 15, 1975 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan ) is a retired German - Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, among others, for the Frankfurt Lions, the SERC Wild Wings and the ERC Ingolstadt. The greatest success of his career was winning the German championship with the Lions in 2004.
Career
After his junior time in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League with the Swift Current Broncos played the 1.78 meters wide left catcher from 1995 to 2000 in the American minor leagues AHL for the Saint John Flames and IHL for the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Cleveland Lumberjacks and the Utah Grizzlies.
For DEL 2000/01 season the goalkeeper moved to the Schwenningen Wild Wings in the German Hockey League. After three years in Schwenningen, at the end of which was the bankruptcy of his former employer and the associated decline in the 2nd Bundesliga, Gordon signed in the summer of 2003, a contract with the playing in the DEL Frankfurt Lions, with whom he once in the first joint season German champion.
November 18, 2008 Ian Gordon received the German citizenship and thus occupied no more foreigners license. From the DEL Season 2010/2011 Gordon ran for ERC Ingolstadt On February 19, 2013 graduated from the goalkeeper be 700 DEL game, in which Ingolstadt, however the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg would have to admit defeat. After the 2012/13 season the father of three children, ended his career and returned to Canada. In the 13 seasons in the DEL he was in 712 games on the ice and was able to record 45 shutouts. He leads the list of best DEL before Jimmy Waite, who played in 40 games to zero.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 German champion with the Frankfurt Lions
- 2008 DEL All-Star Game
- 2009 DEL All-Star Game
DEL stats
( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 ) As of the end of the 2009/10 season