James Reimer (ice hockey)

James Reimer ( born March 15, 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since 2008 with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League under contract and since 2009 for their farm team, the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League plays.

Career

James Reimer started his career as a hockey player with the Red Deer Rebels, for by 2008 he was active from 2005 in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League. During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006 in the fourth round as a total of 99 players from the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the 2008 /09 season the goalkeeper completed his first three missions for the Toronto Marlies, the farm team of the Maple Leafs in the American Hockey League. The majority of the playing time he spent, however, in the ECHL. There he began the season with the Reading Royals and finished it at the South Carolina Stingrays. With the latter, he was able to convince in the playoffs and led his team to win the Kelly Cup. The best player of the playoffs, he also received the trophy as Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player. Already in the regular season of Canadians was successful in the Stingrays with a Gegentorschnitt of 1.32 and a catch rate of 96.1 percent for its six inserts.

For the 2009/10 season the Maple Leafs Reimer beorderten to their AHL farm team Toronto Marlies, for which he regularly stood on the ice during the entire season. During his 26 missions he allowed only 2.25 goals per game at a catch rate of 92.5 percent on average. When he first began the 2010/11 season at the Marlies, he was taken after good performances in the NHL squad and gave the Maple Leafs on December 20, 2010 at the home game against the Atlanta Thrashers made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League. Since then, he, together with his compatriot Jean -Sébastien Giguère goalkeeping team at the Maple Leafs.

Awards and achievements

  • 2009 Kelly Cup win with the South Carolina Stingrays
  • 2009 Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player
  • 2011 NHL Rookie of the Month March
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