Jesse Wallin
Jesse Wallin ( born March 10, 1978 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who was active during his active career, among other things for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League. Since 2008 he has been head coach of the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League.
Career
Jesse Wallin first played from 1993 to 1994 for the North Battleford North Stars in a unterklassigen Junior League in Saskatchewan. Following the defender spent four seasons with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League. During this time the defender NHL Entry Draft in 1996 was selected in the first round at a total of 26 position of the Detroit Red Wings. In the Red Deer Rebels, he had his best season point with 39 points in 59 games of the regular season in the 1996/97 season. 1997 and 1998, Wallin was awarded for outstanding humanitarian behavior with the Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy; In 1997 he also won the award as the CHL Humanitarian of the Year. In the 1997/98 season, the defensive players graduated only 19 WHL games for the Red Deer Rebels, as he had suffered an arm injury in a car accident in September 1997. At the Junior World Cup in 1998 suffered a foot injury Wallin that made him turn out again for several months from the game. For the 1998/99 season he managed the immediate jump into the farm team of the Detroit Red Wings, the Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League.
During the following season he made his debut for the Red Wings in the National Hockey League. Also for the new farm team, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, he stood as a performer on the ice. Over the following seasons Wallin was more often called in the NHL squad the Detroit Red Wings. However, he never had the breakthrough in the NHL, as the Canadians was thrown back by long-term injuries and over again. In October 2001, he had an injury sustained in the inguinal region, which limited his appearances in the NHL at 15 meetings in the 2001/ 02 season. This he did not score the winning team of the Red Wings, who won the Stanley Cup at end of season. He spent the subsequent season for the first time in his career completely in the NHL squad. Again injury problems were decisive, that he does not definitively prevailed in the NHL. Within a few months Wallin injured at the elbow, wrist and knee. His contract was not renewed in Detroit in the summer of 2003, so he was available as a free agent. End of July 2003 he accepted a contract offer from the Calgary Flames. For their farm team, the Lowell Lock Monsters, he completed in October 2003, a game in the AHL, with the Wallin suffered a concussion. After he had suspended the entire season due to injury, his return to professional sport was no longer possible.
For the season 2005/ 06 he was acting under Brent Sutter as assistant coach with the Red Deer Rebels. Three years later, Wallin was promoted to head coach of the Rebels. In the meantime he had acquired the Canadian selection serves as an assistant coach at the U18 World Youth Championship 2008.
Internationally
For the Canadian national Wallin took part in the Junior World Championships in 1997 and 1998. After he had been in 1997 with the Team Canada in seven games on the ice and won the gold medal, the defender was active as team captain a year later. The tournament ended the Canadians on a disappointing eighth place.