John Slaney
John Slaney ( born February 7, 1972 in St. John's, Newfoundland ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is employed as an assistant coach with the Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League since August 2011. For his services in the American Hockey League, the Canadian was in 2014 honored with induction into the AHL Hall of Fame.
Career
Slaney played during his junior time together with Mathieu Schneider and Owen Nolan at the Cornwall Royals in the Ontario Hockey League. Due to his outstanding achievements he was elected the Washington Capitals in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 as the ninth of.
The defender stayed two more years in Cornwall. In the final of the U20 World Cup 1991 Slaney scored the opening goal in the third period of the game between Canada against the Soviet Union, which Canada won the match and the tournament and the defender made it one of the most prominent athletes of Newfoundland.
After the Canadians had their first experience at senior level in the Baltimore Skipjacks of the American Hockey League, brought him to the Capitals 1993/94 season in the NHL. In his first two seasons of the links Sagittarius commuted between Washington and the Portland Pirates in the AHL.
In the 1995/96 season Slaney started with the Colorado Avalanche, but soon moved to the Los Angeles Kings. However, even at this time the defender was often back into farm teams and eventually signed a contract with the Phoenix Coyotes in the summer of 1997. Since this did not protect him after the season, took the newly established Nashville Predators at the NHL Expansion Draft 1998, the opportunity and brought the Canadians in their squad. After a year with the new team is the Pittsburgh Penguins Slaney joined, but where he had to commute as in his previous stops between NHL and farm team. In exchange for Kevin Stevens of the defender moved in 2001 to the Philadelphia Flyers, where he brought it in seven years only five appearances in the NHL and mostly played with the Philadelphia Phantoms, with whom he won the Calder Cup in 2005.
December 30, 2005 Slaney was the most successful at this time defender of AHL history with 454 points scorer. For the season 2007/ 08, the Canadians moved to the Cologne Sharks in German Hockey League and signed a contract for next season at league rivals Frankfurt Lions.
In January 2011, Bryan Helmer broke the four -year-old record for most points scorer of a defender, John Slaney had previously held. In his 986th game of the regular season in the American Hockey League Helmer reached his 520th point scorer, outperforming Slaney, who had brought it in the AHL at 519 points in 631 games of the regular season.
After dissolution of the Frankfurt Lions in the summer of 2010, Slaney moved to HC Plzeň 1929 in the Czech Extraliga, before he ended his career in the summer of 2011.
Awards and achievements
- OHL First All -Star Team: 1990
- CHL Defenceman of the Year: 1990
- Max Kaminsky Trophy: 1990
- OHL Second All-Star Team: 1991
- Gold medal at the World Youth Championship: 1991
- AHL First All -Star Team: 2001 and 2002
- AHL Second All-Star Team: 2004
- Eddie Shore Award: ( Best Defenseman - AHL ): 2001 and 2002
- AHL All- Star Classic: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006
- AHL All- Star Classic MVP: 2001
- Calder Cup win with the Philadelphia Phantoms: 2005
- Inclusion in the AHL Hall of Fame: 2014
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 )