Jon Awe
Jon Awe ( born April 30, 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is since July 2011 HC Valpellice from the Italian Serie A1 under contract.
Career
Jon Awe played from 1999 at Texas Tornado in the North American Hockey League, for whom he stood in the following two years on the ice. Following the Americans decided to study at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts to attend. During this time he also played hockey for the University team, the Northeastern Huskies in the Hockey East. Overall, he was four years for their team on the ice before the ungedraftete Awe received a contract with the Gwinnett Gladiators in the ECHL for the 2005/06 season. In his debut season, the defender was one of the permanent employees of the Gladiator and was compared to his university days especially greatly improved in the offensive area, which was reflected in the statistics. In 49 games of the regular season, the physically strong Awe posted 35 points scorer and was named after the All- Rookie team in the league.
In the playoffs, the defender reached the finals of the team to the Kelly Cup, where the team in five games to the Alaska Aces defeated. In the same season he also came for the Portland Pirates and Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League action. In the season 2006/ 07 Awe increased his offensive statistics again significantly and was elected as the end of the season to the First All -Star team of the ECHL and honored as ECHL Defenseman of the Year. He also took part in the ECHL All-Star Game, here he succeeded in so-called Skill Competition to reach the hardest slap shot of the event. In the following season the Americans continued to go for the Gwinnett Gladiators on the ice. In the course of the season to him for the first time the jump came in the trunk of a squad AHL teams, as became awe at the Houston Aeros to a regular player.
In July 2008, he decided to leave the United States and initially agreed to a one year contract with Anyang Halla of the Asia League Ice Hockey. When South Korean club he met the Canadian Brad Fast, with whom he often stood together in the following years on the ice. With Anyang Halla he won in 2010 and 2011 the championship of the Asia League Ice Hockey. In summer 2011, he joined the HC Valpellice in the Italian Serie A1.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 Hockey East All- Academic Team
- 2006 ECHL All- Rookie Team
- 2007 ECHL All-Star Game
- 2007 ECHL Defenseman of the Year
- 2007 ECHL First All -Star Team
- 2010 Champions League Ice Hockey Asia with the Anyang Halla
- 2011 Champions League Ice Hockey Asia with the Anyang Halla
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 )