Jordan Pearce

Jordan Paul Pearce ( born October 10, 1986 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League and also for the Toledo Walleye in the ECHL since 2009.

Career

Jordan Pearce visited from the autumn of 2002, the junior program of the U.S. Ice Hockey Federation USA Hockey and entered into the North American Hockey League with the team on. After two years, he joined the Junior League United States Hockey League, where he played one season as first-choice goalkeeper of the Lincoln Stars, before studying at the University of Notre Dame began in 2005 2004.

In his first two years at college, he was the man behind substitute goalkeeper David Brown and played in two seasons together only twelve games. 2007 finally took the Pearce position in the goal and led the team to the finals of the national college championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, where they were beaten Boston College documents. Pearce received after the end of the season award as the best goalkeeper in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association as well as further honors his university.

In the 2008 /09 season he won with 30 wins this season, most of all college goalkeepers in the U.S. and also included in the other categories of the best goalkeepers in the country. Also in the CCHA playoffs in the spring of 2009, he kept his form at, won the championship with Notre Dame of the CCHA and was voted most valuable player of the finals. In addition, he was recognized for its student services in connection with his involvement in sports and was awarded the prize as Scholar - Athlete of the Year. After his team failed early in the final round of the NCAA and he finished his studies with a degree in anthropology and a medical preparation course, he signed on 10 April 2009, two- year contract with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Just a day later, he made ​​his professional debut at the Grand Rapids Griffins, the farm team of the Red Wings, in the American Hockey League.

In the fall of 2009, he competed in the Traingslager with Daniel Larsson and Thomas McCollum to the two goalkeepers places at the Griffins, but could not prevail, and started the season in the ECHL with the Toledo Walleye. There, however, he could initially convince little as suffered at least four goals per game in nine games in a row.

The 2010/11 season he started in the ECHL with the Toledo Walleye, but after eight games, he was re-appointed in the AHL squad the Griffins.

Awards and achievements

  • 2007 CCHA Championship with the University of Notre Dame
  • 2008 CCHA Goaltender of the Year
  • 2008 CCHA Scholar - Athlete Team
  • 2008 NCAA finals with the University of Notre Dame
  • 2009 CCHA Scholar - Athlete of the Year
  • 2009 CCHA Scholar - Athlete Team
  • 2009 CCHA Championship with the University of Notre Dame
  • 2009 Most Valuable Player of the CCHA playoffs
  • 2013 Calder Cup win with the Grand Rapids Griffins

Career 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 )

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