Jordan Schroeder
Jordan Schroeder ( born September 29, 1990 in Prior Lake, Minnesota ) is an American professional ice hockey player. Since March 2010 he is with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League ( NHL) under contract and playing in parallel for their farm team Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) on the position of the right winger. At international level, Schroeder earned with the U.S. national team, among others, at the U20 World Youth Championship 2010, the gold medal.
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Career
Career as a high school and college players
Jordan Schroeder played in his youth, among others, for the Saint Thomas Academy, a high school and military academy near St. Paul in Minnesota. The Saint Thomas Cadets, he won the high school championship of Minnesota in 2006. Following the 2005/ 06 season, he spent the next two years to the U18 team of the U.S. National Team Development Program, which played in the United States Hockey League ( USHL ). In his second USHL season Schroeder was with 21 goals and 53 points scorer in 55 matches played most successful points gatherer his team.
The striker visited at the start of season 2008/ 09 the University of Minnesota and played from then on for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, the ice hockey team of the University, in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association ( WCHA ). In the first year with the Golden Gophers, he was the second most successful scorer of the team. In addition, he was honored as WCHA Rookie of the Year and selected WCHA Second All- Star Team and the WCHA All- Rookie team in the. Before the NHL Entry Draft 2009 Schroeder was rated as fifth best North American youth players. In the Draft Schroeder was finally selected in the first of a total of 22 position of the Vancouver Canucks. The reason for the significantly later choice as predicted by the NHL scouting office applies its small compared body size, as well as its inadequate performance at the end of the U-20 World Youth Championship, which was held a few months before the Entry Draft.
Career as a professional player
After the NHL Entry Draft Jordan Schroeder completed yet another season for the University of Minnesota in the WCHA. A few days after the end of the season for the Minnesota Golden Gophers winger signed a NHL entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks. Schroeder was sent then to the Manitoba Moose, the farm team of the Canucks, in the American Hockey League ( AHL ). In his first game for the Moose Schroeder scored two goals; total, the attacker was still on eleven missions in the regular season, thereby pass him nine points scorer. In the subsequent play-offs his team met with the Hamilton Bulldogs. The Manitoba Moose defeated by the Bulldogs in the best- of-seven series after six games with 2:4. Jordan Schroeder scored a hat trick in the third game of this series.
Before the start of the NHL season 2010/11 Schroeder visited the training camp of the Canucks, but was not nominated for the NHL team and sent back to Vancouver's AHL farm team. The striker was unable to match the average points from the previous year in his first full season in the American Hockey League, scoring a total of 75 completed games 34 points. After this season, the Manitoba Moose franchise was disbanded due to the return of the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League, relocated to St. John's in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and renamed St. John's IceCaps. The Vancouver Canucks finished then work with the team and took a partnership with the Chicago Wolves AHL franchise on. For the Wolves Schroeder graduated in the 2011/12 season, all games and finished the season as the third-best points scorer of the team.
Internationally
Jordan Schroeder represented his country with the U.S. national team for the first time at the U18 World Youth Championship in 2007. In this tournament, the Americans won after a final defeat against the Russian team the silver medal. Schroeder was behind his team-mate Colin Wilson and James van Riemsdyk third best points scorer of the competition. In the U18 World Youth Championship in the following year he took his team to third place. Three months earlier he took already the youngest player of U.S. banns part in the U20 World Youth Championship. There he was behind van Riemsdyk 's second best scorer of the team that finished fourth at the tournament. Also in the U20 Junior World Championship 2009 Schroeder was the youngest player of the team. In this tournament, the U.S. selection eliminated in the quarter-final against the Slovak national team.
During the quarter-final match between the U.S. and the Finnish national team at the U20 Junior World Cup 2010 Jordan Schroeder scored a total of 26 Scorer point and overhauled by Jeremy Roenick as the most successful U.S. points scorer at U20 World Championships. In addition, he finished with his 20th assist of the overall third place in the eternal ranking this category. The Americans won that game and the following semi-final against the Swedish selection. In the final, the team met with the Canadian national team; Americans could decide this game with 6-5 goals for themselves.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 WCHA Rookie of the Year
- 2009 WCHA Second All- Star Team
- 2009 WCHA All- Rookie Team
- 2010 WCHA All- Academic Team
Internationally
- 2007 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2008 Most Assists in the U20 World Youth Championship (7, together with Marek Slovák )
- 2008 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2010 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
( 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 )