Kevin Haller
Kevin Haller ( born December 5, 1970 in Trochu, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who in his playing days from 1989 to 2002 among others for the Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and New York Islanders played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Kevin Haller began his career as a hockey player with the Regina Pats, where he was active from 1987 to 1990 in the Canadian Western Hockey League. During the NHL Entry Draft in 1989, he was selected in the first round to 14th position from the Buffalo Sabres. After the defender at the Rochester Americans a year with the Regina Pats and a year - the former farm team the Buffalo Sabres - had played, he was inducted into the 1990/91 season in the first team of the Buffalo Sabres. He played 21 games in the National Hockey League, where he scored nine points scorer. Shortly before the trade deadline of the season 1991/92 the defender was transferred in exchange for Petr Svoboda of the Montreal Canadiens.
In the following two years he was with the Canadiens to the permanent staff, and graduated in the seasons 1992/93 and 1993/ 94 73 respectively 68 games in the NHL. He also won in 1993 with the team the prestigious Stanley Cup. The management of the Canadiens gave him after the season's end in June 1994 in exchange for Yves Racine to the Philadelphia Flyers from. The Flyers Kevin Haller played two and a half years in which his team succeeded in the play-offs twice the feeder. After only 36 games he played there in the first season, he ran in 69 games for the Flyers in the 1995/96 season. In the following season, he completed 27 games with the Flyers before he was sent to the Hartford Whalers. For the Whalers, he brought it to 35 missions, reaching a total of eight points scorer before the team was moved and changed its name to Carolina Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes defender completed 65 games and collected eight points. At the beginning of the 1998/99 season the Hurricanes gave the left-handed shooters along with Stu Grimson in exchange for Dave Carpathians to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from. The Ducks Haller was able to establish and belonged during the following two years of playing the root cadres. He played a total of 153 games in which he scored 15 points scorer for the Californians. At the end of the season 1999/2000 he received from the Ducks a new contract and remained without a club first. In July 2000, he found a new employer, as the New York Islanders took him under contract. The Islanders of Canadians played two years and left it there end his career. For the Islanders, he played only 31 NHL games, he often failed due to several injuries in the last two years of his career. After the end of the game in 2001 /02 he ended his active career.
Internationally
Haller represented his native Canada at the Junior World Cup in 1990 and won with the team the gold medal. He even recorded in seven tournament games four points scorer and eight penalty minutes. It was the only international tournament in which he took part in his career.