Mike Kennedy (ice hockey, born 1972)

Mike Kennedy ( born April 13, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL for the Dallas Stars, the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders. In the DEL he was responsible for the Munich Barons, the Adler Mannheim and the Iserlohn Roosters active. In the 1990s, he was also active as a professional inline hockey player in the North American Roller Hockey International.

Career

The 1.85 -meter center began his career with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Canadian Junior Football League WHL before he selected the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 as 97th in the fifth round of the Minnesota North Stars ( drafted ) was.

First, the right-handed shooter was at the Kalamazoo Wings, a farm team in the International Hockey League used, according to the resettlement of the North Stars to Dallas, Texas, he played in the 1994/95 season for the first time in the NHL. After three years with the Dallas Stars, where was rapidly risen to be a regular player, Kennedy was transferred in 1997 to the Toronto Maple Leafs, for which he was, however, only 13 times on the ice. In his last NHL station, the New York Islanders, Kennedy graduated only a game, so he moved to Germany after the Munich Barons in 1999.

With the Barons of the Canadian won in his first DEL season, the German Championship, from 2002 to 2004, he played for Adler Mannheim. For the season 2004 /05 he moved to Leksand IF in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan. Towards the end of the season he committed the Iserlohn Roosters to replace Brian Gionta, who could not take up his contract for family reasons. For the Roosters Kennedy completed 13 games. From 2005 to 2008, the Canadians played on amateur basis in the Dundas Real McCoys in the OHA Senior League.

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

Inline Hockey

( 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 )