Nolan Baumgartner

Nolan Baumgartner ( born March 23, 1976 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, consisting of during his active career, among other things, for the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars the National Hockey League was active.

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Career

The 1.88 m tall defender started his professional career with the Kamloops Blazers in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League. With the Blazers the right shooter won the 1994 Memorial Cup, the Canadian Junior Championships, and was selected as the tenth in the first round by the Washington Capitals in the subsequent NHL Entry Draft. First Baumgartner, however, remained in the WHL, where he won in 1995 his second Memorial Cup and was elected for the second time in a row in the " Memorial Cup All-Star Team". He also was named the Most Valuable Player of the WHL and was awarded the Bill Hunter Trophy as the best defender in the league.

In the 1995/96 season the Canadians was the first time for the Capitals in the NHL on the ice, but a serious shoulder injury disabled initially his future career in the highest North American professional league, so Baumgartner in the following years mostly with the Portland Pirates, the farm team the Washington Capitals were in the American Hockey League, are used. On 20 July 2000 the defender was eventually transferred in exchange for Remi Royer to the Chicago Blackhawks, but him. Almost exclusively with their partner, the Norfolk Admirals, exert in the AHL

On 11 July 2002 Nolan Baumgartner was committed as a free agent by the Vancouver Canucks. After just one season of Canadians, however, was placed on the waiver list, and then taken by the Pittsburgh Penguins under contract. However, even this put him in a few weeks on the waiver list so that the defender returned to Vancouver. Of the Canucks Baumgartner was used in the subsequent period at the Manitoba Moose in the AHL. After the lockout in the 2004/05 season Baumgartner made ​​the jump to the NHL squad of Canucks with 34 points scorer, he was the best defender of the team during the season. In July 2007, the Canadians signed a two year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, where he lost his place, however, after only six missions and played from then on with the Philadelphia Phantoms in the American Hockey League. After an equally unsuccessful engagement with the Dallas Stars of the defenders again returned 2008 back to the Canucks, of which he was, however, mostly used to the end of season 2010/11 in the AHL with the Manitoba Moose. In the 2011/12 season Baumgartner played for the new farm team the Canucks, the Chicago Wolves. In October 2011, the defender was named the eighth captain in the history of the Wolves. After this season, he ended his active career and was then at the Chicago Wolves as an assistant coach Scott Arniel worked.

Internationally

With the Canadian Junior National Team Nolan Baumgartner won the gold medal at the U20 World Championships in 1995 and 1996. In total he played 13 Junior World Cup games, scoring one goal and two assists.

Awards and achievements

Internationally

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 )