Paul Traynor
Paul Traynor ( born September 14, 1977 in Thunder Bay, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
Career
Paul Traynor began his career in 1994 at the Kitchener Rangers in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL. After his first season back in the NHL Entry Draft in 1995 in the seventh round was drawn at 162 instead of the Winnipeg Jets, but were no inserts in the National Hockey League.
For the 1997/98 season Traynor signed his first professional contract and played until 2004 in North America. His stations were the AHL Albany River Rats teams, Rochester Americans and Syracuse Crunch, the IHL participants Michigan K- Wings and Utah Grizzlies and the Raleigh IceCaps, South Carolina Stingrays, Charlotte Checkers and Trenton Titans of the East Coast Hockey League. There Traynor earned a reputation as a robust and fair Stay-at -home defender.
For 2004/ 05 the defender joined the Kölner Haie in the German Hockey League, where he again took on the role of defensive defense. After two years in the cathedral city of Canadians signed a contract for the 2006/07 season with the Iserlohn Roosters, where he received the nickname " hooligan " because of its physically hard play. In Iserlohn Traynors play was noticeably more aggressive, so that he could more than double his points haul at the end. Beginning of 2007, extended his contract prematurely the crowd favorite for another two years. In his second season in the Sauerland took over the defender in addition to the defensive and offensive tasks, and posted at the end of the season with six goals and 40 points new Karrierebestmarken. In the 2008 /09 season he was called for the second time after 2006 for the Germany Cup team to Canada and was able to win the tournament. With the Roosters he missed the playoffs, unlike last year, however, was with 11 goals scored, the most dangerous Iserlohn defender. In addition, Traynor climbed to number 5 of the best assist provider in the history of the Roosters. For the season 2009/10, an upheaval in the defense of the Sauerland took place, so the Canadians signed a two -year contract with the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg. After the expiration of his contract Traynor was obliged to season 2011/12 of the Nuremberg Ice Tigers.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 Germany Cup winner with Team Canada
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 )