Peter White (ice hockey)
Peter White ( born March 15, 1969 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the course of his playing career, including for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League.
It became famous center in particular as a player of the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League, where he holds numerous relevant franchise records like most games played, most goals scored and most points scorer. In addition, White won twice the Calder Cup. For his services in the American Hockey League, the Canadian was in 2013 honored with induction into the AHL Hall of Fame.
Career
White, who from 1984 to 1986 St- Louis Lions was active for the first unterklassigen Lac in QAAA, played after two seasons for the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior A Hockey League. With the team he took as a two-time CJHL champion, at the title, he was instrumental in twice unsuccessfully at Centennial Cup in part, in which each team finished in third place. In particular, in the season 1987/88 the Centre acted on an outstanding level; in only 56 CJHL games get the left-handed shooters 90 goals and 135 assists. At season's end he was chosen accordingly to the most valuable player of the season. Then the Canadians began a study at Michigan State University, where he spent the next four years. During this time he twice won the championship of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and was once selected the most valuable player of the tournament after he had been elected in his debut season in the All- Rookie team of the CCHA. After his rookie season had the Edmonton Oilers selected him in the fifth round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 at a total of 92 positions.
In 1992, he finally made his professional debut when White first went aground for AHL farm team Cape Breton Oilers. With the team he won the Calder Cup straight away. In the following season, the season 1993/94, the Canadian was first used in the NHL team the Edmonton Oilers and posted in 26 games eight points. The majority of the season he spent but again in the American Hockey League with the Cape Breton Oilers, where White quickly became a reliable scorer and finished the regular season with 70 points scorer as a successful player of the team. In his third professional season, although he missed with the Cape Breton Oilers a place in the finals, but won with a record of 36 goals and 69 assists in 65 matches the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the best points scorer of the regular season. In addition, he was elected to the Second All-Star team in the league.
The 1995/96 season began with the White Edmonton Oilers before he was transferred in December 1995, together with a fourth- round choice right in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 in exchange for Kent Manderville to Toronto Maple Leafs. For the Leafs, he completed only one NHL game and acted the rest of the season in various minor leagues. In August 1996, the Canadians signed as a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. The next two seasons he played exclusively in the American Hockey League with the Philadelphia Phantoms, where White again the John B. Sollenberger Trophy became the best scorer of the league, each with 105 points scorer in 1997 and 1998. After Bill Sweeney in 1962 and Paul Gardner 1986 White was only the third player in AHL history, who finished the season twice in a row as the most successful scorer. In addition to other personal successes as a renewed call to the Second All-Star Team in 1997 was earned in the following year with the Philadelphia Phantoms Calder Cup. White, who was one of the strongest offensive players in the American Hockey League in the 1990s, yet spent two more seasons in the dress of the phantom.
In the 2000 /01 season he became a regular player with the Philadelphia Flyers, for whom he played 80 games during the season and scored 25 points. Plan for the next season, he signed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks, where the Canadians first also regularly ran aground in the NHL and in the AHL farm team was later increasingly active in the Norfolk Admirals. An exchange transaction in March 2003 with the Philadelphia Flyers brought White back in the American Hockey League with the Philadelphia Phantoms. As in the 2004/05 season the team again won the Calder Cup, the links Sagittarius played due to a lending agreement with the Utah Grizzlies and not counted due to the winning team. His career was the center at Helsingfors IFK in the Finnish SM- liiga finish.
White holds the franchise record for the Philadelphia Phantoms for most assists (78) and points (105 ) in a regular season and most games (431 ), goals (153 ), assists (319 ) and points (472 ) in career development.
Awards and achievements
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 )