Rick Berry

Rick Berry (born 4 November 1978, as Birtle, Manitoba, Canada ) is an American professional ice hockey player who played for the Duisburg Foxes of the German Ice Hockey League as a defender.

Career

Berry began his career in the Canadian Junior Football League WHL with the Seattle Thunderbirds. There he played with Patrick Marleau and Mark Parrish. NHL Entry Draft 1997 Links shooter was selected in the third round to 55th place by the Colorado Avalanche. From 1998 to 2000 Berry played out exclusively farm team of Colorado, the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League, before he came to his debut in the NHL in the 2000 /01 season. The following year, the defender was an integral part of the NHL teams from Denver, but eventually joined in March 2002 as part of a swap to the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he finished the season. For the season 2002/ 03 the Americans signed a contract with the Washington Capitals, for which he was able to achieve his only goals in the NHL.

In the following season Berry walked beside the NHL and in the AHL for the Portland Pirates, the farm team of the capital, on the ice. This season, the Americans denied his so far last appearances in the highest North American professional league. and then played in the AHL for the Utah Grizzlies, San Antonio Rampage and Milwaukee Admirals before he signed a contract with the New York Islanders signed in 2006. However, to use one for the Islanders in the NHL, there was not, so Berry was reinstated in the AHL, this time with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the farm team of the Islanders. In summer 2007, it drew the defender to the Springfield Falcons, where he completed his ninth overall AHL Saisonabsolvierte.

For the 2008/09 season under Rick Berry wrote a contract with EV Duisburg of the German Ice Hockey League, for whom he went on the ice until its bankruptcy.

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 )