Ryan Caldwell (ice hockey)

Ryan Caldwell ( 2012)

Ryan Caldwell ( * June 15, 1981 in Brandon, Manitoba ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the DEL for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers since April 2013.

Career

Caldwell began his career in 1999 in the U.S. Junior League United States Hockey League at the Thunder Bay Flyers. After a good season in which the 1.89 cm defender was able to achieve 23 points scorer in 46 games, he got in the summer of 2000, a scholarship to the University of Denver, where he henceforth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, a league in the play mode the National Collegiate Athletic Association played.

During the NHL Entry Draft 2000, the defender of the New York Islanders was selected in the seventh round in a total of 202 point. Then Caldwell moved to 2004/ 05 in the American Hockey League to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the farm team of the Islanders. Already in the following season, he completed two games in the National Hockey League, however, was able to achieve no point scorer.

In the summer of 2006, the Canadians signed as a free agent contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he, however, was used exclusively for their farm team, the Syracuse Crunch. After another year at the Phoenix Coyotes, where he completed two games, the management of the DEG Metro Stars became aware of him. Finally, you could transfer Caldwell as a replacement for the short time before migrated Robert Dietrich to Dusseldorf, played two years for the Caldwell. For the 2010/11 season Caldwell joined the Kassel Huskies, but was after the DEL - exclusion initially without a club. In November 2010, the Canadians of porin from the SM- liiga Ässät was committed.

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 )