Ryan Callahan
Ryan Callahan ( born March 21, 1985 in Rochester, New York ) is an American professional ice hockey player. Since March 2014, he plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League for the position of right winger.
Career
Callahan played as a teenager in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League with the Guelph Storm. This he spent four seasons faithfully and won in 2004 with the team the champion of the league.
After Callahan was already selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 by the New York Rangers in the fourth round at 127th place, brought him this early in the season 2006/ 07 for the first time in their farm team in the American Hockey League. In the Hartford Wolf Pack, the right winger led a good and also spent part of the 2007/08 season there. In the summer of 2007, the strikers won in training camp Rangers a place in the squad and then played 52 season games.
For the 2011/12 season Callahan was appointed as successor by Chris Drury for the 26th captain in the history of the New York Rangers.
After Callahan could not agree on a contract extension with the Rangers, he was released before the trade deadline on March 5, 2014, a first- and a second-round vote in exchange for Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Internationally
Callahan participated with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics and won the silver medal with the team.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the Guelph Storm
- 2005 OHL Third All- Star Team
- 2006 OHL Second All- Star Team
- 2006 Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy
- 2007 AHL All- Rookie Team
- 2008 Victoria Cup win with the New York Rangers
- 2010 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
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 )