Ryan Suter
Ryan Suter ( born January 21, 1985 in Madison, Wisconsin ) is an American professional ice hockey player on the position of the defender standing since July 2012 for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
His first real hockey season, he played in the 2003/04 season for the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where he achieved the same in his rookie season 19 points in 39 games, it was enough to be elected to the WCHA All- Rookie defenseman. In 2003, he was also from the Nashville Predators in seventh place in the NHL Entry Draft drawn in 2003.
In the 2004/05 season the Predators took him into their AHL farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals. As an AHL rookie, he came to 23 points in 63 games. This performance gave the Predators to him for the season 2005/ 06 to the NHL team. However, Suter was in his first NHL season under much criticism because Shea Weber, who was drafted a round after Suter, developed much faster and better than Suter. Nevertheless, he played a good season for a rookie. Suter was able to improve from season to season, with 31 points so he set a new personal record in the 2007/ 08 season.
Suter participated with the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics and won the silver medal with the team.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 WCHA All- Rookie defenseman
- 2012 NHL All-Star Game
- 2013 NHL First All -Star Team
Internationally
- 2002 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2002 Best defender of the Under-18 World Youth Championship
- 2004 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2010 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- U18 Junior World Cup 2002
- U20 Junior World Championship 2003
- U18 Junior World Championship 2003
- U20 Junior World Championship 2004
- U20 World Junior Championships 2005
- World Championship 2005
- World Cup 2006
- World Cup 2007
- World Cup 2009
- 2010 Winter Olympics
( 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 )