Stu Bickel

Stu Bickel ( born October 2, 1986 in Chanhassen, Minnesota ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is since November 2010 with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League contract.

Career

The preferred operating on the position of the defender Stu Bickel was initially active from 2004 to 2006 for the Green Bay Gamblers in the United States Hockey League. The game in 2006/ 07 spent the right shooter in their league rivals Sioux Falls Stampede. Then Bickel graduated one season in the jersey of the ice hockey team of the University of Minnesota in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The Americans, who had never been drafted, was taken in July 2008 as a free agent by the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League contract. His first season in the organization of Californians spent the defender with their AHL farm team Iowa Chops. In the following two years he commuted first game several times between several teams in the American Hockey League and ECHL before Bickel was transferred in November 2010 from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Nigel Williams to the New York Rangers.

After he started the 2011/12 season with the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League, the American was appointed in December 2011 in the NHL squad of the New York Rangers. On 20 December 2011, he made ​​his debut in the game against the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League and recorded his first point scorer. In his rookie season succeeded Bickel to earn a regular place in the defense of the New York Rangers. He came to a total of 51 games of the regular season and 18 playoff games for the Blueshirts used.

Awards and achievements

  • 2007 Clark Cup win with the Sioux Falls Stampede
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