Todd Ewen
Todd Gordon Ewen ( born March 22, 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. During his career he played 1986-1997 for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
Career
Ewen began his career, first in 1982 in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League with the Vernon Lakers before he moved to the Kamloops Junior Oilers in the Western Hockey League at the end of the season. From the 1983/84 season the Canadians three seasons for the New Westminster Bruins ran, where he was especially noticeable by its large number of penalty minutes. Nevertheless, he was in the eighth round selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1984 at 168 instead of the Edmonton Oilers, in October, 1986, without having completed his transfer rights a game for the franchise, charges to the St. Louis Blues.
His first professional games played Ewen still in the 1985/86 season after completion of the WHL season, when he went in three playoff games for the Maine Mariners in the American Hockey League on the ice. Before the season 1986/87, the right winger signed a contract in the organization of the St. Louis Blues and was initially used in the International Hockey League with the farm team, the Peoria Rivermen. However, he succeeded in the course of the season made it into the NHL squad, in which he 1988/89 established until the end of the season. After only a few uses in the first months of the football year 1989/90, transferred him the Blues to the Montreal Canadiens. There the Canadians again belonged to the permanent staff and was given only after the Stanley Cup - winning Canadiens at the end of the 1992/93 season in a transfer business to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim newly established. In his first season with the Mighty Ducks Ewen completed, measured by the yield point, his best NHL year with 18 points in 76 games. He was in his role as enforcer for the protection of Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya, both star player of the Ducks at this time, responsible. He also took over the three seasons with Anaheim the office of assistant captain, first a year behind Troy Loney and two years behind Randy Ladouceur. Ewen left the Ducks in the summer of 1996 when his expiring contract was not renewed. Therefore, as a free agent, he moved to the San Jose Sharks, where he completed his last NHL game time in the 1996/97 season. He finished his career finally during the 1997/98 season, in which he had not played a single game due to a knee surgery.