Todd Ford
Todd Ford ( born May 1, 1984 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who was last until January 2012 at the Heilbronner Falken in 2nd hockey league under contract.
Career
Todd Ford began his career as a hockey player in Canadian junior Western Hockey League in which he was active for the Swift Current Broncos, Prince George Cougars and Vancouver Giants from 2000 to 2004. During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 in the third round than a total of 74 players from the Toronto Maple Leafs, for whom he never played, however. Instead, the goalkeeper ran from 2004 to 2006 for the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the ECHL and in the following two years for their league rival Columbia Inferno. In parallel, he occasionally played for the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League. After spending the 2008/09 season with the Victoria Salmon Kings in the ECHL, he played from 2009 to 2011 for their league rival South Carolina Stingrays. During his time with the Stingrays he came in parallel for the AHL Teams Texas Stars, Portland Pirates and Hershey Bears used and was in season 2009/10 awarded the ECHL Goaltender of the Year and appointed to the All-Star team of the ECHL.
For the season 2011/ 12 Ford was committed by the Heilbronner Falken of the 2nd Hockey League. In January 2012 he returned for personal reasons back to Canada and released his contract on.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2008 ECHL Goalie of the Month December
- 2010 ECHL Goaltender of the Year
- 2010 ECHL First All - Star Team