Wade Dubielewicz
Wade Dubielewicz ( born January 30, 1979 in Invermere, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who was most recently at the Cologne Sharks in the DEL under contract.
Career
Wade Dubielewicz began his career in junior leagues in the Canadian province of British Columbia, the University of Denver before he visited in 1999. Four years he brought there, very good performance and was founded in 2002 in the First All-Star Team of the WCHA division that belongs to the University of Denver, elected and nominated for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
After leaving college in 2003, took him to New York Islanders as a free agent contract. He completed his first season in the pros mainly in the American Hockey League with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, where he stabbed through excellence forth. In 33 games, he managed nine shutouts, had a catch rate of over 94 percent and a Gegentordurchschnitt of only 1.38. When Rick DiPietro, the goalkeeper of the Islanders, in March 2004 could not play Dubielewicz was appointed to the NHL squad and took the position as a back-up goalie behind a Garth Snow. After Snow also injured, Dubielewicz came to his first two inserts in the NHL who were relatively positive. At the end of the season he was honored by the AHL for best Neuprofi and shared with Dieter Kochan the Harry " Hap " Holmes Memorial Award as the goalkeepers team with the fewest goals against.
In the season 2004/ 05 he could not build on the great achievements of the previous year, but still played a solid season in the AHL. 2005/ 06 Dubielewicz again played most of the season in the AHL and came only seven times in the NHL used as DiPietro turned out injured. Garth Snow was in the summer of 2006, General Manager, but Dubielewicz again managed not to jump into the NHL squad because it Mike Dunham was preferred.
Dubielewicz played a very good season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the AHL when he was appointed to the NHL squad again in March 2007, as DiPietro had sustained a concussion. First, he was number two behind Mike Dunham, but showed great weakness and so Dubielewicz temporarily took over the position as first-choice goalkeeper. He proved to be a strong support in the fight for the playoffs. In the decisive final game to a playoff berth but he bailed 0.8 seconds before the end, when he cashed against the New Jersey Devils the equalizer. The game eventually had to be decided in the shootout and Dubielewicz became a hero when he saved two attempts. The Islanders had thus still qualify for the playoffs at the last second and Dubielewicz was selected by the NHL 's best player of the week, what Viktor Kozlov had only succeeded in the season with the Islanders. In the first game of the playoffs, he was again in goal for the Islanders, but was replaced by the fit-again DiPietro in the second game. Dubielewicz nevertheless remained in the squad as back-up to the Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro of. After the first round, the Islanders eliminated already made .
Beginning of May 2007 extended the New York Islanders with Dubielewicz by one year, which he spent again as a substitute for DiPietro. In the summer of 2008 he decided to switch to Ak Bars Kazan in the Continental Hockey League. After only half a year there arose with his former team, the New York Islanders, an injured goalkeeper misery in the area, prompting Dubielewicz in Kazan asked for his release and after a new contract was signed, returned to North America with the Islanders. Since he had already played as a player in the KHL in a professional league, he first had to be set for 24 hours on the waiver list, from where it could choose any of the other 29 teams. This opportunity was taken by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 WCHA Second All-Star Team
- 2002 WCHA First All -Star Team
- 2003 WCHA Second All-Star Team
- 2004 Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
- 2004 Harry " Hap " Holmes Memorial Award ( together with Dieter Kochan )
- 2004 AHL All- Rookie Team
- 2004 AHL Second All-Star Team