Ryan Jardine (born March 15, 1980) is a Canadian former professional Ice Hockey forward. He played 8 games in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers during the 2001–02 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2000 to 2014, was spent in the minor American Hockey League and later in several European leagues.

Ryan Jardine
Jardine with the San Antonio Rampage during the 2004-05 season
Born (1980-03-15) March 15, 1980 (age 44)
Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Florida Panthers
Hamburg Freezers
Mora IK
Olimpija Ljubljana
HC Bolzano
Lørenskog IK
NHL draft 89th overall, 1998
Florida Panthers
Playing career 2000–2014

Playing career

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Jardine was born in Carleton Place, Ontario, and played major junior with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League and his Junior A with the Kanata Stallions of the Canadian Junior Hockey League.[1] Jardine was drafted 89th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

After spending the 2000–01 AHL season with the Louisville Panthers of the American Hockey League (AHL), Jardine played eight games for the Panthers during the 2001–02 NHL season with two assists.[2] Jardine played in 64 regular season games and four playoff games for the Utah Grizzlies of the AHL during the 2001–02 AHL season and then spent the next three seasons with the San Antonio Rampage, also of the AHL.[1] Jardine then moved to Europe, signing with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany.[1] After one season with the Freezers, he signed with the Swedish Elitserien team Mora IK and then with the Slovenian team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Erste Back Eishockey Liga.[1] In 2007, Jardine signed with HC Interspar Bolzano-Bozen of Serie A in Itay, where he played for three seasons.[1] On September 30, 2010, the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League (CHL) signed Jardine for the 2010–2011 Central Hockey League season.[3]

On September 3, 2011, Jardine signed with Lørenskog IK of GET-ligaen.[4] On September 21, 2011, after playing two games and accumulating 2 Assists for Lørenskog IK, Jardine was granted his request to be released by the team for familial reasons.[5] On October 2, 2011, Jardine signed with the Chicago Wolves of the AHL, and was reassigned to the Mavericks, the Wolves' new CHL affiliate, the next day.[6][2] On September 8, 2012, Jardine returned to the Mavericks for the 2012–13 season by directly signing with the team.[7]

On August 1, 2013, Jardine signed with the Cornwall River Kings of Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.[8]

In July 2014, Missouri Mavericks fans voted Jardine the fourth-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the Top-10 Mavericks players from the first 5 years of the team's existence.[9] [10][11]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Ottawa Valley Titans U15 HEU U15
1996–97 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 52 30 27 57 76
1997–98 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 65 28 32 60 16
1998–99 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 68 27 34 61 56 5 0 1 1 6
1999–00 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 65 43 34 77 58 17 11 8 19 16
2000–01 Louisville Panthers AHL 77 12 14 26 38
2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 8 0 2 2 2
2001–02 Utah Grizzlies AHL 64 16 16 32 56 4 1 1 2 0
2002–03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 64 14 17 31 37 3 1 0 1 0
2003–04 San Antonio Rampage AHL 22 6 1 7 12
2004–05 San Antonio Rampage AHL 77 14 20 34 72
2005–06 Hamburg Freezers DEL 31 5 6 11 22 6 0 0 0 2
2006–07 Mora IK SWE 51 1 8 9 28 4 0 0 0 8
2007–08 Olimpija Ljubljana EBEL 27 5 8 13 65
2007–08 HC Bolzano ITA 18 4 9 13 12 12 4 4 8 8
2008–09 HC Bolzano ITA 42 12 29 41 20 6 1 3 4 6
2009–10 HC Bolzano ITA 38 16 13 29 24 13 6 5 11 6
2010–11 Missouri Mavericks CHL 66 23 31 54 65 9 5 6 11 6
2011–12 Lørenskog IK NOR 2 0 1 1 0
2011–12 Missouri Mavericks CHL 31 11 11 22 17 11 2 6 8 2
2012–13 Missouri Mavericks CHL 48 12 22 34 37 13 1 10 11 4
2013–14 Cornwall River Kings LNAH 26 12 10 22 8 2 0 0 0 2
AHL totals 304 62 68 130 215 7 2 1 3 0
NHL totals 8 0 2 2 2

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Ryan Jardine player profile". eliteprospects.com. 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
  2. ^ a b "Ryan Jardine Returns to Mavericks; Mike Berry Released". OurSportsCentral.com. October 3, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Mavericks Sign Former NHL Draft Pick Ryan Jardine". OurSportsCentral.com. September 30, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "Soo Greyhounds Grad Back To Europe For 2011-12". OHLAlumniCentral.com. September 13, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "GET-Ligaen 2011/2012". InternationalHockey.net. September 21, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2012..
  6. ^ "Wolves Sign Two". Chicago Wolves. October 2, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  7. ^ "Mavericks Bring Back Ryan Jardine and Jordan Foreman". OurSportsCentral.com. September 8, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  8. ^ Hambleton, Todd (August 1, 2013). "Boots Laces up Skates for Cornwall River Kings". Cornwall Standard Freeholder.
  9. ^ "Missouri Mavericks Top 10 Vote: The Results". Missouri Mavericks. July 14, 2014. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  10. ^ Althaus, Bill (July 12, 2014). "Mavs to Reveal All-Time Top 10". The Examiner. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  11. ^ Althaus, Bill (July 18, 2014). "Missouri Mavericks All-Time Top 10 - No. 4 Ryan Jardine". The Examiner. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
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