Jump to content

Derek Edwardson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Derek Edwardson
Born (1981-08-26) August 26, 1981 (age 43)
Morton Grove, Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Grand Rapids Griffins
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Portland Pirates
Milwaukee Admirals
Heilbronner Falken
HC Fassa
HC Bolzano
SG Cortina
National team  Italy
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2004–2013

Derek Edwardson (born August 26, 1981) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played US college hockey at Miami University and has played in the Italian Serie A.

College career

[edit]

Edwardson played junior hockey for the Danville Wings of the North American Hockey League for two seasons before committing to play college hockey for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 2000. In his senior 2003–04 season, the team went 23–14–4 (.610) and qualified for the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, losing 3–2 in the regional semi-final to eventual national champions Denver at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. The team was led by Edwardson (2nd-Team All-American, 48 points) and Gregory Hogeboom (42 points).[1] Edwardson was chosen as captain in his senior season, honored as team MVP, and chosen as the CCHA Player of the Year[2] In 2017, Edwardson was inducted into the Miami University Athletics Hall of Fame.[3]

Professional career

[edit]

Undrafted out of college, Edwardson initially spent extensive time over the next three seasons in the ECHL with the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in 2004–05 (64 points) and the Las Vegas Wranglers in 2005–06 (45 points) and 2006–07 (68 points). Edwardson elected to pursue overseas opportunities, first with Heilbronner Falken in the German DEL2 league for two years, before moving to Italy with HC Fassa for two seasons, HC Bolzano for another, and finally SG Cortina in 2012–13. Edwardson also played for the Italian National Team at the 2012 IIHF World Championship.[4][5][6][7]

Edwardson retired after the 2012–13 season.

Personal life

[edit]

Edwardson returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach with Miami in 2013–14 and is currently the hockey director of the Indianapolis Youth Hockey Association. He lives in Indianapolis with his family.[8][9]

Career statistics

[edit]
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Danville Wings NAHL 53 19 24 43 43
1999–00 Danville Wings NAHL 15 5 14 19 10
2000–01 Miami University NCAA 37 6 20 26 18
2001–02 Miami University NCAA 36 6 16 22 16
2002–03 Miami University NCAA 21 9 15 24 8
2003–04 Miami University NCAA 41 17 31 48 36
2004–05 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies ECHL 69 23 41 64 28 3 0 2 2 6
2004–05 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 3 0 0 0 0
2004–05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 2 0 0 0 2
2005–06 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 53 16 29 45 40 13 3 9 12 12
2005–06 Portland Pirates AHL 19 4 4 8 6
2006–07 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 69 27 41 68 49 10 2 7 9 8
2006–07 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 2 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Heilbronner Falken Germany2 52 22 27 49 40 9 3 1 4 4
2008–09 Heilbronner Falken Germany2 47 9 24 33 55 6 1 2 3 2
2009–10 HC Fassa Italy 40 17 29 46 34 6 1 1 2 4
2010–11 HC Fassa Italy 40 21 20 41 34 5 1 3 4 2
2011–12 HC Bolzano Italy 35 11 18 29 12 3 0 0 0 0
2012–13 SG Cortina Italy 35 15 23 38 18 12 2 7 9 8
ECHL totals 191 66 111 177 117 26 5 18 23 26

Awards and achievements

[edit]
Award Year
All-CCHA First Team 2003–04
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 2003–04

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Miami University (Ohio) 2003-04 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.
  2. ^ "2021 22 Miami Hockey Record Book (PDF)" (PDF). Miami University RedHawks.
  3. ^ "2017 Hall of Fame Inductees". Miami University RedHawks.
  4. ^ "Derek Edwardson - IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship - player page | Pointstreak Sports Technologies". d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net.
  5. ^ "HOME". April 29, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29.
  6. ^ "Derek Edwardson at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
  7. ^ "Derek Edwardson Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.
  8. ^ "Home". Indiana Youth Hockey Association.
  9. ^ "Derek Edwardson". LinkedIn.
[edit]
Awards and achievements
Preceded by CCHA Player of the Year
2003–04
Succeeded by