Ken Sutton

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Ken Sutton
Born (1969-11-05) November 5, 1969 (age 54)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Edmonton Oilers
St. Louis Blues
New Jersey Devils
San Jose Sharks
New York Islanders
ERC Ingolstadt
NHL Draft 98th overall, 1989
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1989–2006

Kenneth William Sutton (born November 5, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. [1] Sutton played defence in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders.

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Playing career

Junior career

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Ken Sutton played one season for the Saskatoon Blades in 1988–89 helping the team to the Memorial Cup final.

Professional career

He began his career with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) where he would play for two seasons before being called up to the Buffalo Sabres in 1991. He stayed with Buffalo until he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Scott Pearson on April 7, 1995.

Sutton played parts of two seasons for Edmonton in between stints with the Worcester IceCats. He was traded to the St. Louis Blues along with Igor Kravchuk for Jeff Norton and Donald Dufresne on January 4, 1996. He only played a total of seven games for the Blues spending the rest of the season with the IceCats.

Sutton was traded to the New Jersey Devils with St. Louis' second-round choice (Brett Clouthier) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft for Mike Peluso and Ricard Persson on November 26, 1996. Sutton would spend the entire 1997 in the minors between the Manitoba Moose of the International Hockey League (IHL) and the AHL's Albany River Rats.

Sutton played 13 games for New Jersey in the 1997–98 season before being traded to the San Jose Sharks with John MacLean for Doug Bodger and Dody Wood on December 7, 1997. He only played eight games for San Jose before being sent back to New Jersey on August 26, 1998 for future considerations. Sutton played the next season for the Albany River Rats. Sutton was claimed by the Washington Capitals in the Waiver Draft on September 27, 1999 before being sent back to New Jersey for future considerations on October 5. Sutton again played the majority of the season in Albany before being called up to the Devils for the playoffs. He would help New Jersey win the Stanley Cup in 2000. Sutton's name was included on the Stanley Cup in 2000 even though he did not qualify as he had played only six regular season games, and did not dress in the playoffs. Sutton played the next season for the Devils, this time playing in the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals where the Devils lost to the Colorado Avalanche in seven games.

Sutton signed as a free agent with the New York Islanders on July 5, 2001. He split the 2001–02 season between the NHL and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL. Sutton went back to the Devils for the 2002–03 season playing the whole year for the Albany River Rats. After 2003, he left the NHL and went to play in Europe.

Europe

From 2003–2006, Sutton played for ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1987–88 Calgary Canucks AJHL 53134356226—————
1988–89 Saskatoon Blades WHL 71223153104825712
1988–89 Saskatoon Blades MC —————43256
1989–90 Rochester Americans AHL 5751419831116715
1990–91 Buffalo Sabres NHL 153691360112
1990–91 Rochester AmericansAHL627243165311214
1991–92 Buffalo SabresNHL64218207170224
1992–93 Buffalo SabresNHL63814223083148
1993–94 Buffalo SabresNHL78420247140002
1994–95 Buffalo SabresNHL1212330—————
1994–95 Edmonton Oilers NHL1231412—————
1995–96 Edmonton OilersNHL3208839—————
1995–96 St. Louis Blues NHL6000410000
1995–96 Worcester IceCats AHL324162060402221
1996–97 Manitoba Moose IHL 203101348—————
1996–97 Albany River Rats AHL61613197916481255
1997–98 New Jersey Devils NHL130006—————
1997–98 Albany River RatsAHL1007715—————
1997–98 San Jose Sharks NHL800015—————
1998–99 New Jersey DevilsNHL51010—————
1998–99 Albany River RatsAHL75134255118502212
1999–2000 New Jersey DevilsNHL60222—————
1999–2000 Albany River RatsAHL5751621129—————
2000–01 New Jersey DevilsNHL5317837600013
2001–02 New York Islanders NHL210228—————
2001–02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL28110115120281024
2002–03 Albany River RatsAHL746263270—————
2003–04 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 4731316157300025
2004–05 ERC IngolstadtDEL5171926801124634
2005–06 ERC IngolstadtDEL494222611270448
2007–08 Dundas Real McCoys MLH 10000—————
AHL totals456471682156705982735141
NHL totals38823801033383234729
DEL totals14714546834921281067

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