Derek Edwardson

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Derek Edwardson
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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 teamFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 20042013

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.

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College career

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

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

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

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1998–99 Danville Wings NAHL 5319244343
1999–00 Danville WingsNAHL155141910
2000–01 Miami University NCAA 376202618
2001–02 Miami UniversityNCAA366162216
2002–03 Miami UniversityNCAA21915248
2003–04 Miami UniversityNCAA4117314836
2004–05 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies ECHL 692341642830226
2004–05 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 30000
2004–05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL20002
2005–06 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL531629454013391212
2005–06 Portland Pirates AHL194486
2006–07 Las Vegas WranglersECHL6927416849102798
2006–07 Milwaukee Admirals AHL20000
2007–08 Heilbronner Falken Germany2 522227494093144
2008–09 Heilbronner FalkenGermany247924335561232
2009–10 HC Fassa Italy 401729463461124
2010–11 HC FassaItaly402120413451342
2011–12 HC Bolzano Italy351118291230000
2012–13 SG Cortina Italy3515233818122798
ECHL totals19166111177117265182326

Awards and achievements

AwardYear
All-CCHA First Team 2003–04
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 2003–04

References

  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 April 29, 2011.
  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 .
Awards and achievements
Preceded by CCHA Player of the Year
2003–04
Succeeded by