Joel Gardner

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Joel Gardner
Born (1967-09-16) September 16, 1967 (age 56)
Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Colgate
Muskegon Lumberjacks
Detroit Falcons
Knoxville Cherokees
Raleigh IceCaps
Chatham Wheels
SC Herisau
ERC Selb
EV Ravensburg
ERC Haßfurt
Port Huron Border Cats
Saginaw Gears
Madison Monsters
Mohawk Valley Prowlers
Muskegon Fury
Petrolia Squires
NHL draft 244, 1986
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1986–2007

Joel Gardner is a Canadian retired ice hockey center who was an All-American for Colgate. [1]

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Career

Gardner was recruited to Colgate University by assistant coach Brian Durocher and felt as home as soon as he walked on campus. [2] He quickly became one of the top scorers for the Raiders but it was during his senior year that Gardner enshrined himself in Colgate lore. With stellar goaltending from Dave Gagnon, Gardner led the team in scoring and got the Raiders their first ever ECAC regular season title. [3] Colgate then marched through the ECAC Tournament to capture their first conference championship. Colgate won three close games in the NCAA Tournament, producing their first 30-win season, and reached the program's first championship game. In the final game the team was blinded by the spotlight, according to head coach Terry Slater, and the Raiders made several mistakes that led to goals by Wisconsin. Gardner did his best, scoring a goal and an assist in the match, but the Badgers were too much and skated away with a 7–3 win.

After graduating Colgate University with a BA degree, Gardner began a long professional career which started with the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) in 1990. Originally drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1986, Gardner became a free agent in 1990 and signed a 3-year contract and played within the Penguin's organization in the IHL and ECHL Leagues. Gardner plied his trade in Europe for most of the next four years. After returning home to North America in 1998 Gardner again started playing in the minor professional leagues for three years before retiring. After retiring as a professional player Gardner restarted his career in senior hockey, playing for the Petrolia Squires for parts of 6 seasons before hanging up his skates for good.

Gardner was inducted into the Colgate Hall of Honor in 2017. [4]

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1986–87 Colgate ECAC Hockey 3010203020—————
1987–88 Colgate ECAC Hockey 3114324624—————
1988–89 Colgate ECAC Hockey 3021254638—————
1989–90 Colgate ECAC Hockey 3826366262—————
1990–91 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 49913223020110
1991–92 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 51232—————
1991–92 Knoxville Cherokees ECHL 3620345430—————
1991–92 Michigan Falcons CoHL 31230—————
1992–93 Raleigh IceCaps ECHL 4522517330—————
1992–93 Chatham Wheels CoHL 14814222—————
1993–94 SC Herisau NLB 12381114—————
1993–94 Chatham Wheels CoHL 4230548450151282019
1994–95 ERC Selb 2nd Bundesliga 36493988101—————
1994–95 Detroit Falcons CoHL 21230123038
1995–96 EV Ravensburg 1st Liga 46718315422—————
1996–97 EV Ravensburg 1st Liga 4935569150—————
1997–98 ERC Haßfurt 1st Liga 10816244—————
1997–98 Port Huron Border Cats UHL 20510152—————
1997–98 Saginaw Lumber Kings UHL 4720365620—————
1998–99 Saginaw Gears UHL 30332—————
1998–99 Madison Monsters UHL 40220—————
1998–99 Mohawk Valley Prowlers UHL 4415355016—————
1998–99 Muskegon Fury UHL 7010100—————
1999–00 Muskegon Fury UHL 12145231120
1999–00 Petrolia Squires OHA-sr. ——————————
2001–02 Petrolia Squires OHA-sr. 1310122219—————
2002–03 Petrolia Squires OHA-sr. 181121324—————
2003–04 Petrolia Squires OHA-sr. 191117286—————
2004–05 Petrolia Squires OHA-sr. 74480—————
2005–06 Petrolia Squires OHA-sr. 988166625710
2006–07 Petrolia Squires OHA-sr. 10002737108
NCAA totals13071113184144—————
IHL totals541015253220110
ECHL totals81428512760—————
CoHL totals61407211252271582327
1st Liga totals10511415526976—————
UHL totals137411001414231120

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1989–90 [5]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1989–90 [1]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 1990 [6]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1990 [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Hall of Honor Q&A – Joel Gardner '90". Colgate Raiders. September 4, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Colgate Raiders Men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Colgate Raiders. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  4. ↑ "Joel Gardner". Colgate Raiders. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's All-Tournament Teams" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  7. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
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