Mark Ardelan

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Mark Ardelan
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Ardelan with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2007
Born (1983-03-16) March 16, 1983 (age 42)
Avonlea, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Portland Pirates
Manchester Monarchs
Iowa Stars
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Lukko Rauma
Iserlohn Roosters
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 20042013

Mark Ardelan (born March 16, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played most notably in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

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Playing career

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Ardelan began playing ice hockey at five years old. He began his junior career in 1999 at the age of 16 with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League WHL. After two years he moved to the Vancouver Giants, where he was the point of best defenders. The 2003-04 season spent Ardelan at the Prince Albert Raiders, where he could show his offensive potential and also the second best scorer of the team was. Although Ardelan over five years in the WHL was one of the best defensive players, he was taken into account by any team of the National Hockey League Entry Draft. The Canadians, however, received after his junior years in 2004 an invitation to training camp of the San Jose Sharks, could there not prevail.

Ardelan first professional team was finally the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL, where he was a rookie point right away the best defender in the league and also his first game in the American Hockey League played at the Portland Pirates partners. For the 2005-06 season opener against managed the final step in the AHL playing for the Manchester Monarchs on, however, he left after a year towards the Iowa Stars. The 2007-08 season was the most successful season so far for Ardelan because he could qualify with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins was the first of the East Division for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference, and finally in the final series with the Calder Cup moved. Here, however, the team was defeated by the Chicago Wolves.

For the 2008-09 season Ardelan moved to Europe where he first went to Lukko Rauma in the Finnish SM-liiga to the ice. For problems due to the short preparation time for the new season, but left the Canadians Finland on 19 November 2008 and was committed two days later by the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, which was after the departure of Brendan Buckley looking for a defender. There Ardelan signed an annual contract and met here on his former teammate Marty Wilford, had already played with the 2005 to 2007 in the AHL. The Canadians could after his commitment, especially in the offensive set the tone for the season and extended his contract for another year. For the play-off qualification at season's end it was enough, since the performance of the team above all in January were no longer sufficient. After the season Ardelan extended his contract by two years. [1]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1999–2000 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 634162060
2000–01 Brandon Wheat KingsWHL66214166560119
2001–02 Vancouver Giants WHL668293750
2002–03 Vancouver GiantsWHL711335486440110
2003–04 Prince Albert Raiders WHL721954732961450
2004–05 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 721532472440002
2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 10112
2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL62921303672020
2006–07 Iowa Stars AHL798303832110554
2007–08 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL6072027332367132
2008–09 Lukko SM-l 2217816
2008–09 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 34715226
2009–10 Iserlohn RoostersDEL568233116
2010–11 Iserlohn RoostersDEL496283416
2011–12 Iserlohn RoostersDEL52625312820110
2012–13 Iserlohn RoostersDEL517152230
AHL totals20224729610341812206

Awards and honours

AwardsYear
WHL
East First All-Star Team 2004

References

  1. "Ardelan, Giuliano extend till 2012". eishockeynews.com. 2010-03-25. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-03-08.