Steve Montador

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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team=Anaheim Ducks
former_teams = Calgary Flames
Florida Panthers
league = NHL
position = Defence
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 210
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|12|21|mf=y
birth_place = Vancouver, BC
draft = undrafted
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 2000

Steve Montador (born December 21, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey defenceman for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League.

Having had previous spells with the North Bay Centennials, Erie Otters and the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League Montador was signed by Calgary as a free agent and spent time playing for the Saint John Flames out of the American Hockey League. Montador made his Calgary debut during the 2001–02 NHL season playing 11 games and scoring a goal and two assists for three points. Over the next two season, Montador played 76 more regular season games for Calgary and played 20 games in the 2003–04 NHL Playoffs which saw Calgary reach the Stanley Cup finals only to lose to the Tampa Bay Lightning. With the 2004–05 NHL season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Montador was one of many NHL players to play in Europe, playing for French outfit Mulhouse. He was traded to Florida early in the 2005–06 NHL season in the trade that brought Kristian Huselius to Calgary. This summer he was signed as an unrestricted free agent to the Anaheim Ducks.

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External links

* [http://www.calgaryflames.com/cgi-bin/roster/roster.cgi?displayNode=39 Montador page on Calgary Flames site]
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