- Rumun Ndur
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team =Nottingham Panthers
former_teams =Buffalo Sabres New York Rangers Atlanta Thrashers Coventry Blaze
league = EIHL
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 244
nationality = NGA
nationality_2 = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1975|7|7|mf=y
birth_place =Zaria ,Nigeria
draft = 69th overall
draft_year = 1994
draft_team =Buffalo Sabres
career_start = 1995Rumun Ndur (born July 7, 1975 in
Zaria ,Nigeria ) is a Nigerian-born Canadian [http://www.coventryblaze.co.uk/news/display.jsp?catId=43&newsId=2037] professionalice hockey player currently playing for theNottingham Panthers in the BritishElite Ice Hockey League . He has played in the NHL for theBuffalo Sabres , theNew York Rangers and theAtlanta Thrashers . Ndur is also the first Nigerian-born player ever to play in the NHL. He was born in Nigeria but grew up inSarnia, Ontario andHearst, Ontario . [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=15082] .He was drafted by the Sabres in 1994 in the third round, 69th pick overall.He made his debut in the NHL in 1996–97 with the Sabres. In 1998–99 he was traded to the New York Rangers and just a year later he was traded to Atlanta and played 27 games with them during the
1999–00 NHL season . Since that season he has played in the minors.He has played a total of 69 games in NHL. He scored 5 points (2 goals + 3 assists) with 137 penalty minutes.
Rumun captured the imagination of a section of the Coventry Blaze fanbase and had a small fan club of his own that travels to the majority of home games from the town of Banbury. However he played just two games of the 2007–08 season before suffering from a neck injury, ruling him out for the season. In May 2008, Ndur was released by Coventry. [http://www.eliteleague.co.uk/news/detail.php?id=5923] Ndur went on to sign for the
Nottingham Panthers .Career Statistics
External links
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* [http://www.nhl.com/blackhistory/ndur.html "Ndur one of a kind"] (NHL.com,February 1 ,2001 )[Category:Buffalo Sabres draft picks
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