Matt Ryan (ice hockey)

Matt Ryan (ice hockey)
For other people named Matt Ryan, see Matt Ryan (disambiguation).
Matt Ryan
Born November 12, 1983 (1983-11-12) (age 28)
Sharon, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
EBEL team
Former teams		 Villacher SV
NHL
Los Angeles Kings
DEL
Augsburger Panther
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2004–present

Matt Ryan (born November 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Villacher SV of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

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Playing career

Undrafted, Ryan played Junior hockey with the Wexford Raiders of the OPJHL before committing to a collegiate career at Niagara University of the CHA. After posting an impressive 19 points in his freshman year, Ryan left in his following sophomore year for the higher level of competition in the Ontario Hockey League. In his second year with the Guelph Storm in 2003–04, Ryan scored a career high 77 points on the way to reaching the Memorial Cup.

On August 2, 2004, Matt was signed by the Los Angeles Kings to a three-year entry level contract. In 2004–05, his first professional season, Ryan scored 24 points with the Kings AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs. He matched his offensive out with the Monarchs the following season and made his NHL debut with the Kings on December 31, 2005 against the Dallas Stars finishing 2005–06 with 12 games recording an assist.[1]

Matt played the next two seasons strictly with Manchester before signing a one-year contract with German team, Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. During the 2008–09 season, Matt's contract with the Panthers was suspended after he returned home to Canada for personal reasons on November 11, 2008.[2] Ryan returned later in the season and became the Panthers most dependable role player and was re-signed for a further year on June 10, 2009.[3]

On June 15, 2010, Ryan signed a one-year contract with Austrian league team, Villacher SV.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 42 20 13 33 44 — — — — —
2001–02 Niagara University CHA 32 7 12 19 32 — — — — —
2002–03 Niagara University CHA 9 6 2 8 14 — — — — —
2002–03 Guelph Storm OHL 48 14 11 25 34 11 2 7 9 0
2003–04 Guelph Storm OHL 68 42 35 77 63 22 8 11 19 24
2004–05 Manchester Monarchs AHL 77 9 15 24 59 6 0 1 1 4
2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 68 12 12 24 79 7 1 1 2 8
2005–06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 12 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2006–07 Manchester Monarchs AHL 56 8 16 24 50 16 3 5 8 13
2007–08 Manchester Monarchs AHL 65 8 6 14 74 4 0 1 1 2
2008–09 Augsburger Panther DEL 25 11 7 18 57 4 2 1 3 8
2009–10 Augsburger Panther DEL 54 13 25 38 64 9 0 1 1 6
NHL Totals 12 0 1 1 2 — — — — —

References

  1. ^ "Garon stops 38 shots as Kings widen Pacific Division lead". CBS Sports. 2005-12-31. http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20051231_LA@DAL?tag=pageRow;pageContainer. Retrieved 2010-05-22. 
  2. ^ "Matt Ryan contract suspended" (in German). Augsburger Panther. 2008-11-11. http://www.aev-panther.de/aev/Augsburger+Panther/Homepage.html?naid=114. Retrieved 2008-11-20. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Matt Ryan is a panther" (in German). Augsburger Panther. 2009-04-10. http://www.aev-panther.de/aev/Augsburger%20Panther/Aktuell.html?naid=209. Retrieved 2010-05-22. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Eagles sign experienced DEL center Matt Ryan" (in German). EC VSV. 2010-06-15. http://www.ecvsv.at/index.php?id=31&no_cache=1&tx_ttnewsbackPid=7&tx_ttnewstt_news=800. Retrieved 2010-06-16. 

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