Bobby Ryan

Bobby Ryan
Ryan with the Senators in the 2017 playoffs
Born (1987-03-17) March 17, 1987
Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 Ottawa Senators
Anaheim Ducks
Mora IK
National team  United States
NHL Draft 2nd overall, 2005
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career 2007–present

Bobby Ryan (born Robert Shane Stevenson;[1] March 17, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) He was drafted second overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

He played five seasons with the Ducks before being traded to the Senators in 2013. He has also represented the United States in international and Olympic hockey.

Early life

Ryan was born Robert Shane Stevenson in Cherry Hill, New Jersey,[2] and grew up in Collingswood, attending Queen of Heaven for grade school.[3][4]

In October 1997, Ryan's father, Bob Stevenson, an insurance company owner, badly beat Ryan's mother, Melody, in a drunken rage, leaving her hospitalized with four broken ribs, a skull fracture and a punctured lung. Ryan's father was charged with attempted murder and jumped bail, fleeing to Canada. His son and wife later forgave and joined him on the lam in Canada, living under assumed names. The family eventually relocated to El Segundo, California so that Ryan could play in an elite youth hockey feeder system. In February 2000, Ryan's father, who had been supporting the family as a professional gambler, was arrested at home by the United States Marshals Service.[5]

Playing career

Junior

After winning national championships with his minor hockey team, the Los Angeles Junior Kings, Ryan initially committed to playing for the USA Hockey's National Team Development Program at the under-18 level.[6] Despite telling Ontario Hockey League (OHL) teams he would not play major junior, Ryan was selected by the Owen Sound Attack seventh overall in the 2003 OHL Selection Draft. He was ultimately persuaded to play for the team[6] and immediately began his major junior career with a 39-point rookie campaign in 2003–04. After improving to 89 points the following season, Ryan was drafted second overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.[2]

Professional

Anaheim Ducks

Ryan with the Iowa Chops in November 2008.

Ryan closed out his OHL career after the 2006–07 season. Upon elimination in the playoffs, he was assigned by the Ducks to the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League (AHL) for the final eight games of the 2006–07 AHL season. He then started the 2007–08 season with the Ducks, scoring his first career NHL goal in his debut against the Los Angeles Kings at The O2 arena in London, England.[7] Ryan was, however, sent back to Portland after four games.[8] He was recalled on March 7, 2008, when Corey Perry's leg injury sidelined him for the remainder of the regular season.[9]

Ryan with the Ducks in 2012.

In the following 2008–09 season, Ryan once again made the opening roster, but was to be sent down to the Ducks' new AHL affiliate, the Iowa Chops, due to salary cap issues.[10] He was recalled during the season and recorded a natural hat-trick, the first hat-trick of his NHL career, on January 8, 2009, against Los Angeles at the Staples Center in a 4–3 loss. In doing so, he became the first rookie in Ducks history to record a hat-trick, it being the fastest of any player in the 15-year history of the franchise.[11] On March 22, 2009, Ryan broke the franchise rookie point record set by Dustin Penner after tallying two assists for his 46th point in an Anaheim win over the Phoenix Coyotes.[12]

On April 22, 2009, Ryan was named a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy, along with Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Kris Versteeg of the Chicago Blackhawks—Mason ultimately won the award.

On September 14, 2010, just prior to the 2010–11 season, the Ducks signed Ryan to a five-year, $25.5 million contract extension.[13] On December 12, during a game against the Minnesota Wild, left-handed captain Mikko Koivu stole Ryan's stick while in the Ducks' offensive zone, whereupon the right-handed Ryan picked up Koivu's stick and scored a goal with it. The play was later named number one on TSN's SportsCentre's "Top 10 NHL Oddities" list.

On November 24, 2012, Ryan participated in Operation Hat Trick, a charity hockey game at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims.[14]

Ottawa Senators

On July 5, 2013, Ryan was acquired by the Ottawa Senators in exchange for forwards Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and a first-round draft pick in 2014. Ryan registered 23 goals in his first season with the Senators, a season cut short by injury—on March 27, 2014, it was announced via Twitter that he would undergo season-ending sports hernia surgery to repair an injury he had been dealing with since November 2013.[15]

On October 2, 2014, the Senators announced they had signed Ryan to a seven-year, $50.75 million contract extension, a deal that would keep him with the team through the 2021–22 season.[16] Ryan responded with his first All-Star Game appearance after being selected to represent Team Foligno at the 2015 NHL All-Star Game in Columbus, Ohio, on January 25, 2015.[17]

Ryan would struggle during the 2016–17 regular season, earning only 25 points in 62 games while also coping with injuries.[18] However, he would prove to be an asset to the team in the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, scoring four goals in six games during the first round of the playoffs against the Boston Bruins, helping the Senators to move onto the second round against the New York Rangers.[19] He would finish the playoffs with six goals and nine assists as the Senators were eliminated in overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

International play

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  United States
Winter Olympics
2010 Vancouver

Ryan played for the United States at the 2006 World Junior Championships, where the team lost to Finland in the bronze medal game, earning them a fourth-place finish.

Four years later, Ryan was selected to Team USA for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver on January 1, 2010. He scored the U.S.' first goal of the tournament at 18:59 of the first period in their opening match against then-Ducks teammate Jonas Hiller of Switzerland.[20] Team USA eventually lost to Canada in the gold medal game, earning Ryan and the Americans a silver medal. He scored one goal and one assist in the tournament.

In 2014, Ryan was passed over by the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team despite his strong play during the first half of the 2013–14 season. This snub created somewhat of a controversy surrounding Ryan's play and U.S. Olympic Team.[21]

Career statistics

Ryan battles for the puck with Christian Ehrhoff during 2007 pre-season play.

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2003–04Owen Sound AttackOHL 6522173952 71232
2004–05Owen Sound AttackOHL 6237528951 82798
2005–06Owen Sound AttackOHL 5931649544 11571214
2006–07Owen Sound AttackOHL 63435910266 41122
2006–07Portland PiratesAHL 83696 —————
2007–08Anaheim DucksNHL 2355106 20002
2007–08Portland PiratesAHL 4821284938 168122018
2008–09Iowa ChopsAHL 149101919 —————
2008–09Anaheim DucksNHL 6431265733 135270
2009–10Anaheim DucksNHL 8135296481 —————
2010–11Anaheim DucksNHL 8234377161 43142
2011–12Anaheim DucksNHL 8231265753 —————
2012–13Mora IKHA 11103138 —————
2012–13Anaheim DucksNHL 4611193017 72240
2013–14Ottawa SenatorsNHL 7023254845 —————
2014–15Ottawa SenatorsNHL 7818365424 62020
2015–16Ottawa SenatorsNHL 8122345628 —————
2016–17Ottawa SenatorsNHL 6213122524 19691514
2017–18Ottawa SenatorsNHL 6211223314 —————
NHL totals 731234271505386 5118143218

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2006 United States WJC 4th 7 3 4 7 0
2010 United States Oly 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 1 1 2 2
2012 United States WC 7th 8 5 2 7 0
Junior totals 7 3 4 7 0
Senior totals 14 6 3 9 2

Awards and honors

Award Year
OHL
Second All-Rookie Team 2004
First All-Star Team 2005
CHL Top Prospects Game 2005
AHL
All-Star Game 2008
All-Rookie Team 2008
NHL
Rookie of the month (January) 2009
All-Rookie Team 2009
All-Star Game 2015 [17]

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Olympic hockey player Bobby Ryan reveals a dark family secret". nj.com. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Bobby Ryan". Hockey-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ Hicks, Jeff (January 26, 2007). "Disney flick made quite the impact; Bobby Ryan takes winding road to current role of NHL prospect". Waterloo Region Record.
  4. ↑ O'Connor, Tommy. "The Secret Life of Bobby Ryan". www.youtube.com. Hockey Media Nation. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ Mehta, Manish (February 21, 2010). "U.S. Olympic hockey player Bobby Ryan reveals a dark family secret". NJ.com. The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Bobby Ryan's amazing story". The Score. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Kings crown Ducks in London opener". CBC. September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Ducks send Ryan off to Portland". TSN. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Ducks forward Perry out at least six weeks". CBC. March 7, 2008. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  10. ↑ Arritt, Dan (October 4, 2008). "Ducks send Bobby Ryan to minors in salary-cap move". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  11. ↑ "Kings beat Ducks 4-3". Associated Press. January 9, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
  12. ↑ Dillman, Lisa (March 23, 2009). "Ducks' third straight win move them closer to playoff spot". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Bobby Ryan signs five-year deal with Ducks". Sporting News. September 14, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  14. ↑ "The Newark Star Ledger section 5, pg. 2. November 25, 2012".
  15. ↑ Senators, Ottawa. "Bryan Murray on Bobby Ryan". Chris Lund.
  16. ↑ "Senators name Erik Karlsson captain, Bobby Ryan signs extension". CBC.ca. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  17. 1 2 "Here are your 2015 NHL All-Star teams". Yahoo! Sports. January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  18. ↑ Warren, Ken (2017-04-18). "After tough season, Bobby Ryan a popular name in Ottawa again with playoff heroics". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  19. ↑ Brennan, Don (2017-04-26). "Ryan learning to live, and thrive, in the "dirty area" around the crease". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  20. ↑ "2010 Olympic Preliminary game 1 boxscore". Vancouver2010.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  21. ↑ Muir, Allan (January 2, 2014). "Bobby Ryan: Team USA's Brian Burke "gutless" after Sochi Olympics snub". SI.com.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ladislav Smid		 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim first round draft pick
2005		 Succeeded by
Mark Mitera
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