Oren Eizenman
Oren Eizenman (born March 27, 1985) is an Israeli-Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Nippon Paper Cranes in the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH).
| Oren Eizenman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
March 27, 1985 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Milwaukee Admirals Worcester Sharks Manitoba Moose San Antonio Rampage Syracuse Crunch Hartford Wolf Pack Connecticut Whale High1 Nippon Paper Cranes | ||
| National team |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2007–2013 | ||
Biography
Eizenman was born in Toronto, Canada, to Ronit and Moshe Eizenman, and is Jewish.[1][2][3][4] He spent some of his childhood living in a suburb of Tel Aviv.[5] His father is a University of Toronto professor and an expert on eye tracking, and his mother is a teacher.[1] He is the brother of ice hockey players Alon (now a lawyer) and Erez Eizenman (now a management consultant), all three of whom have played for the Israeli national team.[1]
Eizenman played hockey for the Wexford Raiders in the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League (OPJHL).[2] He played two years on the varsity hockey team at Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto.[2]
He played college hockey for RPI.[6] As a freshman in 2003-04 he was seventh in the ECAC in freshmen scoring, was named to the ECAC Weekly Honor Roll twice, was ECAC Rookie of the Week once, and was named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team.[2] In 2005-06 he was ECACHL Weekly Honor Roll four times, and ECACHL All-Academic.[2] In 2006-07 he was ECACHL Weekly Honor Roll and ECACHL All-Academic.[2]
Eizenman's professional career began with the Fresno Falcons.[7]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Wexford Raiders | OPJHL | 47 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 37 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 27 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 37 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | R.P.I. | ECAC | 28 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Fresno Falcons | ECHL | 53 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Fresno Falcons | ECHL | 12 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 61 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Elmira Jackals | ECHL | 20 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Hartford Wolf Pack/CT Whale | AHL | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | High1 | AL | 36 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Nippon Paper Cranes | AL | 33 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 82 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Personal life
Eizenman was married to Jacqueline Frisch on June 26, 2016.
Awards and honours
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team | 2003–04 |
References
- "The Whale's Eizenman No Foreigner To Hockey" - tribunedigital-thecourant
- RPI Engineers - Oren Eizenman - 2006 Men's Hockey
- Nachenberg, Dave (4 March 2014). "Mike Cammalleri Breaks All-time Jewish NHL Record". Haaretz. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- "Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; Minor Leagues". Jewish Sports Review. 8 (87): 7–8. October 2011.
- "Israels ice man: Oren Eizenman feels at home playing minor league hockey in Stockton" – J
- Stutt, Kurt (2005). Skating Engineers: Hockey at RPI. Arcadia. p. 118. ISBN 9780738536927.
- Robinson, Ken (25 January 2008). "Oren Eizenman has his college degree. He has led Israel to a world hockey title. And he now paces the Falcons in goals and points. Is his NHL dream within reach?". Fresno Bee. McClatchy. ProQuest 267918963.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database