Ryan Jardine

Ryan Jardine (born March 15, 1980 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian professional Ice Hockey Forward who most recently played for the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League.

Career
Jardine was drafted 89th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League after spending his Major Junior Hockey career with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League and his Junior A Ice Hockey career with the Kanata Stallions of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. After spending the 2000–01 AHL season with the Louisville Panthers of the American Hockey League, Jardine played eight games for the Panthers during the 2001–02 NHL season with 2 Assists to his credit. Jardine played in 64 regular season games and 4 playoff games for the Utah Grizzlies of the American Hockey League during the 2001-02 AHL season and then spent the next three seasons with the San Antonio Rampage, also of the American Hockey League. Jardine then moved to Europe, signing with the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany. After one season with the Freezers, he signed with the Swedish Elitserien team Mora IK and then with the Slovenian team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Erste Back Eishockey Liga. In 2007, Jardine signed with HC Interspar Bolzano-Bozen of Serie A in Italy in 2007, where he played for three seasons. On September 30, 2010, the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League signed Jardine for the 2010-2011 Central Hockey League season.

On September 3, 2011, Jardine signed with Lørenskog IK of GET-ligaen. On September 21, 2011, after playing two games and accumulating 2 Assists for Lørenskog IK, Jardine was granted his request to be released by the team for familial reasons. On October 2, 2011, Jardine signed with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League. On October 3, 2011, Jardine returned to the Mavericks, the Wolves' new Central Hockey League affiliate, after being assigned to it by the Wolves. On September 8, 2012, Jardine returned to the Mavericks for the 2012-13 season by directly signing with the team.