| Ben Maxwell | |
| Position | Centre/Left winger |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) |
| NLA Team F. Teams |
SCL Tigers Bantam North Shore WC Bantam A1-T1 PIJHL North Delta Flyers BCHL Surrey Eagles WHL Kootenay Ice NHL Montréal Canadiens Atlanta Thrashers Winnipeg Jets Anaheim Ducks AHL Hamilton Bulldogs Chicago Wolves St. John's IceCaps Liiga Kärpät KHL Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk HK Sochi Spartak Moskva |
| Teams | Canada |
| Nationality |  Canadian
|
| Born | March 30, 1988, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| NHL Draft | 49th overall, 2006 Montreal Canadiens |
| Pro Career | 2002 – present |
Benjamin Maxwell (born March 30, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre with the SCL Tigers of the NLA.
Playing career[]
Maxwell was selected 49th overall in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. Maxwell was called up on December 12, 2008 up from the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Hamilton Bulldogs to replace the injured Saku Koivu in the lineup.
On February 24, 2011, Maxwell was traded along with a 4th round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, to the Atlanta Thrashers for Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes.[1] He scored his first NHL goal on March 27, 2011 against Craig Anderson of the Ottawa Senators. He was also named first star of that game.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 | South Surrey Eagles | BCHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 68 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 69 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 39 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | ||
| 2007–08 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 31 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 73 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 57 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 47 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References[]
- ↑ Habs Acquire Sopel, Dawes from Thrashers for Maxwell, Pick. TSN (2011-02-24). Retrieved on 2011-02-24.