| Lance Ward | |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 214 lb (97 kg) |
| SEL Team F. Teams |
Free Agent Florida Panthers Mighty Ducks of Anaheim HV71 Jönköping |
| Born | June 2, 1978, Lloydminster, AB, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 10th overall, 1996 New Jersey Devils 63rd overall, 1998 Florida Panthers |
| Pro Career | 1998 – present |
Lance Ward (born June 2, 1978 in Lloydminster, Alberta) is an inactive Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He holds the current Elitserien record for most penalty minutes during one season.[1]
Playing career[]
Ward was originally drafted 10th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, but he re-entered the draft and was selected 63rd overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Ward has played 209 career NHL games, scoring 4 goals and 12 assists for 16 points, and 391 penalty minutes. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Ward did not play.
Ward signed a one-year contract on June 5, 2006, with the Swedish Elitserien club HV71 from Jönköping. On February 20, 2007, in a game against Färjestads BK, Ward broke both HV71's club record and the Elitserien record for most penalty minutes in one season when he checked one player into the boards and seconds later speared another in front of the crease. The sequence ended with Ward being penalized with 7 minutes plus game misconduct (adding another 20 minutes).[2]
During the off-season 2007–08, Ward turned down a contract extension from HV71 to instead sign a two-year deal with the Austrian club Graz 99ers. In June, 2007, Graz revoked the contract and stated they will not pay Ward the amount settled in the signing.[3] Ward returned to Sweden and re-signed with HV71 for another year.[4]
After winning the Elitserien playoff finals with HV71 in 2008, Ward signed with the German DEL team Frankfurt Lions.[5] After one season with Frankfurt, he signed a two-year contract to return to HV71 in 2009.[6]
Awards[]
Records[]
- Elitserien record for penalty minutes (273) 2007
- Elitserien record for penalty minutes (212) 2008
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 72 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 127 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1996–97 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 70 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 229 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | ||
| 1997–98 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 71 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 233 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 1998–99 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Beast of New Haven | AHL | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Miami Matadors | ECHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Louisville Panthers | AHL | 35 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 68 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 80 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 278 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | HV71 | SEL | 50 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 273 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | ||
| 2007–08 | HV71 | SEL | 52 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 212 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| 2008–09 | Frankfurt Lions | DEL | 41 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | HV71 | SEL | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | HV71 | SEL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL totals | 209 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 391 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| SEL totals | 143 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 580 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | ||||
References[]
- ↑ Lance Ward. Elite Prospects. www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved on 2010-01-30.
- ↑ Lance Ward historisk buse (Swedish). Hockeyligan.se. Svenska Hockeyligan AB (2007-02-20). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
- ↑ Ros, Tomas; Abrahamsson, Hans. "Busen letar ny klubb i Sverige", Aftonbladet.se, Aftonbladet, 2007-06-05. Retrieved on 2007-06-06. (Swedish)
- ↑ Gustafsson, Daniel (2006-06-05). Publikfavoriten Ward stannar i HV71 (Swedish). HV71.se. HV71. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
- ↑ "Lance Ward lämnar HV", DN.se, Dagens Nyheter, 2008-04-14. Retrieved on 2008-04-19. (Swedish)
- ↑ Wengel, Daniel (2009-01-16). Lance Ward tillbaka i HV71 (Swedish). HV71.se. HV71. Retrieved on 2009-01-16.
External links[]
- Lance Ward's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Lance Ward's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
| Preceded by Petr Sýkora |
New Jersey Devils first round draft pick 1996 |
Succeeded by 'Jean-François Damphousse' |
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