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Mike Weaver
Mike Weaver
Position Defence
Shoots Right
Height
Weight
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
182 lb (83 kg)
NHL Team
F. Teams
Florida Panthers
Vancouver Canucks
Los Angeles Kings
Atlanta Thrashers
St. Louis Blues
Nationality Flag of Canada Canadian
Born (1978-05-02)May 2, 1978,
Brampton, ON, CAN
NHL Draft Undrafted
Pro Career 2000 – present
Sandis Ozolinsh and Mike Weaver

Weaver collides with Sandis Ozolinsh in 2007

Mike Weaver (born May 2, 1978) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Playing career[]

Weaver played minor hockey in his hometown the local Brampton Maroons in his early years before joining the Richmond Hill-Vaughan Kings of OMHA. After being a 7th round draft choice of the OHL's Guelph Storm in 1995, Weaver decided to remain playing OHA Junior A hockey to maintain his NCAA scholarship eligibility.

Weaver played Tier II Jr.A. with both the Thornhill Islanders and the Bramalea Blues. His final season with the Blues he led the club to a Dudley Hewitt Cup as OHA Junior A Champions and a berth in the 1999 Royal Bank Cup in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; Weaver's team was eliminated in the semi-finals.

WeaverLankow

Weaver as a King against oncoming Daymond Langkow

The diminutive defenceman acquired a scholarship with the Michigan State Spartans and spent four very productive years in the CCHA that included two First All-Star team nods and two Best Defensive Defenceman awards.

Undrafted by the NHL, Weaver was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Thrashers on June 15, 2000. He spent the subsequent season with Atlanta's IHL affiliate, Orlando, with whom he won the Turner Cup as IHL champions. In 2001–02, Weaver played his first 16 games in the NHL, in addition to helping the Thrashers' AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, to a Calder Cup championship. Most of his four seasons as a Thrasher would be spent in the AHL.

In the summer of 2004, Weaver would sign with the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent. After playing 2004–05 with the Kings' AHL affiliate, Manchester, Weaver would play 2005–06 and 2006–07 in the NHL.

On August 8, 2007, Weaver was signed again as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins. However, just before the start of the 2007–08 season, he was placed on waivers and picked up by Vancouver, where he played in 55 games.

In the proceeding off season, he was signed by the St. Louis Blues.

On August 3, 2010, Weaver signed a 2 year $1.8 million contract with the Florida Panthers.

Awards and achievements[]

Individual

  • OPJHL Defenceman of the Year - 1996
  • CCHA All-Tournament Team - 1997
  • CCHA First All-Star Team - 1999, 2000
  • CCHA Best Defensive Defenceman Award - 1999, 2000
  • NCAA West Second All-American Team - 1999, 2000

Team championships

Transactions[]

Career statistics[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Michigan State Spartans CCHA 39 0 7 7 46
1997–98 Michigan State Spartans CCHA 44 4 22 26 68
1998–99 Michigan State Spartans CCHA 42 1 6 7 54
1999–00 Michigan State Spartans CCHA 26 0 7 7 20
2000–01 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 68 0 8 8 34 16 0 2 2 8
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 16 0 1 1 10
2001–02 Chicago Wolves AHL 58 2 8 10 67 25 1 3 4 21
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 40 0 5 5 20
2002–03 Chicago Wolves AHL 33 2 2 4 32 9 0 3 3 4
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 1 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 78 3 14 17 89 9 2 2 4 20
2004–05 Manchester Monarchs AHL 79 1 22 23 61 6 0 1 1 0
2005–06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 53 0 9 9 14
2006–07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 39 3 6 9 16
2006–07 Manchester Monarchs AHL 7 1 3 4 2
2007–08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 55 0 1 1 33
2008–09 St. Louis Blues NHL 58 0 7 7 12 4 0 0 0 0
2009–10 St. Louis Blues NHL 77 1 9 10 29
2010–11 Florida Panthers NHL 82 2 11 13 34
NHL totals 421 6 49 55 168 4 0 0 0 0

External links[]

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