Dion Phaneuf

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Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
Nickname	Neufy, The Dion, The Monster
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg)
NHL Team	Calgary Flames
Nationality	Canada
Born	April 10, 1985, Edmonton, AB, CAN
NHL Draft	9th overall, 2003 Calgary Flames
Pro Career	2005 – present

Dion Phaneuf (born April 10, 1985 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a professional Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He is the son of Paul and Amber Phaneuf and has one younger brother, Dane.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Career statistics 4 International play 4.1 International statistics 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Dion Phaneuf was drafted ninth overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames and completed his run in the Western Hockey League for the Red Deer Rebels in the spring of 2005.

Phaneuf was named to the CHL First All-Star team for the 2003-04 and 2004-5 seasons, selected from the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL. In 2004 he picked up the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy for Top Defenceman and was named to WHL East First All-Star Team. In February of 2005 The Hockey News publication named him the number two prospect in the world behind Russian Alexander Ovechkin.^{[citation needed]}

Phaneuf represented Canada at the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The team won silver in a defeat to the American junior team. Phaneuf was named to the Tournament All Star Team. The following year Phaneuf returned to the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where the Canadians took gold for the first time in eight years. Phaneuf was again awarded a spot on the Tournament All-Star Team, and was named Top Defenceman of the tournament.

Phaneuf made his NHL debut on the opening night of the 2005-06 NHL season for the Flames on October 5, 2005 in a 6-3 loss to Minnesota. He recorded his first point, first assist, and first goal in the October 10, 2005 game against the Colorado Avalanche.

Phaneuf earned the rookie of the month award for November as recognized by the NHL. Hockey's Future listed him as their #3 prospect behind Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby and said that he would likely win the James Norris Memorial Trophy at some point in his career. [1] On April 13, 2006 he became only the third rookie defenceman (along with Brian Leetch and Barry Beck) to score 20 goals in a season. As well, he broke the Calgary Flames' team record for goals by a rookie defenceman, which was 18 by Gary Suter.

During the All-Star break of the 2006-07 season, an informal poll of 141 NHL players conducted by ESPN named Phaneuf the hardest hitter in the NHL.[2] On January 24, 2007, Phaneuf played in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game and scored the longest empty-net goal in All-Star history (200 ft.) when he banked a shot off the boards from behind his own net and the puck rolled into the vacated Eastern net.

[edit] Awards

• CHL First All-Star Team (2004)
• Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy (WHL defenceman of the year) (2004, 2005)
• NHL Rookie of the Month, November 2005

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001-02	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		67	5	12	17	170		21	0	2	2	14
2002-03	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		71	16	14	30	185		23	7	7	14	34
2003-04	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		62	19	24	43	126		19	2	9	11	30
2004-05	Red Deer Rebels	WHL		55	24	32	56	73		7	1	4	5	12
2005-06	Calgary Flames	NHL		82	20	29	49	93		7	1	0	1	7
WHL Totals				255	64	82	146	554		70	10	22	32	90
NHL Totals				82	20	29	49	93		7	1	0	1	7

[edit] International play

Played for Canada in:

• 2004 World Junior Championships (silver medal)
• 2005 World Junior Championships (gold medal)

[edit] International statistics

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004	Canada	WJC		6	2	2	4	29
2005	Canada	WJC		6	1	5	6	14
Junior Int'l Totals				12	3	7	10	43

[edit] External links

• Calgary Flames
• ESPN.com
• Hockey's Future
• Hockey DB
• SI.com
• Player Profile at tsn.ca
• Unofficial Player Site
• Yahoo Sports