John Erskine (ice hockey)
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| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams |
Washington Capitals New York Islanders Dallas Stars |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | June 26, 1980, Kingston, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 39th overall, 1998 Dallas Stars |
| Pro Career | 2001 – present |
John Erskine (born June 26, 1980, in Kingston, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals.
Erskine began his upper-level hockey play with the Quinte Hawks for the 1996-97 season. For the 1997-98, 1998-99, and 1999-2000 seasons, Erskine played for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. Erskine won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as top defenseman in the OHL in 1999-2000. He showed marked improvement from season to season until his promotion to the Utah Grizzlies of the International Hockey League/American Hockey League in 2000. Erskine's NHL debut came during the 2001-02 NHL season with Dallas, where he played 33 games, notching a single assist.
During the 2005-06 NHL season, Dallas traded Erskine to the New York Islanders for Finnish defenseman Janne Niinimaa. At the conclusion of the season, the Islanders did not re-sign Erskine, leaving him a free agent. On September 14, 2006, Erskine signed with the Washington Capitals.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000-01 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 77 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 284 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 39 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2001-02 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 52 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 274 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 2002-03 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Utah Grizzlies | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004-05 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 61 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 238 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 2005-06 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Iowa Stars | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | New York Islanders | NHL | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL Totals | 141 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 336 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Stats as of the end of the 2005-06 season.
[edit] External links
- Erskine's profile at HockeyDB.com
[edit] Sources
- http://www.nhl.com/lineups/player/8467365.html
- http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=16734
- Capitals sign Erskine
Categories: 1980 births | Living people | Canadian ice hockey defencemen | Dallas Stars draft picks | Dallas Stars players | Enforcers | Houston Aeros players | Ice hockey personnel from Ontario | Iowa Stars players | London Knights alumni | New York Islanders players | People from Kingston, Ontario | Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players | Utah Grizzlies players
