Troy Brouwer
Brouwer with the Caps, January 2012.
Born	(1985-08-17) August 17, 1985 (age 26) Vancouver, BC, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team Former teams	Washington Capitals Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Draft	214th overall, 2004 Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career	2006–present

Troy Brouwer (born August 17, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for and an alternate captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career[link]

Brouwer was educated at North Delta Secondary School. He was drafted 214th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. Brouwer spent his major junior career in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Moose Jaw Warriors. In his final year with the Warriors in 2005–06, he was named team captain and led Moose Jaw with a team-high 49 goals and 53 assists. Brouwer's 102 points also led the league in points, by which he was awarded the Bob Clarke Trophy.

Brouwer was assigned to the Norfolk Admirals, the Blackhawks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2006–07, where he recorded 79 points and was named to the AHL All-Rookie and Second All-Star Team. He also made his NHL debut that season, playing 10 games with the Blackhawks. As a Blackhawk, Brouwer joined three of his previous minor hockey teammates, Colin Fraser, Brent Seabrook and Andrew Ladd from his Vancouver team, the Pacific Vipers.^[1]

In the 2007–08 season, Brouwer was again in the AHL with the Rockford IceHogs, Chicago's newly assigned AHL affiliate. Although his production dropped to 54 points in 75 games, he scored a franchise-record 25 powerplay goals, just two shy of the league record.^{[citation needed]} Recalled by the Blackhawks for a short two-game stint, Brouwer recorded his first NHL point, an assist on March 23, 2008, against the St. Louis Blues. On June 9, 2010 Troy won his first Stanley Cup.

On June 24, 2011 he was traded to the Washington Capitals for Washington's first round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.^[2] He signed a two-year, $4.7 million contract with the Capitals on July 6.^[3]

On January 13, 2012 he recorded his first NHL hat trick against the Tampa Bay Lightning.^[4]

Awards[link]

• Won the Bob Clarke Trophy (WHL leading scorer) in 2006.
• Named to the AHL Second All-Star Team in 2007.
• Named to the AHL All-Rookie Team in 2007.
• 2010 Stanley Cup Champion

Career statistics[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Troy Brouwer's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Troy Brouwer's NHL player profile

Coordinates: 39°57′27″N 26°14′20″E / 39.9575°N 26.23889°E / 39.9575; 26.23889

Archaeological Site of Troy *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country	Turkey
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii, vi
Reference	849
Region **	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1998 (22nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO

Troy (Ancient Greek: Ἴλιον, Ilion, and Τροία, Troia; Latin: Trōia and Īlium;^[1] Hittite: Wilusa or Truwisa;^[2][3] Turkish: Truva) was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida. It is best known for being the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey seems to show that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wilion). This was later supported by the Hittite form Wilusa.

A new city called Ilium was founded on the site in the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus. It flourished until the establishment of Constantinople and declined gradually during the Byzantine era.

In 1865, English archaeologist Frank Calvert excavated trial trenches in a field he had bought from a local farmer at Hisarlık, and in 1868, Heinrich Schliemann, wealthy German businessman and archaeologist, also began excavating in the area after a chance meeting with Calvert in Çanakkale.^[4][5] These excavations revealed several cities built in succession. Schliemann was at first skeptical about the identification of Hissarlik with Troy, but was persuaded by Calvert^[6] and took over Calvert's excavations on the eastern half of the Hissarlik site, which was on Calvert's property. Troy VII has been identified with the Hittite Wilusa, the probable origin of the Greek Ἴλιον, and is generally (but not conclusively) identified with Homeric Troy.

Today, the hill at Hisarlik has given its name to a small village near the ruins, supporting the tourist trade visiting the Troia archaeological site.^[7] It lies within the province of Çanakkale, some 30 km south-west of the provincial capital, also called Çanakkale.

Troia was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.

Homeric Troy[link]

Portion of the legendary walls of Troy (VII), identified as the site of the Trojan War (ca. 1200 BC).

Ancient Greek historians variously placed the Trojan War in the 12th, 13th, or 14th centuries BC: Eratosthenes to 1184 BC, Herodotus to 1250 BC, Duris of Samos to 1334 BC. Modern archaeologists associate Homeric Troy with archaeological Troy VII.^[8]

In the Iliad, the Achaeans set up their camp near the mouth of the River Scamander (presumably modern Karamenderes),^[9] where they had beached their ships. The city of Troy itself stood on a hill, across the plain of Scamander, where the battles of the Trojan War took place. The site of the ancient city is some 5 km from the coast today, but the ancient mouths of Scamander, some 3,000 years ago, were about that distance inland,^[10] pouring into a large bay that formed a natural harbour that has since been filled with alluvial material. Recent geological findings have permitted the reconstruction of how the original Trojan coastline would have looked, and the results largely confirm the accuracy of the Homeric geography of Troy.^[11]

Amphitheatre of Troy

In November 2001, geologists John C. Kraft from the University of Delaware and John V. Luce from Trinity College, Dublin presented the results^[12][13][14] of investigations, begun in 1977, into the geology of the region. They compared the present geology with the landscapes and coastal features described in the Iliad and other classical sources, notably Strabo's Geographia, and concluded that there is a regular consistency between the location of Schliemann's Troy and other locations such as the Greek camp, the geological evidence, descriptions of the topography and accounts of the battle in the Iliad. Further work by John Kraft and others was published in 2003.^[15][16]

Besides the Iliad, there are references to Troy in the other major work attributed to Homer, the Odyssey, as well as in other ancient Greek literature. The Homeric legend of Troy was elaborated by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid. The Greeks and Romans took for a fact the historicity of the Trojan War and the identity of Homeric Troy with the site in Anatolia. Alexander the Great, for example, visited the site in 334 BC and made sacrifices at tombs there associated with the Homeric heroes Achilles and Patroclus.

After the 1995 find of a Luwian biconvex seal at Troy VII, there has been a heated discussion over the language that was spoken in Homeric Troy. Frank Starke of the University of Tübingen recently demonstrated that the name of Priam, king of Troy at the time of the Trojan War, is connected to the Luwian compound Priimuua, which means "exceptionally courageous".^[17] "The certainty is growing that Wilusa/Troy belonged to the greater Luwian-speaking community," although it is not entirely clear whether Luwian was primarily the official language or in daily colloquial use.^[18]

A small minority of contemporary writers argue that Homeric Troy was not in Anatolia, but located elsewhere: England,^[19] Croatia,^{[citation needed]} and Scandinavia^{[citation needed]} have been proposed. These theories have not been accepted by mainstream scholars.

Chronology in the search for Homeric Troy[link]

Initially, the layers of Troy VI and VII were overlooked entirely, because Schliemann favoured the burnt city of Troy II. It was not until the need to close Calvert's Thousand Year Gap arose—from Dörpfeld's discovery of the walls of Troy VI—that archaeology turned away from Schliemann's Troy and began working towards finding Homeric Troy once more.^[20]

Calvert's Thousand Year Gap[link]

Part of the city's archaeological chronology occurred during what is called "Calvert's Thousand Year Gap" (1800-800 BC), a period not accounted for by Schliemann's archaeology and thus constituting a hole in the Trojan timeline. In Homer's description of the city, a section of one side of the wall is said to be weaker than the rest.^[21] During his excavation of more than three hundred yards of the wall, Dörpfeld came across a section very closely resembling the Homeric description of the weaker section.^[22] Dörpfeld was convinced he had found the walls of Homer's city, and now he would excavate the city itself. Within the walls of this stratum (Troy VI), much Mycenaean pottery dating from LH III A and III B was uncovered, suggesting a relation between the Trojans and Mycenaeans. The great tower along the walls seemed likely to be the "Great Tower of Ilios".^[23]

The evidence seemed to indicate that Dörpfeld had stumbled upon Ilios, the city of Homer's epics. Schliemann himself had conceded that Troy VI was more likely to be the Homeric city, but he never published anything stating so.^[24] The only counter-argument, confirmed initially by Dörpfeld (who was as passionate as Schliemann about finding Troy), was that the city appeared to have been destroyed by an earthquake, not by men.^[25] There was little doubt that this was the Troy that the Mycenaeans would have known of.^[26]

Archaeological Troy[link]

Archeological plan of the Hisarlık citadel

The layers of ruins in the citadel at Hisarlık are numbered Troy I – Troy IX, with various subdivisions:

• Troy I 3000–2600 BC (Western Anatolian EB 1)
• Troy II 2600–2250 BC (Western Anatolian EB 2)
• Troy III 2250–2100 BC (Western Anatolian EB 3 [early])
• Troy IV 2100–1950 BC (Western Anatolian EB 3 [middle])
• Troy V: 20th–18th centuries BC (Western Anatolian EB 3 [late])
• Troy VI: 17th–15th centuries BC
• Troy VIh: late Bronze Age, 14th century BC
• Troy VIIa: ca. 1300–1190 BC, most likely setting for Homer's story^[27]
• Troy VIIb₁: 12th century BC
• Troy VIIb₂: 11th century BC
• Troy VIIb₃: until ca. 950 BC
• Troy VIII: around 700 BC
• Troy IX: Hellenistic Ilium, 1st century BC

The archaeological site of Troy was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998.

Troy I–V[link]

The first city on the site was founded in the 3rd millennium BC. During the Bronze Age, the site seems to have been a flourishing mercantile city, since its location allowed for complete control of the Dardanelles, through which every merchant ship from the Aegean Sea heading for the Black Sea had to pass. Around 1900 BC a mass migration was set off by the Hittites to the east. Cities to the east of Troy were destroyed, and although Troy was not burned, the next period shows a change of culture indicating a new people had taken over Troy.^[28]

Schliemann's Troy II[link]

When Schliemann came across Troy II, he believed he had found Homer's city. Schliemann and his team unearthed a large feature he dubbed the Scaean Gate, a western gate unlike the three previously found leading to the Pergamos.^[29] This gate, as he describes, was the gate that Homer had featured. As Schliemann states in his publication Troja: "I have proved that in a remote antiquity there was in the plain of Troy a large city, destroyed of old by a fearful catastrophe, which had on the hill of Hisarlık only its Acropolis with its temples and a few other large edifices, southerly, and westerly direction on the site of the later Ilium; and that, consequently, this city answers perfectly to the Homeric description of the sacred site of Ilios."^[30]

Troy VI[link]

Troy VI was destroyed around 1300 BC, probably by an earthquake. Only a single arrowhead was found in this layer, and no remains of bodies. However the town quickly recovered and was rebuilt in a layout that was more orderly.

Troy VII[link]

Troy VII, which has been dated to the mid- to late-13th century BC, is the most often cited candidate for the Troy of Homer. It appears to have been destroyed by war.^[31] The evidence of fire and slaughter around 1250 BC, which brought Troy VIIA to a close, led to this phase being identified with the city besieged by the Greeks during the Trojan War. This was immortalized in the Iliad written by Homer. ^[32]

Troy IX[link]

Silver tetradrachm from Troy during the Hellenistic period, 188–160 BC. Head of Athena in Attic helmet. Reverse female figure and owl with inscription: ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ, ΚΛΕΩΝΟΣ ΙΛΙΟΥ, "Athēnas Iliados, kleōnos Iliou".

The last city on this site, Hellenistic Ilium, was founded by Romans during the reign of the emperor Augustus and was an important trading city until the establishment of Constantinople in the 4th century as the eastern capital of the Roman Empire. In Byzantine times, the city declined gradually and eventually disappeared.^{[citation needed]}

Beneath part of the Roman city, the ruins of which cover a much larger area than the citadel excavated by Schliemann, recent excavations have found traces of an additional Bronze-Age settlement area (of lower status than the adjoining citadel) defended by a ditch.

Excavation campaigns[link]

With the rise of modern critical history, Troy and the Trojan War were consigned to the realms of legend. However, the true location of ancient Troy had from classical times remained the subject of interest and speculation, so when, in 1822, the Scottish journalist Charles Maclaren reviewed the available material, he was able to identify with confidence the position of the acropolis of Augustus's New Ilium in north-western Anatolia.^[33]

In 1866, Frank Calvert, the brother of the United States' consular agent in the region, made extensive surveys and published in scholarly journals his identification of the hill of New Ilium (which was on farmland owned by his family) as the site of ancient Troy. The hill, near the city of Çanakkale, was known to the Turks as Hisarlık.^[34]

Schliemann[link]

In 1868, Schliemann visited Calvert and secured permission to excavate Hisarlık. In 1871–73 and 1878–79, he excavated the hill and discovered the ruins of a series of ancient cities dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. Schliemann declared one of these cities — at first Troy I, later Troy II — to be the city of Troy, and this identification was widely accepted at that time. Schliemann's finds at Hisarlık have become known as Priam's Treasure. They were acquired from him by the Berlin museums, but significant doubts about their authenticity persist.

The view from Hisarlık across the plain of Ilium to the Aegean Sea.

Although it is widely believed that Heinrich Schliemann was responsible for starting archaeology on his own with the discovery of Troy, this is inaccurate. Schliemann became interested in digging at the mound of Hisarlık at the persuasion of Frank Calvert. The British diplomat, considered a pioneer for the contributions he made to the archaeology of Troy, spent more than 60 years in the Troad (modern day Biga peninsula, Turkey) conducting field work.^[35] As a principal authority on field archaeology in the region, Calvert's findings supplied evidence that Homeric Troy might exist in the hill, playing a major role in directing Heinrich Schliemann to dig at the Hisarlık.^[36]

Dörpfeld and Blegen[link]

After Schliemann, the site was further excavated under the direction of Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1893-94) and later Carl Blegen (1932-38). ^[37][38] These excavations have shown that there were at least nine cities built, one on top of each other, at this site. In his research, Blegen came to a conclusion that Troy's nine levels could be further divided into forty-six sublevels .^[39]

Korfmann[link]

In 1988, excavations were resumed by a team of the University of Tübingen and the University of Cincinnati under the direction of Professor Manfred Korfmann, with Professor Brian Rose overseeing Post-Bronze Age (Greek, Roman, Byzantine) excavation along the coast of the Aegean Sea at the Bay of Troy. Possible evidence of a battle was found in the form of bronze arrowheads and fire-damaged human remains buried in layers dated to the early 12th century BC. The question of Troy's status in the Bronze-Age world has been the subject of a sometimes acerbic debate between Korfmann and the Tübingen historian Frank Kolb in 2001–2002.

In August 1993, following a magnetic imaging survey of the fields below the fort, a deep ditch was located and excavated among the ruins of a later Greek and Roman city. Remains found in the ditch were dated to the late Bronze Age, the alleged time of Homeric Troy. It is claimed by Korfmann that the ditch may have once marked the outer defences of a much larger city than had previously been suspected. The latter city has been dated by his team to about 1250 BC, and it has been also suggested — based on recent archeological evidence uncovered by Professor Manfred Korfmann's team — that this was indeed the Homeric city of Troy.

Pernicka[link]

In summer 2006, the excavations continued under the direction of Korfmann's colleague Ernst Pernicka, with a new digging permit.^[40]

Hittite and Egyptian evidence[link]

In the 1920s, the Swiss scholar Emil Forrer claimed that the placenames Wilusa and Taruisa found in Hittite texts should be identified with Ilium and Troia, respectively.^[41] He further noted that the name of Alaksandu, a king of Wilusa mentioned in a Hittite treaty, is quite similar to Homer's Paris, whose birthname was Alexandros. Subsequent to this, the Tawagalawa letter (CTH 181) was found to document an unnamed Hittite king's correspondence to the king of the Ahhiyawa, referring to an earlier "Wilusa episode" involving hostility on the part of the Ahhiyawa. The Hittite king was long held to be Mursili II (c. 1321—1296), but, since the 1980s, his son Hattusili III (1265—1240) is commonly preferred, although his other son Muwatalli (c. 1296—1272) remains a possibility.

Inscriptions of the New Kingdom of Egypt also record a nation T-R-S as one of the Sea Peoples who attacked Egypt during the XIX and XX Dynasties. An inscription at Deir el-Medina records a victory of Ramesses III over the Sea Peoples, including one named "Tursha" (Egyptian: [twrš3]). It is probably the same as the earlier "Teresh" (Egyptian: [trš.w]) on the stele commemorating Merneptah's victory in a Libyan campaign around 1220 BC.

These identifications were rejected by many scholars as being improbable or at least unprovable. However, Trevor Bryce championed them in his 1998 book The Kingdom of the Hittites, citing a piece of the Manapa-Tarhunda letter referring to the kingdom of Wilusa as beyond the land of the Seha River (the classical Caicus and modern Bakırçay) and near the land of "Lazpa" (Lesbos). Recent evidence also adds weight to the theory that Wilusa is identical to archaeological Troy. Hittite texts mention a water tunnel at Wilusa, and a water tunnel excavated by Korfmann, previously thought to be Roman, has been dated to around 2600 BC. The identifications of Wilusa with Troy and of the Ahhiyawa with Homer's Achaeans remain somewhat controversial but gained enough popularity during the 1990s to be considered majority opinion.

In later legend[link]

Such was the fame of the Epic Cycle in Roman and Medieval times that it was built upon to provide a starting point for various founding myths of national origins. The most influential, Virgil's Aeneid, traces the journeys of the Trojan prince Aeneas, supposed ancestor of the founders of Rome and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In a later era, the heroes of Troy, both those noted in Homer and those invented for the purpose, often continued to appear in the origin stories of the nations of Early Medieval Europe.^[42] The Roman de Troie was common cultural ground for European dynasties,^[43] as a Trojan pedigree was both gloriously ancient and established an equality with the ruling class of Rome. A Trojan pedigree could justify the occupation of parts of Rome's former territories.^[44] According to Marcus Terrentius Varro, the gens Salentini descended from Idomeneus, see Grecìa Salentina.

Jordanes described how the Goths sacked "Troy and Ilium" after they had recovered from the war with Agamemnon.

Thus, the Franks filled the lacunae of their legendary origins with Trojan and pseudo-Trojan names: in Fredegar's 7th-century chronicle of Frankish history, Priam appears as the first king of the Franks.^[45] The Trojan origin of France was such an established article of faith that in 1714, the learned Nicolas Fréret was Bastilled for showing through historical criticism that the Franks had been Germanic, a sore point counter to Valois and Bourbon propaganda.^[46]

In similar manner, Geoffrey of Monmouth reworked earlier material such as the Historia Brittonum to trace the legendary kings of the Britons from a supposed descendant of Aeneas called Brutus.

Likewise, Snorri Sturluson, in the prologue to his Icelandic Prose Edda, traced the genealogy of the ancestral figures in Norse mythology to characters appearing at Troy in Homer's epic, notably making Thor to be the son of Memnon. Sturluson referred to these figures as having made a journey across Europe towards Scandinavia, setting up kingdoms as they went.

See also[link]

• Cities of the ancient Near East
• The Golden Bough (mythology)
• Where Troy Once Stood

Notes[link]

References and further reading[link]

• Carter, Jane Burr; Morris, Sarah P. The Ages of Homer. University of Texas Press, 1995. ISBN 0-292-71208-1.
• Easton, D.F.; Hawkins, J.D.; Sherratt, A.G.; Sherratt, E.S. "Troy in Recent Perspective", Anatolian Studies, Issue 52 (2002), pp. 75–109.
• Latacz, Joachim (2004). Troy and Homer: towards a solution of an old mystery. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-926308-6 
• Fantasies of Troy: Classical Tales and the Social Imaginary in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, edited by Alan Shepard and Stephen D. Powell. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2004.
• Ilios. The city and country of the Trojans: the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and through the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79; (searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries, requires dejavu-plugin)

External links[link]

Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Iliad

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Troy

• General
  • Troy on the Internet Educational website, University of Cincinnati
• Archaeology
  • Project Troia - The new excavations at Troy
    • digital reconstructions of the city
    • Greek, Roman and Byzantine Pottery at Ilion (Troia)
    • Coins from Ilion (Troia)
  • Troy VII and the Historicity of the Trojan War

• Geography
  • Geology corresponds with Homer’s description of ancient Troy, article by Neil Thomas on the University of Delaware site

• Media
  • Richard Miles. "The Age of Iron". Ancient Worlds. 51:22 minutes in. BBC 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w5lff. Retrieved 20 Nov 201. 

• Film and television
• Helen of Troy (1956) - IMDb
• Helen of Troy (TV mini-series 2003) - IMDb
• Troy (2004) - IMDb

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Scott Hartnell
Hartnell pictured with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Born	(1982-04-18) April 18, 1982 (age 30) Regina, SK, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Philadelphia Flyers Nashville Predators
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	6th overall, 2000 Nashville Predators
Playing career	2000–present

Scott Hartnell (born April 18, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played with the Nashville Predators.

Playing career[link]

Prior to entering the NHL, Hartnell played two seasons of Canadian Junior-A hockey for the Lloydminster Blazers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL).^[1] He then spent two seasons playing for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In the 1999–2000 season, Hartnell was not only the captain of the Raiders, but he led the team with 82 points and was named team MVP.^[1] He was also chosen to play for Bobby Orr in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Top Prospects Game.^[1]

Hartnell was the sixth overall pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. Considered a gritty power forward at 6-feet-2-inches tall, the left winger was the youngest player in franchise history to play for the Predators. He was also the youngest player in the NHL in the 2000–01 season.^[2] Hartnell's first NHL game was played in Japan against the Pittsburgh Penguins as part of a two-game set planned by the NHL to raise international interest in the league.^[3] Hartnell has stated that this game marks his favorite NHL moment.^{[citation needed]}

Hartnell as a Predator

Through six seasons with the Predators, Hartnell played in 453 games, accumulating 93 goals and 118 assists. During the 2003–04 season, Hartnell had 3 game-winning goals, two of which occurred in overtime. In his first career playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings in 2004, he tied the team high with 3 points (1 goal, 2 assists).

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he helped Vålerenga win the Norwegian Championship, scoring 12 goals in 11 playoff games.^[1]

In the 2005–06 NHL season, Hartnell accumulated a career high 25 goals and 23 assists, for a total of 48 points. Additionally, Hartnell scored his first career hat trick on February 4, 2006, in a game against the Chicago Blackhawks. The first two goals of the trifecta were scored against Adam Munro, with the final goal coming against Craig Anderson. The following season Hartnell continued to produce similar offensive numbers. He also set franchise records for career penalty minutes (461)^[4] and for the fastest two goals by an individual (23 seconds).^[5] All of this was despite a broken foot which resulted in Hartnell missing all of March.^[6]

On June 18, 2007, Hartnell along with Kimmo Timonen were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a first-round pick previously acquired from Nashville for Peter Forsberg. Hartnell almost immediately signed a six-year contract worth $25.2 million.^[7]

In his first season with the Flyers, Hartnell was one of a series of five Flyers suspended for questionable on-ice hits.^[8] Specifically, Hartnell was suspended for two games as a result of a hit on Andrew Alberts of the Boston Bruins.^[9] Additionally, Hartnell's offensive production slowed initially. While he registered his first point as a Flyer in the home opener,^[10] his first goal (an empty net goal) did not come until the 16th game of the season.^[11] However, his scoring began to increase around mid-season.^[8] On January 8, 2007, in a game against the Atlanta Thrashers, Hartnell scored his 100th career goal.^[12] Two days later, Hartnell was credited with his first career natural hat trick. He scored three goals in a row in a 6–2 victory over the New York Rangers, all against Henrik Lundqvist. The first and third goals were at even strength, while the second was scored on the power play.^[13] He managed yet another hat trick on January 19, 2008, registering 3 goals, including the game winning goal, and an assist against Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders.^[14]

The 2008-09 campaign was a successful one for Hartnell. Playing mostly on the left wing of Jeff Carter he posted a career high in all offensive categories scoring 30 goals and 30 assists for 60 points in 82 games. However, Hartnell also led the league in minor penalties that season with 54. The season also saw him score two hat tricks within nine days of each other. First against the Carolina Hurricanes on December 11, 2008,^[15] and then against the Washington Capitals on December 20, 2008.^[16]

After a disappointing regular season that saw Hartnell's numbers dip to 44 points (14 goals and 30 assists), Hartnell came alive in the playoffs when placed with Daniel Brière and Ville Leino. This line helped lead the Flyers to their first Stanley Cup Final since 1997. Hartnell played in all 23 games for the Flyers and scored eight goals (including two in game six of the finals) and nine assists, good enough for sixth on the Eastern Conference Champion Philadelphia Flyers with 17 points.

Hartnell continued to produce on a line with Briere and Leino through the 2010-11 season with 24 goals and 25 assists in 82 games. However, the Flyers struggled in the second half of the season and found an early playoff exit. Hartnell himself struggled at the beginning of the following season with only 2 points in his first 7 games, but would heat up after being placed on a line with Jaromir Jagr and Claude Giroux. On December 13, 2011, Hartnell scored his 200th career goal against Washington Capitals goaltender Tomas Vokoun, which also was Hartnell's 6th goal in 6 games.^[17]

Hartnell finished the 2011-12 NHL Season with a career high 37 goals. In Philadelphia's final regular season game against Pittsburgh, Hartnell mocked a Penguins fan dressed as Hulk Hogan sitting directly behind the Flyers bench. This caused the Flyers organization to create a special t-shirt with Hartnell's "Hogan" gesture on it which was given to every fan in attendance for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals against the same Penguins.^[18]

Player profile[link]

Hartnell during the 2010–11 season.

Hartnell is a gritty power forward who usually positions himself in close to the net and scores the majority of his goals off deflections and rebounds. He does also produce the occasional big hit and will fight if challenged. Though prone to taking minor penalties he is also a defensively sound player, capable of killing penalties and usually either plus or even at the end of most nights. He is also considered a decent player on a breakaway and has become a much better player in the shootout.

Hartnell is also known for his long, bushy hair. On March 26, 2009, the Flyers held "Hartnell Wig Night" where fans attending the game were given wigs resembling his hair.^[19] On October 23, 2010, Hartnell revealed he had cut his bushy hair off and donated it to Locks of Love. Hartnell has also displayed bizarre on-ice and off-ice behavior from time to time. He stole the glove off Rangers forward Chris Drury during a game on January 31, 2008.^[20] Another glove related incident happened on December 2, 2008, when Hartnell threw his glove at Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ryan Malone in an attempt to stop a breakaway, resulting in a penalty shot for Malone.^[21]

In the closing seconds of a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 9, 2009, Hartnell and Penguins defenceman Kris Letang engaged in a scrum, resulting in a 2-minute minor for roughing for Hartnell.^[22] After the fight, Letang left the ice holding his hand and told the referee that Hartnell had bit him on his hand.^[22] The NHL reviewed the broadcast footage of the incident, finding "no clear video evidence" of the biting and declined to suspend Hartnell for the incident.^[22]

A previous Penguins related incident showcased Hartnell's good nature in an interaction with a Penguins fan taunting him with an orange wig and Flyers #19 jersey bearing the name "Fartsmell" in a game played in Pittsburgh on March 22, 2009. Hartnell autographed that jersey (signing it "To my biggest fan!! Your bud Scott Fartsmell 19") as well as giving his game-used stick to that fan.^[23]

Personal[link]

Hartnell is one of a number of Flyers who currently reside in the Old City section of Philadelphia.^[24] His parents, Bill and Joy Hartnell, are both teachers in Lloydminster, Alberta. He spends his summers in Brainerd, Minnesota. Hartnell's nickname is Bird Dogg.^[25]

Philanthropy[link]

In early 2012 Hartnell founded the #HartnellDown Foundation as a way to provide support to charities that support hockey, children and communities around the US and Canada. It started as a twitter following to keep track of the number of times Hartnell would fall down during the NHL season. When Hartnell himself joined twitter, rather than taking offense, he embraced the catchphrase and began to sell merchandise that had it printed on it with the proceeds going to Hartnell's favorite hockey-related charities. At the 2012 NHL all-star game Scott Hartnell donated $1,000 to charity for every #hartnelldown that occurred during the competition.

Awards and accomplishments[link]

• 2011 NHL All Star
• 2009 NHL Poker Champion ^[26]
• Played in the NHL YoungStars Game in 2002.
• GET-ligaen champion with Vålerenga in 2004-05.
• Norwegian Champion with Vålerenga in 2004-05.
• Playoff MVP with Vålerenga in 2004-05.

Records[link]

• Nashville Predators' franchise record for career penalty minutes (544).
• Nashville Predators' franchise record for fastest two goals scored by an individual (23 seconds).

Career statistics[link]

Regular season and playoffs[link]

International[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Scott Hartnell

• Scott Hartnell's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Scott Hartnell at Hockey-Reference.com
• Scott Hartnell's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Scott Hartnell's NHL player profile
• Scott Hartnell at TSN.ca

Tyler Kennedy
Born	(1986-07-15) July 15, 1986 (age 25) Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position	Centre/right wing
Shoots	Right
NHL team	Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL Draft	99th overall, 2004 Pittsburgh Penguins[1]
Playing career	2007–present

Tyler Kennedy (born July 15, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

Playing career[link]

Kennedy with the Penguins, February 2008.

Kennedy was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 4th round, 99th overall of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted, Kennedy played two seasons with Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL. He began playing for the AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in AHL. He played his first game in the NHL on October 27, 2007, in a match versus the Montreal Canadiens. He scored his first NHL goal on November 3, 2007 against the New York Islanders. Kennedy is most commonly known among Penguin fans for his energy on the ice, making hits and going hard along the boards. He is also known for scoring at sharp and inopportune angles. His mentor was Gary Roberts.^{[citation needed]}

Kennedy was named to the NHL's YoungStars Team in 2008 along with teammate, Kris Letang. Kennedy was unable to compete in the game because of mononucleosis. In September 2008, the Penguins signed an agreement with Kennedy through the 2010–11 season.^[2]

In the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals, Kennedy had a goal in Game 4, and added a game-winning goal in Game 6. The Penguins would go on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.

Although to this point Kennedy has had a low profile in terms of hockey fame, he attracted some notoriety when Pittsburgh fans and ultimately the public address announcer at Mellon Arena would chant his name in the style of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Mr. Kennedy (Ken Anderson).^[3] During the Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Red Wings, the arena played a video made by "Mr. Kennedy" mimicking his WWE persona in which he announced Kennedy's goals by shouting "That's a goal by Tylerrrrrrrrrr Kennedyyyyyyyyyyy!" then briefly disappearing from camera view before reappearing and growling "Kennedyyyyyyyy!" as the camera zoomed in.^[4] A signed Tyler Kennedy jersey can also be seen in a series of Internet skits produced by Anderson in 2009.^[5]

Tyler Kennedy scored the first Pittsburgh Penguins goal at the Consol Energy Center in a 3-2 loss to cross-state rivals the Philadelphia Flyers. Kennedy was re-signed by the Penguins in the 2011 offseason, although his signing caused some controversy when it was reported that Pittsburgh may have deterred Penguin legend Jaromir Jagr by signing Kennedy.^[6] Jagr later signed with the Flyers.

Early in the 2011-2012 season Kennedy was sidelined by a concussion.

Career statistics[link]

Tyler Kennedy, April 2011.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Tyler Kennedy's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Christian Ehrhoff
Ehrhoff with the Sabres in 2012.
Born	(1982-07-06) July 6, 1982 (age 29) Moers, West Germany
Height	6. ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Buffalo Sabres San Jose Sharks Vancouver Canucks
National team	Germany
NHL Draft	106th overall, 2001 San Jose Sharks
Playing career	1999–present
Website	Ehrhoff.com

Christian Ehrhoff (born July 6, 1982) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is known primarily as an offensive defenceman with strong skating and shooting abilities.^[1]

Before playing in the NHL, Ehrhoff spent several years playing professionally in Germany, starting with EV Duisburg of the third-tier Oberliga and the Krefeld Penguins of the premiere Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He spent three years with Krefeld, winning the German championship in 2003. Selected 106th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Ehrhoff moved to North America for the 2003–04 season. He spent one-and-a-half seasons with the Cleveland Barons, the Sharks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, before joining San Jose on a full-time basis, beginning in 2005–06. After playing six seasons within the Sharks' organization, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in August 2009. During his two seasons with the club, he won back-to-back Babe Pratt Trophies as the team's top defenceman and helped them to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins. Internationally, Ehrhoff has played for the German national team in numerous tournaments, including three Winter Olympics, four World Championships and a World Cup.

Early life[link]

Ehrhoff was born and raised in Moers, a city on the left bank of the Rhine. His father, Achim,^[2] is a drummer in a band,^[3] and he has a sister named Katrin.^{[citation needed]} Ehrhoff first played hockey at the age of six,^[3] deciding to play the sport after watching an NHL game on television.^[4] As his hometown did not have a hockey program, he played minor hockey 20 kilometres away in the Krefeld Penguins' system.^[2] He won a national championship with the club around the age of 12; Ehrhoff has recalled scoring in the final on a penalty shot.^[3] Following the NHL growing up, Ehrhoff has singled out Wayne Gretzky, Pavel Bure and Uwe Krupp as his childhood heroes.^[3] He was inspired to play in the style of an offensive defenceman after watching a video of Bobby Orr as a 10-year-old.^[2]

At the age of 16, he considered moving to North America to further his hockey career in the major junior Canadian Hockey League, but his father had developed Hodgkin's lymphoma at the time.^[2][5] Ehrhoff consequently decided to stay in Germany and continued in Krefeld's system at the junior level; his father eventually overcame the cancer.^{[2] [6]}

Playing career[link]

Germany (1999–2003)[link]

After playing in the junior system of the Krefeld Penguins, Ehrhoff signed a professional contract with the team in 1999, at the age of 17.^[2] He debuted in nine games with Krefeld in Germany's premiere Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), while primarily playing with EV Duisburg of the third-tier Oberliga on loan. Over the course of the season, he practiced mornings with Krefeld and evenings with Duisburg.^[2] He finished his first professional season with 15 points in 41 games with Duisburg and a goal in nine games for Krefeld. The following season, he joined Krefeld full-time and had 14 points in 58 games for the team in addition to three points in six games with Duisburg. After the conclusion of the season, Ehrhoff was selected 106th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. One of three Germans selected by the Sharks in the draft, Ehrhoff was happy to be taken by the team, as they also had another German, Marco Sturm, on their roster at the time.^[2]

Ehrhoff attended the Sharks' subsequent training camp following the draft, but was returned to Germany as an early cut on September 11, 2001.^[7] Continuing to play for Krefeld, he notched 24 points in 46 games. Despite impressing with his skating and offensive skills at the Sharks' 2002 training camp, he was returned to Krefeld for the second straight year.^[8] After notching a German career-high 27 points in 48 games in 2002–03, Ehrhoff helped Krefeld win a German championship in his final season with the club.^[8] He recorded nine points in the post-season.

San Jose Sharks (2003–09)[link]

Ehrhoff as a member of the San Jose Sharks

With the expectation from Sharks management that Ehrhoff would join their organization either with the NHL club or in the AHL,^[8] he was signed to a contract on June 22, 2003.^[9] Ehrhoff made his NHL debut on October 9, 2003, against the Edmonton Oilers.^[6] He recorded his first point, an assist, on November 15 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[6] Later that month, he scored his first NHL goal, a game winner against Michael Leighton in a 3–2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on November 26.^[10] Ehrhoff was selected to play in the 2004 NHL YoungStars Game, along with teammate Jonathan Cheechoo.^[11] Aftering helping the Western Conference YoungStars to a 7–3 win over the East, Ehrhoff also did colour commentary during the All-Star Game for a German telecast.^[12]

Ehrhoff was often a healthy scratch with the Sharks during his rookie season^[13][14] and spent time with their AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Barons. In 41 games with the Sharks during the 2003–04 season, Ehrhoff recorded 12 points in 41 games. In the 27 games he played for the Barons, he notched 14 points. He began asserting himself early in his NHL career as an excellent skater with offensive capabilities.^[15] Ehrhoff then played a full season with the Barons in 2004–05 due to the NHL lockout, tallying 35 points in 79 games. He was chosen to represent PlanetUSA in the 2005 AHL All-Star Game in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[16]

Returning to the Sharks in 2005–06, Ehrhoff recorded a 23-point campaign. He began earning more ice time near the end of the season as he improved his defensive play.^[17] On April 13, 2006, he scored the game-winning overtime goal against the Vancouver Canucks for the Sharks to clinch a playoff berth.^[18] San Jose had been eight points out of a playoff spot with a month and a half remaining in the season.^[18] Ehrhoff added eight points over 11 post-season games – first among team defencemen^[19] – in his first Stanley Cup playoffs as the Sharks were eliminated in the second round by the Edmonton Oilers.^[20] He then signed a two-year contract worth US$1.7 million in the off-season.^[21]

Ehrhoff responded with a career-high 33 points in 2006–07. He notched a personal best three assists in one game late in the season in a 3–2 win against the Los Angeles Kings on March 27, 2007.^[22] San Jose were once again losers in the second round of the playoffs, being eliminated by the Detroit Red Wings in six games.^[23] Ehrhoff had two assists in 11 post-season games. His regular season production decreased to 22 points in the 2007–08 season. On December 28, 2007, Ehrhoff was awarded a penalty shot during a game against the St. Louis Blues; he missed against Manny Legace, as the Sharks won 1–0.^[24] Later in the season, he missed four games due to a lower body injury, suffered on April 6, 2008.^[25] After finishing as the second seed in the West, San Jose were defeated in the second round against the Dallas Stars.^[26] Ehrhoff notched five assists in 10 playoff games.

Ehrhoff became a restricted free agent once more in July 2008 and re-signed with the Sharks to a three-year contract worth $9.3 million.^[21] The following season in 2008–09, he reached the 40-point mark for the first time in his career with 42 points in 77 games. He had missed three games in March 2009 due to a lower body injury.^[25] Ehrhoff's personal success coincided with a franchise year for the Sharks, who earned their first Presidents' Trophy as regular season champions in team history with 117 points.^[27] In the ensuing playoffs, however, they suffered a first-round defeat to the eight-seeded Anaheim Ducks.^[28] Ehrhoff was pointless in six games.

Ehrhoff with the Canucks in 2010.

Vancouver Canucks (2009–11)[link]

In the summer of 2009, Ehrhoff was traded to the Vancouver Canucks on August 28, 2009, along with defenceman Brad Lukowich in exchange for prospects Patrick White and Daniel Rahimi.^[29] The deal was done primarily to clear salary cap space in anticipation of the Sharks' acquisition of star forward Dany Heatley from the Ottawa Senators.^[1] For the Canucks, Ehrhoff's acquisition addressed the need for a puck-moving defenceman to rush the puck up the ice.^[1]

Ehrhoff scored his first goal in a Canucks uniform on October 5, 2009, in a 5–3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.^[30] The following month, he notched his first two-goal game in the NHL, adding an assist, in a 5–2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on November 20.^[31] Late in the season, he missed two games in April 2010 due to a sprained left knee.^[25] Prior to the last game of the regular season against the Calgary Flames, Ehrhoff was awarded the Babe Pratt Trophy as the Canucks' fan-voted best defenceman.^[32] He finished his first season in Vancouver leading all team defencemen with career-highs of 14 goals, 44 points, a +36 rating and an average ice time of 22:47 minutes per game.^[33] His 44 points tied Uwe Krupp for the most points by a German-born defenceman in an NHL season,^[34] while his +36 rating broke the single-season team record shared by Pavel Bure and Marek Malik by one point (Daniel Sedin tied with Ehrhoff for the record in 2009–10, as well).^[35] In the subsequent 2010 playoffs, he added seven points in 12 games. Vancouver was eliminated by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round.^[36]

In December 2010, Ehrhoff was struck in the ear by a puck during a game against the Anaheim Ducks. He left the contest with what was initially considered a concussion; however, he was later diagnosed with vertigo instead and missed three games.^[25][37] Recording new career-highs in assists (36) and points (50), he led all Canucks defencemen in scoring, while ranking seventh among league defencemen.^[38] Ehrhoff was awarded his second consecutive Babe Pratt Trophy for his regular season efforts.^[39] Having won the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in team history, the Canucks entered the 2011 playoffs with the first seed in the West. They eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks in the first three rounds to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 17 years. Facing the Boston Bruins, the Canucks lost the series in seven games. While Ehrhoff led Canucks defencemen and ranked second in the league overall with 12 points (2 goals and 10 assists) over 23 games, he had a team-worst -13 rating.^[40][41] It was revealed following the Canucks' Game 7 defeat to Boston that he had been playing with an injured shoulder.^[42]

Buffalo Sabres (2011–present)[link]

Set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2011, Ehrhoff and the Canucks failed to come to terms on a new contract. Three days ahead of his free agency, June 28, 2011, his negotiating rights were traded to the New York Islanders in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. It was reported that Ehrhoff had turned down the same deal that former defensive teammate Kevin Bieksa had signed the previous day—a five-year, $23 million contract—to remain with the Canucks.^[43] Although the Islanders had three days of exclusive negotiating rights with Ehrhoff, general manager Garth Snow self-imposed a one-day deadline to sign him. Unable to agree on a contract (Snow commented that the proposed deal was "well north" of the Canucks' offer), Ehrhoff was traded to the Buffalo Sabres on June 29 in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.^[44] Two days later, Ehrhoff signed a 10-year, $40 million deal with the Sabres. The contract pays him $18 million in the first two years, then $4 million annually from the third to sixth years, $3 million in the seventh and $1 million in the remaining three.^[45] Ehrhoff admitted having a desire for the freedom of unrestricted free agency, but was ultimately won over by the Sabres' contract offer and quality as an organization able to compete for the Stanley Cup.^[46]

Ehrhoff made his debut with the Sabres in Helsinki, Finland, as the NHL opened the 2011–12 season abroad, on October 7, 2011, against the Anaheim Ducks. He recorded an assist on a Thomas Vanek goal in a 4–1 win.^[47] Ehrhoff recorded his first goal as a Sabre 11 days later, an empty-netter to secure a 3–1 win over the Montreal Canadiens.^[48]

International career[link]

Ehrhoff lining up for a faceoff during the 2010 Olympics.

As a junior, Ehrhoff competed for Germany's under-18 team at the inaugural 1999 IIHF World U18 Championships, hosted in Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany.^[49] He returned the following year for the 2000 IIHF World U18 Championships in Switzerland, where Germany finished in seventh place.^[50] Ehrhoff then debuted at the under-20 level in Division I^{[note 1]} of the 2001 World Junior Championships. Hosting the tournament in the cities of Füssen and Landsberg, Germany missed a promotion to the main tournament the following year by finishing in second place behind France.^[51] Ehrhoff made his second appearance at the Division I level for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Austria, leading all tournament defencemen with three goals and 10 points in five games.^[52] He helped Germany earn a promotion to the main tournament for the following year,^[53] defeating Austria 7–1 in the gold medal game.^[54] In both years competing in the tournament, Ehrhoff earned Top Defenceman honours.^[55]

Two months after his final international junior appearance, Ehrhoff debuted with Germany's senior team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He played in seven games as the second youngest player in the tournament.^[56] Germany was eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinal with a 5–0 shutout loss.^[57] Later that year, he competed in the 2002 World Championships, scoring five points in seven games. Germany was defeated in the quarterfinal by Sweden 6–2.^[58] Ehrhoff made his second World Championships appearance in 2003, but failed to register a point as Germany were once again losers in the quarterfinal round.^[59] After his rookie season in the NHL, Ehrhoff competed for Germany in the 2004 World Cup. They lost 2–1 to Finland in the quarterfinal.^[60] The following year, he registered an assist in six games at the 2005 World Championships. Germany finished second-to-last in the tournament.^[61] After failing to qualify for the quarterfinal, they won one of three games in the relegation round.^[62]

On December 21, 2005, Ehrhoff was named to the German Olympic team, along with Sharks teammate Marcel Goc, for the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.^[63] His lone goal of the tournament came against Canada,^[56] a 5–1 loss.^[64] He added an assist in the tournament for two points in five games as Germany failed to win a preliminary game, missing out on the playoff rounds.^[65] Four years later, he was named to Germany's Olympic team for the 2010 Winter Games in his NHL hometown of Vancouver. He went pointless in four games, while leading his team in ice time.^[66] Germany was eliminated by Canada in an 8–2 qualifier for the quarterfinal.^[67]

Shortly after the Vancouver Canucks were eliminated from the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs several months later, Ehrhoff joined Germany for the 2010 World Championships.^[68] Germany played as tournament host in the cities of Cologne and Mannheim. Joining his team midway through the tournament, he missed the first three games before scoring a goal and an assist in six contests.^[69] Germany made it to the semifinal, where they were defeated by Russia 2–1.^[70] Ehrhoff assisted on Germany's lone goal and was named his team's player of the game.^[70][71] They went on to lose the bronze medal game 3–1 to Sweden.^[72] Their fourth place finish marked their best placing at the World Championships since 1953 when they won silver.^[69] Leading Germany in average ice time with 23:34 minutes per game, Ehrhoff was named to the Tournament All-Star Team, along with German goaltender Dennis Endras.^[69]

Playing style[link]

Ehrhoff carrying the puck up ice from his own zone.

Ehrhoff is known as an offensive defenceman.^[1] He has strong skating ability, which allows him to quickly carry the puck up the ice, starting plays from his team's defensive zone, as well as join offensive plays deep in the opposing team's zone.^[1] He also possesses a hard shot, which earns him significant time on the power play.^[1] Upon joining the NHL with San Jose, he had to adjust his game to be more defensive.^[17][73] He gradually became counted upon more in defensive situations and has been used on the penalty kill, as well.^[1][17]

Personal life[link]

Ehrhoff and his wife, Farina, have 2 daughters, Leni born in mid-2009 and Milla born mid-2011.^[74] During his time with the Canucks, they lived in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Yaletown.^[75] During the off-seasons, they return to Germany, where they have a condo in Krefeld.^[74]

Career statistics[link]

Regular season and playoffs[link]

International statistics[link]