| Andrew Desjardins | |
|---|---|
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| Born | July 27, 1986, Lively, ON, CAN |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb) |
| Position | Forward |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team | San Jose Sharks |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
Andrew Desjardins (born July 27, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
Playing career[]
Desjardins grew up in the small town of Lively, Ontario and played his minor hockey for the Onaping Falls Huskies (NOHA) until Bantam in 2001-02 season. After that year he was selected in the 15th round (295th overall) in the 2002 OHL Priority Selection by the S.S. Marie Greyhounds. He spent the following 2002-03 season playing for the Rayside-Balfour SabreCats Midgets of the Great North Midget League (NOHA) before making the S.S. Marie Greyhounds the following year.
Andrew Desjardins played four seasons (2003–07) of junior hockey in the OHL with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. He turned professional for the 2007–08 season suiting up for 64 regular season and 11 playoff games for the Laredo Bucks of the CHL. The following season (2008–09) he played 5 games in the ECHL with the Phoenix RoadRunners and 74 regular season and 12 playoff games in the AHL with the Worcester Sharks. In the 2009–10 AHL season he played a full season with Worcester. On June 26, 2010, the San Jose Sharks signed Desjardins as a free agent.[1] Desjardins wears number 69 with the Sharks, becoming the second player in NHL history behind Mel Angelstad to wear the number in a regular season game.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001–02 | Onaping Falls Huskies | NOBHL | 32 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats | GNML | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 68 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 66 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 2006–07 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 65 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 96 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 2007–08 | Laredo Bucks | CHL | 64 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 112 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | ||
| 2008–09 | Phoenix RoadRunners | ECHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 74 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 99 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 2009–10 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 80 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 126 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 | ||
| 2010–11 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 58 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 76 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 93 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||||
References[]
- ↑ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books, 290. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.