Joel Gardner | |
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Born | Petrolia, Ontario, Canada | September 16, 1967,
Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) |
Position | Center |
Shoots | Left |
Pro clubs | Colgate Muskegon Lumberjacks Detroit Falcons Knoxville Cherokees Raleigh IceCaps Chatham Wheels SC Herisau ERC Selb EV Ravensburg ERC Haßfurt Port Huron Border Cats Saginaw Gears Madison Monsters Mohawk Valley Prowlers Muskegon Fury Petrolia Squires |
NHL Draft | 244, 1986 Boston Bruins |
Playing career | 1986–2007 |
Joel Gardner is a Canadian retired ice hockey center who was an All-American for Colgate.[1]
Career[]
Gardner was recruited to Colgate University by assistant coach Brian Durocher and felt as home as soon as he walked on campus.[2] He quickly became one of the top scorers for the Raiders but it was during his senior that Gardner enshrined himself in Colgate lore. With stellar goaltending from Dave Gagnon, Gardner led the team in scoring and got the Raiders their first ever regular season title.[3] Colgate then marched through the ECAC Tournament to capture their first conference championship. Colgate won three close games in the NCAA Tournament, producing their first 30-win season, and reached the program's first championship game. In the final game the team was blinded by the spotlight, according to head coach Terry Slater, and the Riders made several mistakes that led to goals by Wisconsin. Gardner did his best, scoring a goal and an assist in the match, but the Badgers were too much and skated away with a 7–3 win.
After graduating, Gardner began a long professional career with the Muskegon Lumberjacks but he lasted just over a season in AAA hockey before winding up in the ECHL. After being sent down to the Colonial Hockey League, Gardner plied his trade in Europe for most of the next four years. He returned to North America in 1998 and bounced around between several teams in the United Hockey League for three years before retiring. After returning home to Petrolia, Gardner restarted his career in senior hockey, playing for the Petrolia Squires for parts of 6 seasons before hanging up his skates for good.
Gardner was inducted into the Colgate Hall of Honor in 2017.[4]
Statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1986–87 | Colgate | ECAC Hockey | 30 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Colgate | ECAC Hockey | 31 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Colgate | ECAC Hockey | 30 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1989–90 | Colgate | ECAC Hockey | 38 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 49 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1991–92 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Knoxville Cherokees | ECHL | 36 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Michigan Falcons | CoHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Raleigh IceCaps | ECHL | 45 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992–93 | Chatham Wheels | CoHL | 14 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | SC Herisau | NLB | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1993–94 | Chatham Wheels | CoHL | 42 | 30 | 54 | 84 | 50 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 19 | ||
1994–95 | ERC Selb | 2nd Bundesliga | 36 | 49 | 39 | 88 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1994–95 | Detroit Falcons | CoHL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
1995–96 | EV Ravensburg | 1st Liga | 46 | 71 | 83 | 154 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996–97 | EV Ravensburg | 1st Liga | 49 | 35 | 56 | 91 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | ERC Haßfurt | 1st Liga | 10 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Port Huron Border Cats | UHL | 20 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1997–98 | Saginaw Lumber Kings | UHL | 47 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Saginaw Gears | UHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Madison Monsters | UHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Mohawk Valley Prowlers | UHL | 44 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1998–99 | Muskegon Fury | UHL | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1999–00 | Muskegon Fury | UHL | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1999–00 | Petrolia Squires | OHA-sr. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2001–02 | Petrolia Squires | OHA-sr. | 13 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002–03 | Petrolia Squires | OHA-sr. | 18 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2003–04 | Petrolia Squires | OHA-sr. | 19 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2004–05 | Petrolia Squires | OHA-sr. | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Petrolia Squires | OHA-sr. | 9 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | ||
2006–07 | Petrolia Squires | OHA-sr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | ||
NCAA totals | 130 | 71 | 113 | 184 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
IHL totals | 54 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
ECHL totals | 81 | 42 | 85 | 127 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
CoHL totals | 61 | 40 | 72 | 112 | 52 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 27 | ||||
1st Liga totals | 105 | 114 | 155 | 269 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
UHL totals | 137 | 41 | 100 | 141 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Awards and honors[]
Award | Year | |
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All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1989–90 | [5] |
AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 1989–90 | [1] |
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team | 1990 | [6] |
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team | 1990 | [7] |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners", NCAA.org. Retrieved on June 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Hall of Honor Q&A – Joel Gardner ’90", Colgate Raiders, September 4, 2017. Retrieved on July 6, 2021.
- ↑ "Colgate Raiders Men's Hockey 2017-18 Record Book", Colgate Raiders. Retrieved on 2018-09-30.
- ↑ "Joel Gardner", Colgate Raiders. Retrieved on July 6, 2021.
- ↑ "ECAC All-Teams", College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved on May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Men's All-Tournament Teams", ECAC Hockey. Retrieved on 2014-04-26. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02.
- ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records", NCAA.org. Retrieved on 2013-06-19.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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