Dion Phaneuf
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Born |
Edmonton, AB | April 10, 1985||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
Weight | 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL team | Calgary Flames | ||
NHL draft |
9th overall, 2003 Calgary Flames | ||
Playing career | 2005–present |
Dion Phaneuf (born April 10, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.
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 (WHL) 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 2004–05 seasons, selected from the WHL, Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (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 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. One notable incident of the 2005 tournament saw Phanuef make a thunderous check on the Czech Republic's Rostislav Olesz that left Olesz with a concussion and broken jaw.
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 multiple times 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.
He was a member of the 2007 Canadian IIHF World Championship team that won gold in a 4–2 win against Finland in Moscow. He is rumored to have declined an invitation to play at the IIHF World Championship for Team Canada in 2008.
Recently, he was signed to a six year contract extension with the Flames, averaging 6.5 million dollars per year; he also serves as the Flames' Alternate Captain.
He is currently dating actress Elisha Cuthbert.
Awards and Achievements
- 2004 - CHL First All-Star Team
- 2004 - WHL Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
- 2005 - WHL Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
- NHL Rookie of the Month, November 2005
- NHL All-Star Game - 2007, 2008
NHL 09
On June 8, 2008, the Calgary Sun confirmed Phaneuf as the cover athlete for the 2009 EA Sports' top selling NHL series.[1]
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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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 | ||
2006–07 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 79 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 98 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
2007–08 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 182 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
2008-09 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 80 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 100 | |||||||
WHL totals | 255 | 64 | 82 | 146 | 554 | 70 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 90 | ||||
NHL totals | 323 | 65 | 141 | 206 | 473 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
International play
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's Ice Hockey | ||
World Junior Championships | ||
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2004 Helsinki | Ice Hockey |
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2005 Grand Forks | Ice Hockey |
World Championships | ||
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2007 Moscow | Ice Hockey |
International Statistics
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2004 | Kanada | WJC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | |
2005 | Kanada | WJC | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
2007 | Kanada | WC | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |
Totals | 19 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 45 |