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/15 st 5 lb) |
| 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 defenceman 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 defenceman 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 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006–07 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 29 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006–07 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007–08 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 51 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| NHL Totals | 221 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 501 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
Stats as of the end of the 2007–08 season.
[edit] External links
- John Erskine's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- John Erskine's NHL player profile
- John Erskine's biography at Legends of Hockey
