Ramzi Abid

Ramzi Abid (born March 24, 1980, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for SC Bern of the Swiss National League A.
==Playing career==
Typically playing as a left winger, Ramzi Abid was selected by the Colorado Avalanche as the first choice in the second round (28th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and was redrafted in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 85th overall, by the Phoenix Coyotes, who in March 2003 traded him to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Jan Hrdina.
In March 2003, he successfully underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and missed the remainder of the 2002–03 season. He played for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, an affiliate team of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the American Hockey League during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Abid spent the 2005–06 season with the Atlanta Thrashers. 
On July 21, 2006, Abid signed a one-year contract with the Nashville Predators. Abid had a impressive pre-season, in which he scored a hat-trick in an 8-1 win over the Blue Jackets on September 21, 2006. Abid was then sent to affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, prior to the start of the 2006-07 season. Abid played 13 games with the Predators as an injury replacement during the season. On April 18, 2007, Ramzi was called up to the Predators and made his play-off debut against the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Quaterfinals.
Abid was a member of Team Canada in the 2007 Spengler Cup. In 2007 Abid signed with SC Bern to play through the 2009-10 season. He played two seasons for SC Bern before his contract was dissolved in April 2009.
He is also one of the few Muslims to play in the NHL.
==Awards==
*1998: Michel Brière Memorial Trophy (QMJHL Most Valuable Player)
*1998: Jean Béliveau Trophy (QMJHL Leading Scorer)
*1998: QMJHL First All-Star Team
*2000: QMJHL First All-Star Team
*2000: Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team
*2000: Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Memorial Cup Leading Scorer)
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1996–97 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens 	QMJHL 	 	65 	13 	24 	37 	141 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens 	QMJHL 	 	68 	50 	85 	135 	266 	 	6 	3 	4 	7 	10
1998–99 	Chicoutimi Saguenéens 	QMJHL 	 	21 	11 	15 	26 	97 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Acadie-Bathurst Titan 	QMJHL 	 	24 	14 	22 	36 	102 	 	23 	14 	20 	34 	84
1999–00 	Acadie-Bathurst Titan 	QMJHL 	 	13 	10 	11 	21 	61 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Halifax Mooseheads 	QMJHL 	 	59 	57 	80 	137 	148 	 	10 	10 	13 	23 	18
2000–01 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 	 	17 	6 	4 	10 	38 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 	 	66 	18 	25 	43 	214 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 	 	27 	15 	10 	25 	50 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Phoenix Coyotes 	NHL 	 	30 	10 	8 	18 	30 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	NHL 	 	16 	3 	2 	5 	27 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL 	 	78 	26 	29 	55 	119 	 	7 	0 	2 	2 	18
2005–06 	Chicago Wolves 	AHL 	 	75 	34 	42 	76 	165 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Atlanta Thrashers 	NHL 	 	6 	0 	2 	2 	6 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	Milwaukee Admirals 	AHL 	 	57 	19 	30 	49 	70 	 	2 	0 	1 	1 	6
2006–07 	Nashville Predators 	NHL 	 	13 	1 	4 	5 	13 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
2007–08 	SC Bern 	NLA 	 	41 	20 	11 	31 	56 	 	5 	3 	2 	5 	14
2008–09 	Rapperswil-Jona 	NLA 	 	2 	0 	2 	2 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	SC Bern 	NLA 	 	31 	9 	20 	29 	85 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	12
NHL Totals	NHL Totals 	NHL Totals	 	68 	14 	16 	30 	78 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==External links==
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