Andy Delmore

Andrew J. Delmore (born December 26, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Delmore played 283 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), recording 43 goals and 58 assists for 101 points. He was considered an offensive defenceman, valued for his proficiency on the power play. He is currently an assistant coach with the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.
== Playing career==
A 6'0" defenceman, Delmore played junior hockey for the North Bay Centennials and later for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He went undrafted in 1997 and signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers, making his NHL debut during the 1998–99 season. Delmore was the first rookie defenceman to record a hat-trick in the playoffs. He also scored the overtime winner in Game 3 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Semifinals as Philadelphia defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–3. While playing for the Nashville Predators during the 2002–03 NHL season, he tied Sergei Gonchar and Nicklas Lidström for most goals (18) by a defenseman.
Delmore was traded twice on March 9, 2004; the Sabres first traded him to the San Jose Sharks (along with Curtis Brown) for Jeff Jillson and a ninth-round draft pick, and he was then traded to the Boston Bruins for future considerations. He did not see any game action for Boston through the end of the season. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Delmore played in Germany with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Delmore signed with the Detroit Red Wings to a one-year contract on August 16, 2005. However, he did not play a regular season game for the club and was claimed by the Columbus Blue Jackets off waivers on October 4, 2005. Delmore played the majority of the 2005–06 season for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL), playing only seven games in the NHL. He won the Eddie Shore Award as the top defenceman in the AHL and was named to the AHL First All-Star Team.
On July 1, 2006, Delmore signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was then assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, to start the 2006–07 season. After 47 games with the Falcons, Delmore was traded by the Lightning (along with André Deveaux) to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Kyle Wanvig and Stephen Baby on February 1, 2007.
Delmore returned to Germany when he signed a two-year contract with the Hamburg Freezers of the DEL on July 17, 2007.
After a two-year absence, Delmore returned to North America for the 2009–10 season when the Detroit Red Wings again signed Delmore to a one-year contract on July 28, 2009. Delmore was then assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. On March 3, 2010, he was traded to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Riley Armstrong. He was then assigned to Flames' AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Heat.
On October 24, 2010, Delmore left again for Europe to sign a one-year contract with Norwegian team Lørenskog IK. Delmore spend the following two seasons amongst the Austrian Hockey League and Italian Serie A before announcing his retirement at the conclusion of the 2012–13 season.
== Awards==
*1996–97 – OHL First All-Star Team
*2005–06 – AHL First All-Star Team
*2005–06 – AHL Eddie Shore Award
==Records==
*Holds Philadelphia Flyers record for most goals (5) by a defenceman in a playoff season (1999–2000)
*Only rookie defenceman to score a hat-trick in the playoffs, achieving the feat on May 7, 2000. Also the only Flyer defenceman to score a hat-trick in a playoff game.
==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
1992–93 	Chatham MicMac 	WOHL 	 	47 	4 	21 	25 	38 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94 	North Bay Centennials	OHL 	 	45 	2 	7 	9 	33 	 	17 	0 	0 	0 	2
1993–94 	North Bay Centennials	MC 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1994–95 	North Bay Centennials	OHL 	 	40 	2 	14 	16 	21 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Sarnia Sting 	OHL 	 	27 	5 	13 	18 	27 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
1995–96 	Sarnia Sting 	OHL 	 	64 	21 	38 	59 	45 	 	10 	3 	7 	10 	2
1996–97 	Sarnia Sting 	OHL 	 	63 	18 	60 	78 	39 	 	12 	2 	10 	12 	10
1996–97 	Fredericton Express 	AHL 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL 	 	73 	9 	30 	39 	46 	 	18 	4 	4 	8 	21
1998–99 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL 	 	70 	5 	18 	23 	51 	 	15 	1 	4 	5 	6
1999–00 	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL 	 	39 	12 	14 	16 	31 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	 	27 	2 	5 	7 	8 	 	18 	5 	2 	7 	14
2000–01 	Philadelphia Flyers 	NHL 	 	66 	5 	9 	14 	16 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2
2001–02 	Nashville Predators 	NHL 	 	73 	16 	22 	38 	22 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Nashville Predators 	NHL 	 	71 	18 	16 	34 	28 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Buffalo Sabres 	NHL 	 	37 	2 	5 	7 	29 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2003–04 	Rochester Americans 	AHL 	 	8 	0 	2 	2 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Adler Mannheim 	DEL 	 	50 	7 	16 	23 	59 	 	14 	1 	6 	7 	12
2005–06 	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL 	 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Syracuse Crunch 	AHL 	 	66 	17 	55 	72 	46 	 	6 	0 	1 	1 	19
2006–07 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 	 	47 	12 	12 	24 	22 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	Chicago Wolves 	AHL 	 	28 	5 	11 	16 	10 	 	15 	0 	6 	6 	2
2007–08 	Hamburg Freezers 	DEL 	 	51 	10 	25 	35 	90 	 	8 	0 	1 	1 	12
2008–09 	Hamburg Freezers 	DEL 	 	52 	9 	22 	31 	70 	 	9 	1 	3 	4 	8
2009–10 	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL 	 	54 	5 	15 	20 	32 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Abbotsford Heat 	AHL 	 	9 	1 	3 	4 	4 	 	5 	0 	3 	3 	0
2010–11 	Lørenskog IK 	GET 	 	24 	5 	6 	11 	20 	 	11 	1 	6 	7 	20
2011–12 	KHL Medveščak Zagreb 	EBEL 	 	12 	1 	1 	2 	14 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	Ritten-Renon 	ITA 	 	23 	7 	16 	23 	16 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	Graz 99ers 	EBEL 	 	18 	2 	7 	9 	42 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	Ritten-Renon 	ITA 	 	16 	3 	11 	14 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2012–13 	HC Bolzano 	ITA 	 	4 	1 	0 	1 	2 	 	6 	2 	4 	6 	2
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	283 	43 	58 	101 	105 	 	20 	6 	2 	8 	16
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
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