height_ft played_for shoots weight_lb birth_place image_size career_end position height_in birth_date article_title draft name career_start
6 '' thunder cats rockford icehogs muskegon fury '' '' ` ihl '' '' '' ' manitoba moose '' '' ` chl '' ` '' ' memphis / mississippi riverkings '' '' ` ahl cohl/uhl '' '' ' toronto marlies '' '' ' thunder bay right 201 thunder bay , on , can 230px 2011 defence 1 27 january 1975 derek landmesser
 undrafted derek landmesser 1996
derek landmesser

derek landmesser -lrb- born january 27 , 1975 -rrb- is a canadian former professional ice hockey player who is currently the head coach of the southern professional hockey league 's -lrb- sphl -rrb- mississippi riverkings .
landmesser started his professional career as a defenceman in 1996 with his hometown team , the thunder bay thunder cats in colonial hockey league .
he went on to play 15 seasons of professional hockey , including 10 seasons in the central hockey league -lrb- chl -rrb- where he played 627 regular season games , scoring 563 points from the blue line .
he was named the chl 's most outstanding defenceman for the 2000 -- 01 chl season , and was three times named to the all-chl team .
landmesser retired as a player following the 2010 -- 11 chl season , and on august 1 , 2011 , landmesser was announced as the new head coach of the mississippi riverkings .
