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Aaron Ward

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 209 lbs.
Born: January 17, 1973 in Windsor, Ontario

Drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

* Complete sweater numbers are currently available for the 1998-99 through 2007-08 seasons.
27
Detroit Red Wings
1999-2001		 4
Carolina Hurricanes
2002-2006		 4
New York Rangers
2007		 44
Boston Bruins
2007-2008

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1993-94 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 1 0 1 0.20 1 0.10 3 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 0.60 33.3
1994-95 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0.29 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1996-97 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 49 2 5 7 0.14 2 0.05 21 2 32 4 -9 52 2 0 0 0 40 0.82 5.0
1997-98 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 5 5 10 0.19 4 0.08 26 0 35 8 -1 47 5 0 0 1 47 0.90 10.6
1998-99 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 3 8 11 0.18 4 0.06 26 0 38 7 -5 52 3 0 0 0 46 0.77 6.5 835 13:55
1999-00 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 36 1 3 4 0.11 1 0.04 16 0 24 4 -4 24 1 0 0 0 25 0.69 4.0 453 12:36
2000-01 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 4 5 9 0.12 3 0.05 33 0 55 18 -4 57 4 0 0 1 48 0.66 8.3 1241 16:60
2001-02 29 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 79 3 11 14 0.18 5 0.06 57 4 78 25 0 74 3 0 0 2 69 0.87 4.3 1554 19:40
2002-03 30 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 77 3 6 9 0.12 3 0.04 38 2 84 25 -23 90 3 0 0 1 66 0.86 4.5 1441 18:43
2003-04 31 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 49 3 5 8 0.16 3 0.06 29 2 38 12 1 37 1 2 0 0 51 1.04 5.9 875 17:52
2005-06 33 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 71 6 19 25 0.35 9 0.12 54 2 91 41 2 62 6 0 0 1 60 0.85 10.0 1358 19:07
2006-07 34 2 Teams NHL 80 4 12 16 0.20 5 0.07 50 0 96 35 -11 75 4 0 0 0 62 0.78 6.5 1614 20:11
2006-07 34 New York Rangers NHL 60 3 10 13 0.22 4 0.07 40 0 65 22 -3 57 3 0 0 0 45 0.75 6.7 1182 19:42
2006-07 34 Boston Bruins NHL 20 1 2 3 0.15 1 0.05 10 0 31 13 -8 18 1 0 0 0 17 0.85 5.9 432 21:36
2007-08 35 Boston Bruins NHL 65 5 8 13 0.20 5 0.07 53 8 57 21 9 54 5 0 0 3 68 1.05 7.4 1348 20:45
Career NHL 697 40 88 128 0.18 46 0.07 407 20 629 200 -42 630 38 2 0 9 585 0.84 6.8 10720 18:10

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1996-97 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 19 0 0 0 0.00 1 17 0 0 0 0 9 0.47 0.0
1998-99 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8 0 1 1 0.13 2 8 0 0 0 0 6 0.75 0.0 82 10:15
1999-00 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0 23 7:36
2001-02 29 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 23 1 1 2 0.09 0 22 1 0 0 0 23 1.00 4.3 488 21:12
2005-06 33 Carolina Hurricanes NHL SC 25 2 3 5 0.20 0 18 2 0 0 0 18 0.72 11.1 542 21:42
2007-08 35 Boston Bruins NHL 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 6 0 0 0 0 8 1.33 0.0 134 22:20
Career NHL 2 84 3 6 9 0.11 1 71 3 0 0 0 65 0.77 4.6 1269 19:31

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1988-89 16 Nepean Raiders CJHL 54 1 14 15 0.28 40
1989-90 17 Nepean Raiders CJHL 52 6 33 39 0.75 85
1990-91 18 University of Michigan CCHA 46 8 11 19 0.41 126
1991-92 19 University of Michigan CCHA 42 7 12 19 0.45 64
1992-93 20 University of Michigan CCHA 30 5 8 13 0.43 73
1992-93 20 Canada Nat-Tm 4 0 0 0 0.00 8
1993-94 21 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 58 4 12 16 0.28 87
1994-95 22 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 76 11 24 35 0.46 87
1995-96 23 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 74 5 10 15 0.20 133
2004-05 32 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 8 0 3 3 0.38 16
Career AHL 208 20 46 66 0.32 307
Career CCHA 118 20 31 51 0.43 263
Career CJHL 106 7 47 54 0.51 125
Career Germany 8 0 3 3 0.38 16
Career Nat-Tm 4 0 0 0 0.00 8

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1993-94 21 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 9 2 6 8 0.89 6
1994-95 22 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 0
1995-96 23 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 6
2004-05 32 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 11 1 1 2 0.18 16
Career AHL 16 2 7 9 0.56 12
Career Germany 11 1 1 2 0.18 16

Transactions

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June 18, 1993: Traded to Detroit by Winnipeg with Toronto's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Detroit selected John Jakopin) in 1993 Entry Draft for Paul Ysebaert and future considerations (Alan Kerr, June 18, 1993), June 11, 1993.

January 19, 2000: Missed majority of 1999-2000 season recovering from shoulder injury suffered in game vs. Vancouver, January 19, 2000.

July 9, 2001: Traded to Carolina by Detroit for Carolina's 2nd round choice (Jiri Hudler) in 2002 Entry Draft, July 9, 2001.

February 15, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Ingolstadt (Germany), February 15, 2005.

July 3, 2006: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 3, 2006.

February 27, 2007: Traded to Boston by NY Rangers for Paul Mara, February 27, 2007.