Jordan Pearce
Encyclopedia
Jordan Paul Pearce is an American
professional ice hockey
goaltender
. He is currently playing with the Grand Rapids Griffins
of the American Hockey League
(AHL).
and the Lincoln Stars
of the USHL. While playing with the Lincoln Stars in 2004–05, Pearce finished with a record of 22-10-4 with 3.07 goals against average
and a .897 save percentage which helped the Stars achieve a second-place tie in the USHL's Western Division.
After graduating from South Anchorage High School
, he attended the University of Notre Dame
and played for their men's ice hockey team in the CCHA for the following four years. In 2007–08 he was named CCHA Goaltender of the year and in 2008–09 he was a finalist for the CCHA MVP as well as being named the CCHA scholar-athlete of the year.
On April 10, 2009 it was announced that Pearce had signed a two-year entry level contract with the Detroit Red Wings
to begin with the 2009–10 season and that he had begun an amateur tryout with the Grand Rapids Griffins
of the AHL
, the minor league affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings.
On July 27, 2011, Pearce signed a two-year contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins
of the AHL
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
. He is currently playing with the Grand Rapids Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins
The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena. They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League....
of the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
(AHL).
Playing career
Pearce began his hockey career with the U.S. National Team Developmental ProgramUSA Hockey National Team Development Program
The National Team Development Program was started in 1996 by USA Hockey as a way to identify elite ice hockey players in the country under the age of 18, and centralize their training. There are two teams in the program, an Under-17 squad and an Under-18 squad. The teams are both based in Ann...
and the Lincoln Stars
Lincoln Stars
The Lincoln Stars are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .The Stars' home ice is the Ice Box, on the Nebraska State Fair grounds and adjacent to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln....
of the USHL. While playing with the Lincoln Stars in 2004–05, Pearce finished with a record of 22-10-4 with 3.07 goals against average
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....
and a .897 save percentage which helped the Stars achieve a second-place tie in the USHL's Western Division.
After graduating from South Anchorage High School
South Anchorage High School
South Anchorage High School is a public high school that serves grades 9-12 in Anchorage, Alaska, as well as students from the neighboring Turnagain Arm communities of Girdwood and Indian. South Anchorage High School is part of the Anchorage School District, and opened in the fall of 2004...
, he attended the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
and played for their men's ice hockey team in the CCHA for the following four years. In 2007–08 he was named CCHA Goaltender of the year and in 2008–09 he was a finalist for the CCHA MVP as well as being named the CCHA scholar-athlete of the year.
On April 10, 2009 it was announced that Pearce had signed a two-year entry level contract with the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
to begin with the 2009–10 season and that he had begun an amateur tryout with the Grand Rapids Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins
The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena. They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League....
of the AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
, the minor league affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings.
On July 27, 2011, Pearce signed a two-year contract with the Grand Rapids Griffins
Grand Rapids Griffins
The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena. They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League....
of the AHL
AHL
AHL is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* American Hockey League, professional ice hockey league in the USA and Canada* Australian Hockey League, Australian national field hockey league* Allianz Hurling League...
.
Achievements
- Goaltender of the year in the CCHA for the 2007–08 season.
- CCHA scholar-athlete of the year.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender.... |
SV% Save percentage Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops... |
GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2004–05 | Lincoln Stars Lincoln Stars The Lincoln Stars are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League .The Stars' home ice is the Ice Box, on the Nebraska State Fair grounds and adjacent to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.... |
USHL United States Hockey League The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger... |
38 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2227 | 114 | 0 | 3.07 | .897 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 6.06 | |||
| 2005–06 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the University of Notre Dame. The team competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association at the NCAA Division I level.- History :... |
CCHA Central Collegiate Hockey Association The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey college athletic conference that operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska and Indiana. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. It holds its championship... |
9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 442 | 24 | 1 | 3.25 | .882 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | University of Notre Dame | CCHA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 6 | 1 | 2.01 | .895 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season The 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 7, 2007 and ended with the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 12, 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado... |
University of Notre Dame | CCHA | 43 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2557 | 87 | 2 | 2.04 | .914 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season The 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 10, 2008 and concluded with the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 11, 2009 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.... |
University of Notre Dame | CCHA | 39 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2326 | 65 | 8 | 1.68 | .931 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Grand Rapids Griffins Grand Rapids Griffins The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena. They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 5.11 | .868 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 15 | 0 | 3.82 | .875 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 ECHL season The 2009–10 ECHL season was the 22nd season of the ECHL. It ran from October, 2009 until April, 2010, followed by the Kelly Cup playoffs which lasted until May 21, 2010 as the Cincinnati Cyclones won their second Kelly Cup championship in three years by defeating the Idaho Steelheads in five games... |
Toledo Walleye Toledo Walleye The Toledo Walleye are a professional ice hockey team based in Toledo, Ohio. The Walleye are members of the North Division of the Eastern Conference of the ECHL... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
37 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2047 | 124 | 2 | 3.63 | .891 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 247 | 16 | 0 | 3.88 | .881 | ||
| 2010–11 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 44 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2452 | 118 | 1 | 2.89 | .908 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 2010–11 ECHL season The 2010–11 ECHL season is the 23rd season of the ECHL. The regular season schedule runs from October 15, 2010 to April 2, 2011. The Kelly Cup playoffs followed the regular season, with the first playoff game held on April 4, 2011, all the way to late May or early June... |
Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 451 | 31 | 1 | 4.13 | .883 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 50 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 2747 | 138 | 1 | 3.01 | .904 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||