Justin Kurtz
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Justin Kurtz is a Canadian
professional ice hockey
defenceman currently playing for the EHC Black Wings Linz
of the Austrian Hockey League
.
, but never played for them. In fact, Kurtz's NHL debut did not come until the 2001–02 NHL season with the Vancouver Canucks
after spending three seasons with the Manitoba Moose
. He played 27 regular season games, scoring 3 goals and 8 points in what turned out to be his only season in the National Hockey League
.
He spent another season with Manitoba before moving to Europe in 2003, playing in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Krefeld Pinguine
in a two-year spell. In 2005, he moved to the 2nd Bundesliga
with EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams
, who were aiming to regain a place in the DEL having been relegated the previous season. However, they were unsuccessful and Kurtz returned to North America with the Worcester Sharks
.
In 2007, Kurtz moved to Italy
, signing with HCJ Milano Vipers
. After one year he left the club and moved to Nordsjælland Cobras
of Denmark's
Oddset Ligaen
in 2008. Kurtz later enjoyed spells with Örebro HK
in Sweden and Fischtown Pinguins of the German 2nd Bundesliga
before joining the Black Wings.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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...
defenceman currently playing for the EHC Black Wings Linz
EHC Black Wings Linz
The EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz are a member of the Austrian Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. They play their home games in Linz, Austria at the Keine Sorgen Eisarena Linz.-History:...
of the Austrian Hockey League
Austrian Hockey League
The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:...
.
Playing career
Kurtz was drafted 84th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft1995 NHL Entry Draft
The 1995 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta. The drafting order was now set partially by a lottery system whereby teams would not be guaranteed first pick if they finished last. Instead, a draft lottery was instituted in which the winner of the lottery could move...
, but never played for them. In fact, Kurtz's NHL debut did not come until the 2001–02 NHL season with the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
after spending three seasons with the Manitoba Moose
Manitoba Moose
The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St...
. He played 27 regular season games, scoring 3 goals and 8 points in what turned out to be his only season in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
.
He spent another season with Manitoba before moving to Europe in 2003, playing in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Krefeld Pinguine
Krefeld Pinguine
The Krefeld Pinguine are an ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play in Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the KönigPALAST. Founded first in 1936, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga...
in a two-year spell. In 2005, he moved to the 2nd Bundesliga
2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)
The 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga is the second tier of Ice hockey in Germany. It is organised by the DEB, the German Ice Hockey Federation. In the 2007-08 season, it features 14 teams.- History of the 2nd Ice Hockey Bundesliga :...
with EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams
EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams
EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams are a professional ice hockey club of the German professional ice hockey league Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play their games at Eisarena in Wolfsburg...
, who were aiming to regain a place in the DEL having been relegated the previous season. However, they were unsuccessful and Kurtz returned to North America with the Worcester Sharks
Worcester Sharks
The Worcester Sharks are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . The franchise is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and play their home games at the DCU Center in Downtown Worcester. The Sharks and the city of Worcester hosted the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic.-History:On...
.
In 2007, Kurtz moved to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, signing with HCJ Milano Vipers
Hockey Club Junior Milano Vipers
Hockey Club Junior Milano Vipers was an Italian professional ice hockey team from Milan. Founded in 1998 as Hockey Club Junior Milano, was renamed Vipers in 2000....
. After one year he left the club and moved to Nordsjælland Cobras
Nordsjælland Cobras
The Nordsjælland Cobras were a Danish professional ice hockey team that used to play in the top Danish ice hockey league AL-Bank Ligaen. After filing for bankruptcy at the end of the 2009-2010 season, the team was excluded from the following season.-History:...
of Denmark's
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Oddset Ligaen
Oddset Ligaen
AL-Bank Ligaen is the premier league in Danish ice hockey. The teams are semi-professional with only the best Danish and foreign players being fully professional.- History :The name is a result of a sponsorship deal with a Danish bank Arbejdernes Landsbank...
in 2008. Kurtz later enjoyed spells with Örebro HK
Örebro HK
Örebro HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in Örebro. The team is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league in Sweden for men. The team's home arena is Behrn Arena.- History :...
in Sweden and Fischtown Pinguins of the German 2nd Bundesliga
2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)
The 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga is the second tier of Ice hockey in Germany. It is organised by the DEB, the German Ice Hockey Federation. In the 2007-08 season, it features 14 teams.- History of the 2nd Ice Hockey Bundesliga :...
before joining the Black Wings.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | Brandon Wheat Kings Brandon Wheat Kings The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. They compete in the Western Hockey League, and joined the league in the 1967–68 season. Prior to that they played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and were known as the Brandon Elks for a short time in the... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
63 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | ||
| 1994–95 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 65 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 75 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 1995–96 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 53 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 107 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 37 | ||
| 1996–97 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 59 | 24 | 44 | 68 | 85 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1997–98 | Las Vegas Thunder Las Vegas Thunder The Las Vegas Thunder were an independent professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League. The team's home rink was at the Thomas & Mack Center. They began play in the 1993–1994 season, folding on April 18, 1999... |
IHL | 63 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 1997–98 AHL season The 1997–98 AHL season was the 62nd season of the American Hockey League. The AHL shifts teams in their divisions, and the Canadian division reverts to being named Atlantic division. The Northern conference is renamed the Eastern conference, and the Southern conference renamed the Western... |
Saint John Flames Saint John Flames The Saint John Flames were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League from 1993 to 2003 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The Calgary Flames bought and relocated the Utica Devils, to be their AHL affiliate.... |
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... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Louisiana IceGators | ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Manitoba Moose Manitoba Moose The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St... |
IHL | 38 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 66 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 69 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2001–02 2001–02 AHL season The 2001–02 AHL season was the 66th season of the American Hockey League. It was the season of the biggest growth in the AHL's history, as it accepted eight new teams. The demise of the International Hockey League brought six teams transferring from the defunct league, in addition to two expansion... |
Manitoba Moose | AHL | 52 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 2002–03 AHL season The 2002–03 AHL season was the 67th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-eight teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs finished first overall in the regular season... |
Manitoba Moose | AHL | 71 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | ||
| 2003–04 | Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Pinguine The Krefeld Pinguine are an ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play in Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the KönigPALAST. Founded first in 1936, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga... |
DEL | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 52 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | EHC Wolfsburg EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams are a professional ice hockey club of the German professional ice hockey league Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play their games at Eisarena in Wolfsburg... |
2.GBun 2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey) The 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga is the second tier of Ice hockey in Germany. It is organised by the DEB, the German Ice Hockey Federation. In the 2007-08 season, it features 14 teams.- History of the 2nd Ice Hockey Bundesliga :... |
50 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 159 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 2006–07 AHL season The 2006–07 AHL season was the 71st season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-seven teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hamilton Bulldogs won their first Calder Cup, defeating the defending champions, the Hershey Bears in the finals.... |
Worcester Sharks Worcester Sharks The Worcester Sharks are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . The franchise is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and play their home games at the DCU Center in Downtown Worcester. The Sharks and the city of Worcester hosted the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic.-History:On... |
AHL | 55 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Milano HC Milano Hockey Club Milano was an Italian ice hockey team based in Milano . Throughout its history, has changed its name twice, and was called Associazione Disco Ghiaccio Milano and Hockey Club Milano Inter... |
ITL | 36 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 2008–09 | Nordsjælland Cobras Nordsjælland Cobras The Nordsjælland Cobras were a Danish professional ice hockey team that used to play in the top Danish ice hockey league AL-Bank Ligaen. After filing for bankruptcy at the end of the 2009-2010 season, the team was excluded from the following season.-History:... |
DEN Oddset Ligaen AL-Bank Ligaen is the premier league in Danish ice hockey. The teams are semi-professional with only the best Danish and foreign players being fully professional.- History :The name is a result of a sponsorship deal with a Danish bank Arbejdernes Landsbank... |
39 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 2009–10 | Örebro HK Örebro HK Örebro HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in Örebro. The team is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league in Sweden for men. The team's home arena is Behrn Arena.- History :... |
Swe.1 | 50 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Fischtown Pinguins Fischtown Pinguins The Fischtown Pinguins, also known as Bremerhaven REV, are a professional hockey team in Germany's 2nd Bundesliga league.The team plays in the Eisstadion Bremerhaven.-External links:*****... |
2.GBun | 48 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
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| East Second All-Star Team | 1996 | |