Ryan Craig

For other people named Ryan Craig, see Ryan Craig (disambiguation).

Ryan Craig

Born	(1982-01-06) January 6, 1982 Abbotsford, BC, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	221 lb (100 kg; 15 st 11 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
AHL team Former teams	Lake Erie Monsters Tampa Bay Lightning Pittsburgh Penguins Columbus Blue Jackets
NHL Draft	255th overall, 2002 Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career	2003–present

Ryan F. Craig (born January 6, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays as Captain with the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL). Craig was drafted 255th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Playing career

With the Lightning in 2009.

He started his hockey career with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League and made his debut by appearing in one game in the 1997–98 season as a 16-year-old. In the 2000–01 season, Craig led Brandon in scoring and was named the team MVP the following year. Serving as a captain in his final two seasons in the WHL, Craig tied for the lead in scoring in the 2002–03 season, and ranked sixth in the WHL in goals, first in game-winning goals (11) and tied for eighth in power play goals.

Craig played for some years in the American Hockey League before making his debut with the Lightning in the 2005–06 season.

After spending his first seven professional seasons within the Lightning organization, on July 3, 2010, Craig signed as a free agent to a two-way, 1-year $500,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. On June 13, 2011 Craig re-signed with the Penguins for one year.^[1]

After captaining Penguins affiliate, the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins of the AHL for two seasons, Craig left the Penguins organization and unable to earn a NHL deal, signed a one-year AHL contract with the Springfield Falcons on July 19, 2012.

Craig was selected as the Falcons captain in his first season with the club, in 2012–13. He scored 20 goals and 47 points in 75 games to help Springfield reach the second round of the post-season. On July 5, 2013, Craig was signed to a two-year two-way contract with the Falcons NHL affiliate, the Columbus Blue Jackets.^[2]

On June, 29, 2015, Craig continued his affiliation with the Columbus Blue Jackets, by signing a two-year contract with new AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters.^[3]

Personal life

Craig is married to Jaydee, who grew up in Souris, Manitoba. They have a son and a baby girl.^[4]^[5]

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997–98	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	54	11	12	23	46	5	0	0	0	4
1999–00	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	65	17	19	36	40	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	70	38	33	71	49	6	3	0	3	7
2001–02	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	52	29	35	64	52	19	11	10	21	13
2002–03	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	60	42	32	74	69	17	5	8	13	29
2003–04	Pensacola Ice Pilots	ECHL	5	3	5	8	0	2	0	1	1	0
2003–04	Hershey Bears	AHL	61	4	8	12	24	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Springfield Falcons	AHL	80	27	14	41	50	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Springfield Falcons	AHL	28	12	10	22	14	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	48	15	13	28	6	5	0	0	0	10
2006–07	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	72	14	13	27	55	6	0	0	0	12
2007–08	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	2	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	7	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	54	2	4	6	60	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	73	23	22	45	64	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	3	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	71	19	29	48	84	12	3	4	7	12
2010–11	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	6	0	0	0	22	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	68	11	19	30	70	12	1	3	4	2
2012–13	Springfield Falcons	AHL	75	20	27	47	71	8	2	2	4	7
2013–14	Springfield Falcons	AHL	55	18	15	33	52	5	4	1	5	4
2013–14	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Springfield Falcons	AHL	67	17	20	37	60	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			198	32	31	63	148	11	0	0	0	22

Awards and honours

2002–03 - CHL Humanitarian of the Year Award
2002–03 - WHL Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy
Honored as the CHL’s Humanitarian of the Year for the 2002-03 season
Served as the captain of the WHL’s Eastern All-Star Team in the 2002-03 Hershey Cup
Named to the WHL East First All-Star Team in 2002-03

References

↑ "Penguins sign Ryan Craig". Pittsburgh Penguins. 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
↑ "Blue Jackets sign Ryan Craig, Jeremy Smith and Cody Bass to two-way contracts". Columbus Blue Jackets. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
↑ "Craig, Vogelhuber, Ambroz and Yevenko signed for 2015-16". Lake Erie Monsters. 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
↑ "Lightning news and notes". Tampa Bay Lightning. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
↑ "Parrish propels Admirals to fourth straight victory". Norfolk Admirals. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-27.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Brandin Cote	Winner of the CHL Humanitarian of the Year Award 2003	Succeeded by Chris Campoli
Preceded by Brandin Cote	Winner of the WHL Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy 2003	Succeeded by Braydon Coburn
Preceded by Wyatt Smith	Captain of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 2010-12	Succeeded by Joey Mormina

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