Harrison Reed (ice hockey) explained

Harrison Reed
Birth Date:18 January 1988
Birth Place:Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:188
Position:Right wing
Shoots:Right
League:Ger.3
Team:Hamburg Crocodiles
Former Teams:Albany River Rats
Lake Erie Monsters
Houston Aeros
Straubing Tigers
SønderjyskE Ishockey
Stavanger Oilers
UTE
Draft:93rd overall
Draft Year:2006
Draft Team:Carolina Hurricanes
Career Start:2008

Harrison Reed (born January 18, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for Hamburg Crocodiles in the Oberliga (Ger.3). In his career, he played 208 games in the AHL and 50 games in Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Playing career

Reed was drafted 93rd overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes. Reed played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the London Knights, Sarnia Sting and Guelph Storm. After his final year of eligibility with the Storm in 2007–08, Harrison signed with the Hurricanes to a three-year entry-level contract on May 22, 2008.[1]

Reed was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Albany River Rats for his first professional season in 2008–09. He played in 70 games scoring 9 points with the Rats and also played a solitary game with ECHL affiliate, the Florida Everblades.

Harrison started the 2009–10 season with the River Rats, along with a brief stint with the Everblades, before he was traded by the Hurricanes with Stephane Yelle to the Colorado Avalanche for Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll and a sixth-round draft pick on March 3, 2010.[2] He was then assigned to Avalanche affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters, for the remainder of the season.

On September 1, 2011, it was announced that Reed signed a contract with the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.[3] In the 2011–12 season, Reed scored a respectable 33 points in 52 games with the Walleye, earning two AHL try-out contracts with former team, the Lake Erie Monsters and the Houston Aeros.

A free agent, on September 5, 2012, Reed signed a one-year contract to remain in the ECHL with the Stockton Thunder.[4] As a top line scoring threat for the Thunder, Reed produced at a point-per-game pace, with helped the Thunder reach the Kelly Cup finals. During the course of the 2012–13 season, Reed was loaned for his third stint with the Lake Erie Monsters appearing in 14 games for 2 points.

On July 31, 2013, Reed was signed to his first European contract, agreeing to a one-year deal with German club, Eispiraten Crimmitschau of the DEL2.[5] In the inaugural season of the DEL2, Reed excelled offensively accounting for the majority of the Pirates offense, to lead the league with 40 goals and 90 points in 54 games. Despite his output he was unable to lift Crimmitschau from last position in the regular season, but he scored 27 points in 17 post-season games to ensure safety from relegation. He was selected as the DEL2 Forward of the Year for his efforts.

On April 24, 2014, Reed accepted a contract offer from DEL club Straubing Tigers for the following 2014-15 season.[6] In the 2014–15 DEL season, he was the second leading scorer on his team, tallying 25 points.

For the 2015-16 season, Reed signed a contract with the DEL2 outfit Dresdner Eislöwen. There he played alongside Max Campbell like in the successful time with Eispiraten Crimmitschau.[7] Reed scored 28 goals to go along with 26 assists in 67 DEL2 contests for the Eislöwen squad that season. He left Germany at the conclusion of the 2015-16 campaign to continue his career in the neighbouring country of Denmark, joining Metal Ligaen outfit SønderjyskE.[8]

Career statistics

Team League GP GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05Petrolia JetsWOHL389142334
2004–05London KnightsOHL6000040110
2005–06Sarnia StingOHL6826245050
2006–07Sarnia StingOHL672952813040448
2007–08Sarnia StingOHL286121820
2007–08Guelph StormOHL4182129201032512
2008–09Albany River RatsAHL7054922
2008–09Florida EverbladesECHL11120
2009–10Albany River RatsAHL4915610
2009–10Florida EverbladesECHL958139
2009–10Lake Erie MonstersAHL1701119
2010–11Lake Erie MonstersAHL38303840000
2010–11Tulsa OilersCHL2813173012
2011–12Toledo WalleyeECHL5216173328
2011–12Lake Erie MonstersAHL40220
2011–12Houston AerosAHL161340
2012–13Stockton ThunderECHL4621244532239112010
2012–13Lake Erie MonstersAHL141126
2013–14Eispiraten CrimmitschauDEL25440509098
2014–15Straubing TigersDEL5012132522
2015–16Dresdner EislöwenDEL252232952221557128
2016–17SønderjyskEDEN452723503060332
2017–18Stavanger OilersNOR112134
2017–18Dresdner EislöwenDEL295611620002
2018–19Dresdner EislöwenDEL2481438521651124
2019–20UTEEL271520352063474
2020–21Hamburg CrocodilesGER.31911122312534710
2021–22Hamburg CrocodilesGER.3463047772831232
2022–23Hamburg CrocodilesGER.3523634704031342
AHL totals 2081116276540000
DEL2 totals 1638212320514222681414

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hurricanes agree to terms with Reed . . 2008-05-22 . 2010-04-07.
  2. Web site: Yelle returns to Colorado . . 2010-03-03 . 2010-04-07.
  3. Web site: Walleye and Harrison Reed agree to terms . . 2011-09-01 . 2011-09-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319002917/http://www.echl.com/URLwalleye-and-harrison-reed-agree-to-terms-p172467 . 2012-03-19 .
  4. Web site: A big catch: Reed signs . . 2012-09-05 . 2012-09-05 . dead . https://archive.today/20120909234232/http://www.stocktonthunder.com/2012/09/05/a-big-catch/ . 2012-09-09 .
  5. Web site: Tagged: Central Hockey League . Circling the wagon . 2013-08-01 . 2016-01-05.
  6. Web site: 2013-14 DEL2 Scoring Leader Harrison Reed gets promotion . OHL alumni central . 2014-04-27 . 2016-01-05.
  7. Web site: Ex-Tiger has new team - Harrison Reed goes to Dresden . Straubinger Tagblatt . 2015-06-03 . 2016-01-05 . German.
  8. News: Canadisk måltyv til SønderjyskE - Sønderjysk Elitesport A/S. 2016-06-11. Sønderjysk Elitesport A/S. da-DK. 2016-11-26.