Ken Magowan Explained

Ken Magowan
Played For:Vienna Capitals
Adler Mannheim
Grizzlys Wolfsburg
Position:Left wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:201
Birth Date:22 July 1981
Birth Place:Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Draft:198th overall
Draft Team:New Jersey Devils
Draft Year:2000
Career Start:2004
Career End:2016

Ken Magowan (born July 22, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who was active in Germany's highest level hockey league, the DEL, for six years. He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the seventh round (198th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

From 1998-2000 he played as a junior with Vernon Vipers in the British Columbia Hockey League. He scored 46 goals and 62 assists in 118 games and won the 1999 Royal Bank Cup with his team. From 2000 he appeared in four seasons with Boston University Terriers and scored in 118 games 31 goals and 35 assists for the US-College team.

In 2004, he played his first professional season, but there was not much opportunities for him with the Devil's AHL affiliation Albany River Rats.[1] So he spent the next three seasons mostly in the ECHL with Augusta Lynx and Toledo Storm. In this time he represented his teams two times (2005, 2007) in the ECHL All-Star Game.[2] [3] and got AHL try outs with Philadelphia Phantoms, Rochester Americans and Bridgeport Sound Tigers.[4] [5] For season 2007-08 he changed to Europe and played for SC Riessersee in Germans second level hockey league. In 50 games he scored 26 goals and 24 assists and so he could find a team in Germans highest level hockey league DEL for the next season. In the next 6 years Magowan played in the DEL for Grizzlys Wolfsburg and Adler Mannheim. In his first DEL-season he was best goal scorer of the league (29 goals) and the following three seasons always one of the best goal scorer from his team. In his last two DEL years he was often injured.

In season 2014-15 he started with Löwen Frankfurt in Germans second-level hockey league DEL2 and finished the season with Vienna Capitals in Austrias highest level hockey league.[6] In season 2015-16 he played with Lausitzer Füchse in DEL2 again. For this Saxony team he scored 10 goals and 9 assists in 28 games.

Career statistics

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1997–98Kelowna Blazers A1BC U18 47 45 45 90 80
1998–99Vernon VipersBCHL60 15 25 40 4314 5 7 12 23
1999–2000Vernon VipersBCHL58 31 37 68 8818 4 16 20 24
2000–01Boston UniversityHE34 5 1 6 22
2001–02Boston UniversityHE37 6 15 21 28
2002–03Boston UniversityHE38 11 13 24 20
2003–04Boston UniversityHE26 6 9 15 22
2003–04Albany River RatsAHL5 0 0 0 2
2004–05Augusta LynxECHL69 21 28 49 107
2004–05Albany River RatsAHL4 2 2 4 0
2005–06Toledo StormECHL68 27 30 57 13312 2 2 4 24
2005–06Philadelphia PhantomsAHL4 0 0 0 0
2005–06Rochester AmericansAHL2 0 1 1 0
2006–07Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL29 2 3 5 22
2006–07Toledo StormECHL44 14 14 28 641 0 0 0 0
2007–08SC RiesserseeGER.250 26 24 50 1357 1 2 3 31
2008–09Grizzly Adams WolfsburgDEL52 29 28 57 649 3 1 4 33
2009–10Grizzly Adams WolfsburgDEL55 28 13 41 767 3 3 6 4
2010–11Grizzly Adams WolfsburgDEL41 21 15 36 649 10 2 12 26
2011–12Adler MannheimDEL50 19 21 40 7514 8 9 17 8
2012–13Adler MannheimDEL26 11 4 15 246 1 0 1 2
2013–14Adler MannheimDEL25 2 7 9 265 0 1 1 0
2014–15Löwen FrankfurtDEL217 9 8 17 14
2014–15Vienna CapitalsAUT10 2 2 4 415 3 5 8 11
2015–16Lausitzer FüchseDEL223 10 8 18 34
ECHL totals18162721343041322424
DEL totals249110881983295025164173

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Devils AHL prospects update . hockey's future . 2005-02-24 . 2016-12-03.
  2. Web site: Q and A with Ken Magowan . hockey's future . 2005-01-09 . 2016-12-03.
  3. Web site: Storms Magowan an all-star . . 2007-01-12 . 2016-12-03.
  4. Web site: Storms Magowan, Jackson called to next level . . 2005-11-15 . 2016-12-03.
  5. Web site: Toledo storm in hole, gets help . . 2007-04-18 . 2016-12-03.
  6. Web site: Capitals sign Viper alumni Magowan . viperdiehardfan blog . 2015-02-09 . 2016-12-03.