Deron Quint

Deron Quint
Born (1976-03-12) March 12, 1976
Durham, New Hampshire
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 219 lb (99 kg; 15 st 9 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams		 EHC München
Winnipeg Jets
Phoenix Coyotes
New Jersey Devils
Columbus Blue Jackets
Chicago Blackhawks
New York Islanders
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Spartak Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Traktor Chelyabinsk
National team  United States
NHL Draft 30th overall, 1994
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 1995–present

Deron Timothy Quint (born March 12, 1976) is an American ice hockey defenseman currently under contract with EHC München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). His playing experience also includes spending time in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, New Jersey Devils, Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks and New York Islanders. He and Shane Doan of the Coyotes are the only remaining active players from the original Winnipeg team.

Playing career

Quint was drafted 30th overall by Winnipeg in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft As a rookie in the 1995–96 season, by scoring two goals in a four-second span, he tied an NHL record originally set by Nels Stewart of the Montreal Maroons in 1931. The next season the Jets became the Phoenix Coyotes and Quint remained with Phoenix until he was traded to the New Jersey Devils on March 7, 2000 for Lyle Odelein. Quint would only play four regular season games for the Devils before being traded to the expansion Columbus Blue Jackets on June 23 the same year where he stayed for two seasons leading the Blue Jackets in minutes played per game. For the 2002–03 season, Quint rejoined the Coyotes for a second campaign and he later joined the Chicago Blackhawks the next season.

During the NHL lockout, which resulted in the 2004–05 season being cancelled, Quint played for Bolzano HC in Italy. Quint has since played for Kloten in Switzerland.

In 2005 he joined Eisbären Berlin of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga and led them to 3 league championships in 4 seasons. At the end of the 2006–07 DEL season, he signed with the New York Islanders and returned to the NHL, playing five games and assisting them in making the playoffs. He returned to Eisbaren for the 2007–08 DEL season while becoming the DEL Defenseman of the Year in 2008 and leading the Bears to another league championship. Quint lead all scoring for defenseman during the 08-09 season, while setting a franchise record of playing in 237 consecutive games and winning a 3rd DEL Championship. Quint was a DEL All-Star defenseman for three seasons.

After four years, he left Germany and signed with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk team of the predominantly Russian Kontinental Hockey League. In 2010, he signed with Traktor Chelyabinsk. He set a record for most goals scored by a KHL defenseman in 2010–11 and was selected to the KHL West All-Star team in the 2012–13 season.

On May 1, 2013 he signed a two-year contract with HC Spartak Moscow.[1] On January 15, 2014 due to Spartak's financial woes, he was traded to CSKA Moscow together with Jeff Glass for a monetary compensation. On May 6, 2014, Quint opted to return to his past successes in the KHL, by signing with Traktor Chelyabinsk.[2]

Quint would play for Traktor Chelyabinsk in the 416 (the most by any North American) games and scored 189 (75 + 114) points. Deron was a two-time participant in the KHL All-Star Game in 2013, 2014, the top scorer among defenders in the league in 2011, 2014, and winner of the League in 2012, a silver and bronze medalist of the KHL in 2012, 2013.

During the 2015–16 season, Quint was captain of Traktor. He made history on February 16, 2016 in the away match against Metallurg Magnitogorsk in which spent eight minutes on the ice and was marked by a goal pass. The American defender of black and white became the oldest hockey player in the history of Traktor Chelyabinsk,who played in an official match. At the time of the game Quint was 39 years 11 months and 4 days. In 52 games this season American guard scored 11 points.

After leaving the KHL in off-season, Quint opted to continue his veteran career in agreeing to return to Germany, signing a one-year deal with reigning champions, EHC München on June 9, 2016.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 63 15 29 44 47 9 4 12 16 8
1994–95 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 65 29 60 89 82 3 1 2 3 6
1995–96 Springfield Falcons AHL 11 2 3 5 4 10 2 3 5 6
1995–96 Winnipeg Jets NHL 51 5 13 18 22 — — — — —
1995–96 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL — — — — — 5 4 1 5 6
1996–97 Springfield Falcons AHL 43 6 18 24 20 12 2 7 9 4
1996–97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 27 3 11 14 4 7 0 2 2 0
1997–98 Springfield Falcons AHL 8 1 7 8 10 1 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 32 4 7 11 16 — — — — —
1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 60 5 8 13 20 — — — — —
1999–00 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 50 3 7 10 22 — — — — —
1999–00 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2000–01 Syracuse Crunch AHL 21 5 15 20 30 — — — — —
2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 57 7 16 23 16 — — — — —
2001–02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 75 7 18 25 26 — — — — —
2002–03 Springfield Falcons AHL 4 1 2 3 4 — — — — —
2002–03 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 51 7 10 17 20 — — — — —
2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 51 4 7 11 18 — — — — —
2004–05 HC Bolzano ITL 14 5 11 16 12 9 4 5 9 12
2005–06 EHC Kloten NLA 16 5 9 14 6 — — — — —
2005–06 Eisbären Berlin DEL 31 5 7 12 26 11 5 6 11 6
2006–07 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52 18 28 46 34 3 1 0 1 12
2006–07 New York Islanders NHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2007–08 Eisbären Berlin DEL 56 21 30 51 28 14 6 3 9 4
2008–09 Eisbären Berlin DEL 52 16 32 48 20 12 2 4 6 4
2009–10 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 42 5 11 16 22 9 1 0 1 6
2010–11 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 53 21 11 32 26 — — — — —
2011–12 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 47 8 14 22 42 16 1 8 9 0
2012–13 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 52 5 12 17 25 25 3 10 13 2
2013–14 Spartak Moscow KHL 43 11 12 23 18 — — — — —
2013–14 CSKA Moscow KHL 8 2 3 5 4 4 0 2 2 0
2014–15 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 59 10 21 31 14 6 3 3 6 6
2015–16 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 53 6 6 12 14 — — — — —
NHL totals 463 46 97 143 166 7 0 2 2 0
KHL totals 357 68 91 159 165 60 8 23 31 14

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
1994 United States WJC 6th 7 0 1 1 2
1995 United States WJC 5th 7 3 3 6 6
2001 United States WC 4th 9 0 0 0 4
Junior totals 14 3 4 7 8
Senior totals 9 0 0 0 4

Awards and achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Newcomer "Spartacus": Deron Quint". 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Deron Quint returns to Traktor" (in Russian). Traktor Chelyabinsk. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  3. ↑ "Red Bulls sign Deron Quint" (in German). EHC München. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-06-09.

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