Joel Ward #42

Inactive, former Right Wing Team Logo

San Jose Sharks

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Player Information

Undrafted, he had 304 points (133 goals, 171 assists) in 726 regular-season games for the Minnesota Wild, the Nashville Predators, the Washington Capitals and the San Jose Sharks. He also had 52 playoff points (22 goals, 30 assists) in 83 games.

Country:	CAN
Age:	44.9 yrs (02.12.1980)
Height / Weight:	185 cm / 102 kg
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Drafted:	Undrafted
Awards:	-

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70

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Season by Season Ratings:

Joel Ward

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
29.03.2018	Predators	1	0	0	0	0	8:10	0		0
31.03.2018	Golden Knights	1	0	0	0	0	9:43	1	0.0%	0
03.04.2018	Stars	1	0	0	0	0	13:05	1	0.0%	0
05.04.2018	Avalanche	1	0	0	0	-1	12:40	1	0.0%	0
07.04.2018	Wild	1	0	1	1	1	13:04	2	0.0%	0
Total		5	0	1	1	0		5	0.0%	0

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2006-07	Wild	11	0	1	1	0	7:42	12	0.0%	0
2008-09	Predators	79	17	18	35	1	16:01	133	12.8%	29
2009-10	Predators	71	13	21	34	-5	17:33	134	9.7%	18
2010-11	Predators	80	10	19	29	-1	17:04	157	6.4%	42
2011-12	Capitals	73	6	12	18	12	12:25	79	7.6%	20
2012-13	Capitals	39	8	12	20	7	15:07	52	15.4%	12
2013-14	Capitals	82	24	25	49	7	16:04	133	18.0%	32
2014-15	Capitals	82	19	15	34	-4	16:52	138	13.8%	30
2015-16	Sharks	79	21	22	43	-15	16:58	138	15.2%	28
2016-17	Sharks	78	10	19	29	-2	15:56	105	9.5%	30
2017-18	Sharks	52	5	7	12	-2	11:52	40	12.5%	20
Total		726	133	171	304	-2		1121	11.9%	261

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2009-10	Predators	6	2	2	4	1	19:53	12	16.7%	2
2010-11	Predators	12	7	6	13	4	20:25	28	25.0%	6
2011-12	Capitals	14	1	4	5	3	10:56	12	8.3%	6
2012-13	Capitals	7	1	3	4	-1	13:10	8	12.5%	6
2014-15	Capitals	14	3	6	9	1	19:03	39	7.7%	2
2015-16	Sharks	24	7	6	13	2	15:52	35	20.0%	16
2016-17	Sharks	6	1	3	4	0	14:43	9	11.1%	4
Total		83	22	30	52	10		143	15.4%	42

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