Eric Manlow

Eric James Manlow (born April 7, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 37 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders.

Playing career Manlow grew up in Stirling, Ontario in his early years and played several seasons for the Stirling Blues "CC" of the OMHA's Eastern Ontario League. When he elevated to Bantam hockey, Manlow played AAA for the Peterborough Minor Petes before being drafted by the Kitchener Rangers in the 3rd round (38th overall) of the 1991 OHL Priority Selection.

He was a member of the 1994-95 OHL Champion Detroit Jr. Red Wings and participated in the 1995 Memorial Cup Finals.

Manlow played four years in the OHL with both Kitchener and the Detroit Junior Red Wings. He was a 2nd round draft pick (50th overall) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He played for a number of minor-league teams—the Indianapolis Ice and the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the IHL, the Columbus Chill and the Florida Everblades of the ECHL, the Baltimore Bandits and the Providence Bruins of the AHL—before making his NHL debut with Boston. He bounced between the NHL and the AHL for the next 4 seasons, playing for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Grand Rapids Griffins in addition to New York, before spending 4 seasons in the AHL with Grand Rapids and the Hamilton Bulldogs, with whom he won the Calder Cup in 2007.

Manlow is now a constable for the Niagara Region police and lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Peterborough Legionnaires OMHA 59 67 51 118 90 — — — — — 1991–92 Kitchener Rangers OHL 59 12 20 32 17 14 2 5 7 10 1992–93 Kitchener Rangers OHL 53 26 21 47 31 4 0 1 1 2 1993–94 Kitchener Rangers OHL 49 28 32 60 25 3 0 1 1 4 1994–95 Kitchener Rangers OHL 44 25 29 54 26 — — — — — 1994–95 Detroit Junior Red Wings OHL 16 4 16 20 11 21 11 10 21 18 1995–96 Indianapolis Ice IHL 75 6 11 17 32 4 0 1 1 4 1996–97 Columbus Chill ECHL 32 18 18 36 20 — — — — — 1996–97 Baltimore Bandits AHL 36 6 6 12 13 3 0 0 0 0 1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 60 8 11 19 25 3 1 0 1 0 1998–99 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 51 9 19 28 30 8 0 0 0 8 1998–99 Florida Everblades ECHL 18 8 15 23 11 — — — — — 1999–00 Florida Everblades ECHL 26 14 24 38 24 — — — — — 1999–00 Providence Bruins AHL 46 17 16 33 14 14 6 8 14 8 2000–01 Providence Bruins AHL 60 16 51 67 18 17 6 7 13 6 2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 8 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2001–02 Providence Bruins AHL 70 13 35 48 30 2 0 0 0 2 2001–02 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 62 19 40 59 58 9 0 6 6 2 2002–03 New York Islanders NHL 8 2 1 3 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 40 8 27 35 16 1 0 0 0 2 2003–04 New York Islanders NHL 18 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2004–05 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 61 21 20 41 24 — — — — — 2005–06 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 80 25 48 73 44 16 3 3 6 12 2006–07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 60 5 13 18 28 22 6 5 11 10 2007–08 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 76 12 18 30 30 — — — — — NHL totals 37 2 4 6 8 — — — — —

Awards and honours Award Year AHL All-Star Game 2001 Calder Cup (Hamilton Bulldogs) 2007 J. Ross Robertson Cup (Detroit Jr. Red Wings) 1995