Mark Ardelan

Mark Ardelan (born March 16, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played most notably in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Ardelan began playing ice hockey at five years old. He began his junior career in 1999 at the age of 16 with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League WHL. After two years he moved to the Vancouver Giants, where he was the point of best defenders. The 2003-04 season spent Ardelan at the Prince Albert Raiders, where he could show his offensive potential and also the second best scorer of the team was. Although Ardelan over five years in the WHL was one of the best defensive players, he was taken into account by any team of the National Hockey League Entry Draft. The Canadians, however, received after his junior years in 2004 an invitation to training camp of the San Jose Sharks, could there not prevail.

Ardelan first professional team was finally the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL, where he was a rookie point right away the best defender in the league and also his first game in the American Hockey League played at the Portland Pirates partners. For the 2005-06 season opener against managed the final step in the AHL playing for the Manchester Monarchs on, however, he left after a year towards the Iowa Stars. The 2007-08 season was the most successful season so far for Ardelan because he could qualify with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins was the first of the East Division for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference, and finally in the final series with the Calder Cup moved. Here, however, the team was defeated by the Chicago Wolves.

For the 2008-09 season Ardelan moved to Europe where he first went to Lukko Rauma in the Finnish SM-liiga to the ice. For problems due to the short preparation time for the new season, but left the Canadians Finland on 19 November 2008 and was committed two days later by the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, which was after the departure of Brendan Buckley looking for a defender. There Ardelan signed an annual contract and met here on his former teammate Marty Wilford, had already played with the 2005 to 2007 in the AHL. The Canadians could after his commitment, especially in the offensive set the tone for the season and extended his contract for another year. For the play-off qualification at season's end it was enough, since the performance of the team above all in January were no longer sufficient. After the season Ardelan extended his contract by two years.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 63 4 16 20 60 — — — — — 2000–01 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 66 2 14 16 65 6 0 1 1 9 2001–02 Vancouver Giants WHL 66 8 29 37 50 — — — — — 2002–03 Vancouver Giants WHL 71 13 35 48 64 4 0 1 1 0 2003–04 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 72 19 54 73 29 6 1 4 5 0 2004–05 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 72 15 32 47 24 4 0 0 0 2 2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 62 9 21 30 36 7 2 0 2 0 2006–07 Iowa Stars AHL 79 8 30 38 32 11 0 5 5 4 2007–08 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 60 7 20 27 33 23 6 7 13 2 2008–09 Lukko SM-l 22 1 7 8 16 — — — — — 2008–09 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 34 7 15 22 6 — — — — — 2009–10 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 56 8 23 31 16 — — — — — 2010–11 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 49 6 28 34 16 — — — — — 2011–12 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 52 6 25 31 28 2 0 1 1 0 2012–13 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 51 7 15 22 30 — — — — — AHL totals 202 24 72 96 103 41 8 12 20 6

Awards and honours Awards YearWHL East First All-Star Team 2004