Rejean Stringer

Rejean Stringer (pronounced Ray-zhawn, Stron-zhay) (born August 21, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played most of his career in the ECHL.

Early life and education Stringer was raised in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan where he began playing hockey at a very young age in a backyard rink. Stringer left home in tenth grade to play for a team in a stronger league. That year he scored seven points in Merrimack's upset series victory over top seed Boston University in the Hockey East playoffs. During his senior year In 1999 he was named team captain. He would go on to score 17 goals and 39 assists leading to him being named to the Hockey East All-Star team. As well as being the first player in program history to be named a DI All American. He would be named team MVP both his junior and senior year. He is arguably one of the best players in program history in the D1 era.

Professional career After leaving Merrimack, Stringer played for the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the AHL and the New Orleans Brass of the ECHL in the 1999–2000 season. The next year, he moved to the Fresno Falcons of the now-defunct WCHL. He would tally 20 goals and 43 assists with his one season in Fresno. He would then play for the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL for 2 seasons from 2001 to 2003. In his first year with the Inferno he would score 14 goals and tally 43 assists in 57 games. Then during his second year in the 2002-03 season he would make the 2002 ECHL all-star team in after having a 95 point season. He then spent the 2003–04 season in playing for Salzburg in Austria having a impressive 86 point season with 38 goals and 48 assists in just 38 games. Stringer then returned to ECHL for the 2004–05 season, playing for the Las Vegas Wranglers before being sent to the Peoria Rivermen due to the Wranglers' salary cap issues. The next year he briefly played for the Cardiff Devils of the EIHL before retiring from professional hockey. While in Cardiff, Stringer scored the final goal in the last game that the Devils played at Wales National Ice Rink.

He currently works as an investment advisor for RBC Dominion Securities in his hometown of Gravelbourg.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM 1995–96 Merrimack College HE 32 8 8 16 16 — — — — — 1996–97 Merrimack College HE 34 18 18 36 14 — — — — — 1997–98 Merrimack College HE 38 11 46 57 44 — — — — — 1998–99 Merrimack College HE 36 17 39 56 44 — — — — — 1999–2000 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 40 6 13 19 12 2 0 0 0 0 1999–2000 New Orleans Brass ECHL 30 6 13 19 6 3 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Fresno Falcons WCHL 71 20 43 63 6 5 3 4 7 4 2001–02 Columbia Inferno ECHL 58 14 43 57 10 5 1 3 4 0 2002–03 Columbia Inferno ECHL 72 37 59 96 16 17 3 14 17 12 2003–04 Salzburg Aust-2 37 38 48 86 32 — — — — — 2004–05 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 19 3 11 14 0 — — — — — 2004–05 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 53 16 20 36 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Cardiff Devils EIHL 4 2 2 4 0 — — — — — ECHL totals 232 76 146 222 44 25 4 17 21 12

Awards and honours Award YearMerrimack team MVP1997-98 1998-99 All-Hockey East Second Team 1998–99 AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1998–99ECHL all star team 2002–03