Ryan Haggerty

Ryan Haggerty (born March 4, 1993) is an American former professional ice hockey forward.

Playing career Haggerty played two seasons with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. Before turning professional, Haggerty attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he played three seasons (2011–14) of NCAA Division I hockey with the RPI Engineers, registering 47 goals, 37 assists, 84 points, and 102 penalty minutes in 106 games.

On March 12, 2014, the New York Rangers of the NHL signed Haggerty as an undrafted free agent to an entry-level contract.

In his first professional season in 2014–15, Haggerty was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. He contributed offensively among the Wolf Pack with 15 goals and 33 points in 76 games.

On the second day of the 2015 NHL entry draft, Haggerty was traded by the Rangers to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Antti Raanta on June 27, 2015. In the following 2015–16 season, Haggerty was assigned to the Blackhawks AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs for the duration of the campaign. Limited to just 36 games with the IceHogs due to injury, Haggerty registered 13 points before ending his contract with Chicago.

As a free agent in the off-season, Haggerty opted to continue in the AHL, signing a one-year deal with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins on September 8, 2016.

After recording a personal best year with the Penguins during the 2017–18 season, with 16 goals, 21 assists, and 36 points in 47 games, Haggerty re-signed for a third season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on July 9, 2018. Before the 2018–19 NHL season, Haggerty was invited to the major league club for training camp. In two preseason games, he scored two goals and an assist. His excellent performance earned him an NHL contract; despite having already been cut from the training camp roster, Haggerty was awarded a two-year, two-way contract worth an NHL average of $675,000 per year.

During the 2019–20 season, on December 17, 2019, Haggerty was traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Kevin Roy.

Personal life Haggerty's father, Roger, played four years of minor-league baseball for the Boston Red Sox organization.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10 U.S. National Development Team USHL 37 5 6 11 38 — — — — — 2010–11 U.S. National Development Team USHL 23 7 8 15 9 — — — — — 2011–12 R.P.I. ECAC 35 7 8 15 30 — — — — — 2012–13 R.P.I. ECAC 36 12 14 26 30 — — — — — 2013–14 R.P.I. ECAC 35 28 15 43 42 — — — — — 2014–15 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 76 15 18 33 34 14 2 4 6 4 2015–16 Rockford IceHogs AHL 36 9 4 13 17 1 0 0 0 0 2016–17 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 58 11 12 23 46 4 0 0 0 2 2017–18 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 47 16 21 37 22 2 0 1 1 0 2018–19 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 68 23 21 44 44 — — — — — 2019–20 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 23 3 3 6 15 — — — — — 2019–20 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 27 5 3 8 18 — — — — — AHL totals 335 82 82 164 196 21 2 5 7 6

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2010 United States U17 6 1 2 3 0 2011 United States WJC18 6 2 0 2 0 Junior totals 12 3 2 5 0

Awards and honors Award Year College All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2013–14 AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2013–14