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2013-14 NY Islanders Media Guide - New Jersey Devils PR
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ANDREW MACDONALD | DEFENSEMAN<br />
MANAGEMENT<br />
47 | ANDREW MACDONALD | DEFENSEMAN<br />
SHOOTS: LEFT HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 189 BIRTHDAY: 9.7.1986 BIRTHPLACE: JUDIQUE, NS<br />
ISLANDERS TRANSACTIONS:<br />
Selected by the Islanders in the sixth round (160th overall) of the 2006 National Hockey League Draft. Agreed to terms on a four-year contract<br />
extension on February 25, 2010.<br />
SOUND TIGERS<br />
2012 NHL ENTRY DRAFT<br />
<strong>IN</strong> THE SYSTEM 47 ANDREW MACDONALD<br />
LAST SEASON:<br />
Scored 12 points (3g/9a) in 48 games during his fourth season with the Islanders...Led the team in average time on ice (23:31)...<br />
Tied for third in the NHL in blocked shots (123), two shy of the league lead...Was one of eight Islanders to appear in every game...<br />
Appeared in his 200th NHL game on Feb. 19 at Ottawa...Had a two-point game (1g/1a), including his first goal of the season on Feb.<br />
28 vs. Toronto...Recorded his 50th career assist on Apr. 16 vs. Florida...During the NHL lockout, appeared in 21 games with HC Energie<br />
Karlovy Vary of the Czech League, scoring five points (1g/4a).<br />
CAREER:<br />
2011-12: Appeared in a career-high 75 games during his third full season with the Islanders, scoring 19 points (5g/14a)...Established<br />
a career best in goals...Ranked 10th on the team and third amongst defensemen in points...Led all Islanders and tied for fifth in<br />
the league with 185 blocked shots...Led the club in shifts per game (26.7) and co-led all Islanders in average time on ice per game<br />
(23:22)...Led the Islanders in ice time 27 times (15-8-4)...Scored the Islanders first goal of the season on Oct. 10 vs. Minnesota...<br />
Missed seven games due to a right leg injury suffered on Nov. 29 at Buffalo...Recorded a team season-high 29:19 of ice-time on Feb.<br />
7 at Philadelphia. 2010-11: Led Islanders defensemen in points with 27 (4g/23a) and in plus-minus rating (+9) during his second<br />
NHL campaign and fourth professional season...Posted career highs in assists (23), points and plus-minus...Led the team and tied for<br />
14th in the NHL in blocked shots with 160…Had five multi-point games…Suffered a hand injury in his seventh game of the season<br />
on Oct. 21 at Tampa Bay and missed 15 games…Recorded the first multi-point game of his career on Dec. 22 vs. Tampa Bay (2a)…<br />
Had a four-game assist streak from Dec. 18-26 (5a)…Recorded consecutive two-assist games on Dec. 31 at Detroit and Jan. 3 at<br />
Calgary…Had a three-game assist streak from Jan. 11-15 (3a)…Recorded his first-career fighting major on Feb. 11 vs. Pittsburgh<br />
(Vitale)…Suffered a broken nose on Feb. 15 at Ottawa…Had a four-game assist streak from Feb. 21-26 (4a)…Scored two goals in<br />
his 100th NHL/Islanders game on Mar. 5 vs. St. Louis…Was shut down for the season with a hip injury on Mar. 25, with seven games<br />
remaining. 2009-10: Began his third professional season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (American Hockey League), playing in 21 games<br />
and scoring eight points (2g/6a) before being called up by the Islanders for the remainder of the season...In 46 games with the Islanders,<br />
scored seven points (1g/6a)...Scored his first NHL point/goal on Dec. 17 vs. NY Rangers...Returned to Bridgeport for the Calder Cup Playoffs...<br />
Led Bridgeport in postseason scoring with three goals and one assist in the five-game Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against Hershey.<br />
2008-09: Posted AHL career highs in games played (69), goals (9), assists (24), points (33) and penalty minutes (46) with Bridgeport in his<br />
second professional season...Made his NHL debut with the Islanders on Feb. 28 vs. Buffalo...Registered a plus-2 rating in three NHL games...<br />
Played in the AHL All-Star Classic...Added two points (1g/1a) and a plus-2 rating in five Calder Cup Playoff games with Bridgeport. 2007-<br />
08: Started the season with Bridgeport and scored five points (2g/3a) in 21 games before being reassigned to the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)...<br />
Recorded 12 points (1g/11a) in 37 games with Utah... Helped Utah reach the National Conference Finals, scoring 12 points (3g/9a) in 15<br />
postseason games.<br />
NHL PLAYOFFS:<br />
2013: Made his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, appearing in the first four games of the Islanders’ Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against<br />
Pittsburgh...Suffered a hand injury in Game 4 and missed the remainder of the series.<br />
JUNIOR:<br />
Scored a career-high 58 points (14g/44a) and added 81 penalty minutes in 65 games with the Moncton Wildcats (Quebec Major Junior Hockey<br />
League)...Made his professional debut with Bridgeport at the end of the season, playing in three games. 2005-06: Played for the President<br />
Cup Champion Moncton Wildcats...Netted 46 points (6g/40a) in 68 regular season games during his rookie QMJHL campaign...Added 13<br />
points (2g/11a) and a plus-9 rating in 21 playoff games.<br />
MILESTONES:<br />
1st NHL Game:<br />
1st NHL Goal/Point:<br />
1st NHL Assist:<br />
100th NHL Game:<br />
200th NHL Game:<br />
2/28/09 vs. BUF<br />
12/17/09 vs. NYR (Lundqvist)<br />
1/6/10 at COL<br />
3/5/11 vs. STL<br />
2/19/13 at OTT<br />
S<strong>IN</strong>GLE GAME HIGHS:<br />
Goals: 2 3/5/11 at STL<br />
Assists 2 (five times) Last: 2/24/12 vs NYR<br />
Points 2 (eight times) Last: 2/28/13 vs. TOR<br />
PIM 12 2/5/11 at OTT<br />
+/-: +3 (four times) Last: 4/2/13 vs. WPG<br />
TOI: 31:22 1/31/13 at NJ<br />
MACDONALD VERSUS NHL:<br />
TEAM GP G A PTS PIM<br />
ANA 2 0 0 0 0<br />
BOS 12 0 2 2 2<br />
BUF 13 0 5 5 0<br />
CGY 2 1 2 3 0<br />
CAR 11 1 3 4 4<br />
CHI 2 0 1 1 0<br />
COL 5 0 2 2 2<br />
CBJ 2 0 0 0 0<br />
DAL 2 0 0 0 0<br />
DET 3 0 2 2 2<br />
EDM 2 0 0 0 0<br />
FLA 11 1 4 5 4<br />
LAK 2 0 1 1 0<br />
M<strong>IN</strong> 4 3 0 3 2<br />
MTL 10 0 1 1 4<br />
NSH 3 0 0 0 0<br />
NJD 19 1 3 4 6<br />
NYI - - - - -<br />
NYR 20 2 3 5 12<br />
OTT 13 0 2 2 16<br />
PHI 16 0 3 3 0<br />
PHX 3 0 2 2 0<br />
PIT 19 0 1 1 19<br />
SJS 1 0 0 0 0<br />
STL 3 2 1 3 0<br />
TBL 13 1 4 5 8<br />
TOR 13 1 4 5 6<br />
VAN 2 0 1 1 0<br />
WSH 12 0 3 3 6<br />
WPG 12 0 2 2 2<br />
YEAR <strong>IN</strong> REVIEW<br />
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