Derek Edwardson

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| name = Derek Edwardson

| position = Forward

| ntl_team = Italy

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|8|26}}

| birth_place = Morton Grove, Illinois, United States

| image = Derek Edwardson (458093).jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 176

| career_start = 2004

| career_end = 2013

| draft = Undrafted

| played_for = Grand Rapids Griffins
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Portland Pirates
Milwaukee Admirals
Heilbronner Falken
HC Fassa
HC Bolzano
SG Cortina

}}

Derek Edwardson (born August 26, 1981) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He played US college hockey at Miami University and has played in the Italian Serie A.

College career

Edwardson played junior hockey for the Danville Wings of the North American Hockey League for two seasons before committing to play college hockey for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 2000. In his senior 2003–04 season, the team went 23–14–4 (.610) and qualified for the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, losing 3–2 in the regional semi-final to eventual national champions Denver at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. The team was led by Edwardson (2nd-Team All-American, 48 points) and Gregory Hogeboom (42 points).{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0005772004.html|title=Miami University (Ohio) 2003-04 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com|website=www.hockeydb.com}} Edwardson was chosen as captain in his senior season, honored as team MVP, and chosen as the CCHA Player of the Year{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/documents/2021/6/9/2021_22_Miami_Hockey_Record_Book_.pdf|title=2021 22 Miami Hockey Record Book (PDF)|website=Miami University RedHawks}} In 2017, Edwardson was inducted into the Miami University Athletics Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/2018/6/7/trads-hall-of-fame-2017class-html.aspx|title=2017 Hall of Fame Inductees|website=Miami University RedHawks}}

Professional career

Undrafted out of college, Edwardson initially spent extensive time over the next three seasons in the ECHL with the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in 2004–05 (64 points) and the Las Vegas Wranglers in 2005–06 (45 points) and 2006–07 (68 points). Edwardson elected to pursue overseas opportunities, first with Heilbronner Falken in the German DEL2 league for two years, before moving to Italy with HC Fassa for two seasons, HC Bolzano for another, and finally SG Cortina in 2012–13. Edwardson also played for the Italian National Team at the 2012 IIHF World Championship.{{Cite web|url=http://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=6006925&seasonid=8864|title=Derek Edwardson - IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship - player page | Pointstreak Sports Technologies|website=d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/home.html|title=HOME|date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429063313/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/home.html|archive-date=2011-04-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/12226/derek-edwardson|title=Derek Edwardson at eliteprospects.com|website=www.eliteprospects.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=55613|title=Derek Edwardson Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com|website=www.hockeydb.com}}

Edwardson retired after the 2012–13 season.

Personal life

Edwardson returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach with Miami in 2013–14 and is currently the hockey director of the Indianapolis Youth Hockey Association. He lives in Indianapolis with his family.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iyhachiefs.com/page/show/4407635-home|title=Home|website=Indiana Youth Hockey Association}}{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-edwardson-85b7a168/ |title=Derek Edwardson |website=LinkedIn}}

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1998–99 \| Danville Wings \| NAHL \| 53	19	24	43	43 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00 \| Danville Wings \| NAHL \| 15	5	14	19	10 \| —	—	—	—	—
2000–01 \| Miami University \| NCAA \| 37	6	20	26	18 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02 \| Miami University \| NCAA \| 36	6	16	22	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
2002–03 \| Miami University \| NCAA \| 21	9	15	24	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2003–04 \| Miami University \| NCAA \| 41	17	31	48	36 \| —	—	—	—	—
2004–05 \| Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies \| ECHL \| 69	23	41	64	28 \| 3	0	2	2	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2004–05 \| Grand Rapids Griffins \| AHL \| 3	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
2004–05 \| Bridgeport Sound Tigers \| AHL \| 2	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2005–06 \| Las Vegas Wranglers \| ECHL \| 53	16	29	45	40 \| 13	3	9	12	12
2005–06 \| Portland Pirates \| AHL \| 19	4	4	8	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2006–07 \| Las Vegas Wranglers \| ECHL \| 69	27	41	68	49 \| 10	2	7	9	8
2006–07 \| Milwaukee Admirals \| AHL \| 2	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2007–08 \| Heilbronner Falken \| Germany2 \| 52	22	27	49	40 \| 9	3	1	4	4
2008–09 \| Heilbronner Falken \| Germany2 \| 47	9	24	33	55 \| 6	1	2	3	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| HC Fassa \| Italy \| 40	17	29	46	34 \| 6	1	1	2	4
2010–11 \| HC Fassa \| Italy \| 40	21	20	41	34 \| 5	1	3	4	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| HC Bolzano \| Italy \| 35	11	18	29	12 \| 3	0	0	0	0
2012–13 \| SG Cortina \| Italy \| 35	15	23	38	18 \| 12	2	7	9	8
ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| ECHL totals ! ALIGN="center" \| 191 ! ALIGN="center" \| 66 ! ALIGN="center" \| 111 ! ALIGN="center" \| 177 ! ALIGN="center" \| 117 ! ALIGN="center" \| 26 ! ALIGN="center" \| 5 ! ALIGN="center" \| 18 ! ALIGN="center" \| 23 ! ALIGN="center" \| 26