Freddy Meyer

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 192

| played_for = Philadelphia Flyers
New York Islanders
Phoenix Coyotes
Atlanta Thrashers
Modo Hockey

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|4|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sanbornville, New Hampshire, U.S.

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2012

| ntl_team = USA

| draft = Undrafted

| image = Freddy Meyer.jpg

| image_size = 230px

}}

Frederick A. Meyer, IV (born January 4, 1981) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played parts of seven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, Phoenix Coyotes, and Atlanta Thrashers. He is currently the head coach for the East Coast Wizards of the Eastern Hockey League (EHL).

Playing career

As a youth, Meyer played in the 1994 and 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with minor ice hockey teams from Beverly, Massachusetts and Syracuse, New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Meyer was signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on May 21, 2003 to an entry-level contract. He was previously an NCAA East First All-American team in 2002–03 at Boston University.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Meyer was a key defenseman during the Philadelphia Phantoms' Calder Cup-winning team in the 2004–05 AHL season.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

On December 16, 2006, Meyer was traded along with a conditional 3rd-round draft pick to the New York Islanders in exchange for Alexei Zhitnik.[http://islanders.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=305879&page=NewsPage&service=page New York Islanders - News: ISLANDERS ACQUIRE MEYER FOR ZHITNIK - 12/16/2006] He was claimed off waivers by the Phoenix Coyotes on October 8, 2007.[http://coyotes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=339506&page=NewsPage&service=page Phoenix Coyotes - News: COYOTES CLAIM FREDDY MEYER OFF WAIVERS FROM NEW YORK ISLANDERS - 10/08/2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211200153/http://coyotes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=339506 |date=2007-12-11 }} On October 23, he cleared waivers and was sent to the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL.[http://coyotes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=340992&page=NewsPage&service=page Phoenix Coyotes - News: COYOTES ASSIGN FREDDY MEYER TO SAN ANTONIO - 10/23/2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030135158/http://coyotes.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=340992&page=NewsPage&service=page |date=2007-10-30 }} On November 10, he was reclaimed by the Islanders off of re-entry waivers.[http://islanders.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=342886&page=NewsPage&service=page New York Islanders - News: NEWS FLASH: FREDDY'S BACK - 11/10/2007]

On August 19, 2010, Meyer was signed by the Atlanta Thrashers to a one-year contract as an unrestricted free agent.{{cite web | url = http://bluelandblog.com/2010/08/19/thrashers-sign-freddy-meyer/ | title = Thrashers sign Freddy Meyer | publisher = Bluelandblog.com | date = 2010-08-19 | accessdate = 2010-08-19 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100825022956/http://bluelandblog.com/2010/08/19/thrashers-sign-freddy-meyer/ | archivedate = 2010-08-25 }}

On June 18, 2011, following the completion of the 2010–11 season, Meyer left the NHL and signed a one-year deal with Modo Hockey of the Elitserien.{{cite web | url = http://modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=6039&rows=5 | title = Modo Hockey bring in American | publisher = MODO Hockey | date = 2011-06-18 | accessdate = 2011-06-18 | language = Swedish | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110822085700/http://modohockey.se/nyheter.cfm?nyhet=6039&rows=5 | archivedate = 2011-08-22 }}

On August 28, 2012, Meyer retired from professional hockey, becoming an assistant coach with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League for two seasons. He would leave the Monarchs to be named as the head coach of the East Coast Wizards in the EHL.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}