Ryan Maki

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1985)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Ryan Maki.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Maki with the Milwaukee Admirals in 2007

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 208

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|4|23|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Medford, New Jersey, U.S.

| played_for = Milwaukee Admirals
Hannover Scorpions

| career_start = 2007

| career_end = 2012

| draft = 176th overall

| draft_year = 2005

| draft_team = Nashville Predators

}}

Ryan Maki (born April 23, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League and the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

Maki grew up in Shelby Twp, MI and was selected to play in the U.S. National Development Team Program as a junior from 2001 to 2003. Maki was recruited and attended Harvard University in the ECAC and majored in economics.

He was drafted from Harvard in the sixth round, 176th overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. After graduating from College, Maki signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Predators and was reassigned to American Hockey League affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. During the 2008–09 season, Maki was named as the Admirals winner for the AHL man of the year award.{{cite web| url = http://www.milwaukeeadmirals.com/home/news/2009/03/0326maki.html | title = Maki Named Admirals American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year | website = Milwaukee Admirals | date = 2009-03-26 | accessdate = 2011-04-17}}

Prior to the 2010–11 season, Maki left North America and after trialling with the Hannover Scorpions, was signed to a contract on September 2, 2010.{{cite web | url = http://www.del.org/index.php?id=1298&tx_ttnews=9071&tx_ttnewsbackPid=home&cHash=62eb0969ba | title = Ryan Maki receives contract from Hannover | website = Deutsche Eishockey Liga | date = 2010-09-02 | accessdate = 2011-04-17 | language = German | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723165353/http://www.del.org/index.php?id=1298&tx_ttnews=9071&tx_ttnewsbackPid=home&cHash=62eb0969ba | archivedate = 2011-07-23 }} Despite improving his offensive output in the following season with the Scorpions, Maki announced his retirement from professional hockey on August 10, 2012.{{cite web| url = http://thehockeyhouse.net/nashville-predators/former-predators-forward-ryan-maki-retires/ | title = Former Predators forward Ryan Maki retires | website = thehockeyhouse.net | date = 2012-08-10 | accessdate = 2012-08-10}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2000–01

| Strathroy Rockets

| GOHL

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2001–02

| U.S. NTDP U18

| NAHL

| 31

| 4

| 11

| 15

| 24

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2002–03

| U.S. NTDP U18

| USDP

| 52

| 6

| 6

| 12

| 26

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2002–03

| U.S. NTDP U18

| NAHL

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 8

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2003–04

| Harvard University

| ECAC

| 34

| 4

| 4

| 8

| 18

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2004–05

| Harvard University

| ECAC

| 30

| 10

| 9

| 19

| 20

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2005–06

| Harvard University

| ECAC

| 33

| 10

| 12

| 22

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2006–07

| Harvard University

| ECAC

| 32

| 12

| 11

| 23

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2006–07

| Milwaukee Admirals

| AHL

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Milwaukee Admirals

| AHL

| 54

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 23

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

2007–08

| Cincinnati Cyclones

| ECHL

| 5

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

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| 2008–09

| Milwaukee Admirals

| AHL

| 65

| 12

| 13

| 25

| 37

| 11

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

2009–10

| Milwaukee Admirals

| AHL

| 61

| 6

| 9

| 15

| 17

| 7

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 0

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| 2010–11

| Hannover Scorpions

| DEL

| 52

| 8

| 8

| 16

| 40

| 5

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 4

2011–12

| Hannover Scorpions

| DEL

| 43

| 9

| 15

| 24

| 34

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 182

! 20

! 26

! 46

! 77

! 23

! 3

! 3

! 6

! 6

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! colspan="3" | DEL totals

! 95

! 17

! 23

! 40

! 74

! 5

! 2

! 5

! 7

! 4

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2002

| United States

| U17

| 6

1234
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! colspan="3" | Junior totals

! 6

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

References

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