{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Andy Delmore.jpg | caption = Delmore with the Syracuse Crunch in 2005 | image_size = 230px | played_for = Philadelphia Flyers<br>Nashville Predators<br>Buffalo Sabres<br>Columbus Blue Jackets | ntl_team = Canada | position = Defence | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 200 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|12|26}} | birth_place = LaSalle, Ontario, Canada | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 1997 | career_end = 2013 }}
'''Andrew J. Delmore''' (born December 26, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Delmore played 283 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), recording 43 goals and 58 assists for 101 points. He was considered an offensive defenceman, valued for his proficiency on the power play. He is currently an assistant coach with the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL.
==Playing career== A 6'0" defenceman, Delmore played junior hockey for the North Bay Centennials and later for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He went undrafted in 1997 and signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers, making his NHL debut during the 1998–99 season. Delmore was the first rookie defenceman to record a hat-trick in the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=434701|title=This date in Flyers history | publisher =Philadelphia Flyers | date=May 7, 2005| accessdate=November 10, 2008}}</ref> He also scored the overtime winner in Game 3 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Semifinals as Philadelphia defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4–3. While playing for the Nashville Predators during the 2002–03 NHL season, he tied Sergei Gonchar and Nicklas Lidström for most goals (18) by a defenseman.
Delmore was traded twice on March 9, 2004; the Sabres first traded him to the San Jose Sharks (along with Curtis Brown) for Jeff Jillson and a ninth-round draft pick, and he was then traded again to the Boston Bruins for future considerations. He did not see any game action for Boston through the end of the season. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Delmore played in Germany with Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Delmore signed with the Detroit Red Wings to a one-year contract on August 16, 2005. However, he did not play a regular season game for the club and was claimed by the Columbus Blue Jackets off waivers on October 4, 2005. Delmore played the majority of the 2005–06 season for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League (AHL), playing only seven games in the NHL. He won the Eddie Shore Award as the top defenceman in the AHL and was named to the AHL First All-Star Team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noticias.info/Archivo/2006/200604/20060413/20060413_166928.shtm |title=Crunch defenseman Andy Delmore named AHL's outstanding defenseman |publisher=noticias |date=April 13, 2006|accessdate=March 9, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On July 1, 2006, Delmore signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=483851|title=Lightning sign free-agent defenseman Andy Delmore | publisher =Tampa Bay Lightning | date=July 1, 2006| accessdate=March 9, 2010}}</ref> He was then assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, to start the 2006–07 season. After 47 games with the Falcons, Delmore was traded by the Lightning (along with André Deveaux) to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for Kyle Wanvig and Stephen Baby on February 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=484011|title=Lightning acquire Wanvig, Baby from Atlanta | publisher =Tampa Bay Lightning | date=February 1, 2007 | accessdate=March 9, 2010}}</ref>
Delmore returned to Germany when he signed a two-year contract with the Hamburg Freezers of the DEL on July 17, 2007.
After a two-year absence, Delmore returned to North America for the 2009–10 season when the Detroit Red Wings again signed Delmore to a one-year contract on July 28, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=468052|title=Red Wings sign Andy Delmore | publisher =Detroit Red Wings | date=July 28, 2009| accessdate=March 9, 2010}}</ref> Delmore was then assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. On March 3, 2010, he was traded to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Riley Armstrong.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=520068|title=Wings acquire Riley Armstrong | publisher =Detroit Red Wings | date =March 3, 2010| accessdate=March 9, 2010}}</ref> He was then assigned to Flames' AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Heat.
On October 24, 2010, Delmore left again for Europe to sign a one-year contract with Norwegian team Lørenskog IK.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rb.no/lokal_sport/article5358079.ece | title = Squad strengthens with a new NHL star | website = rd.no | date =October 24, 2010| accessdate=March 13, 2011| language= Norwegian }}</ref> Delmore spent the following two seasons amongst the Austrian Hockey League and Italian Serie A before announcing his retirement at the conclusion of the 2012–13 season.
==Coaching== Since retiring as a player, Delmore has been an assistant coach with the Sarnia Sting for two seasons, then with the Toledo Walleye from the 2016-17 to 2019-2020 seasons, and the Windsor Spitfires from 2021-22.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Delmore: Coaching |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=23910 |publisher=Internet Hockey Database |access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref>
==Awards== *1996–97 – OHL First All-Star Team *2005–06 – AHL First All-Star Team *2005–06 – AHL Eddie Shore Award
==Records== * Holds Philadelphia Flyers record for most goals (5) by a defenceman in a playoff season (1999–2000) *Only rookie defenceman to score a hat-trick in the playoffs, achieving the feat on May 7, 2000. Also the only Flyer defenceman to score a hat-trick in a playoff game.
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;" |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1992–93||Chatham MicMac||WOHL||47||4||21||25||38||—||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 1993–94||North Bay Centennials||OHL||45||2||7||9||33||17||0||0||0||2 |- | 1993–94||North Bay Centennials||MC||—||—||—||—||—||3||0||0||0||0 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 1994–95||North Bay Centennials||OHL||40||2||14||16||21||—||—||—||—||— |- | 1994–95||Sarnia Sting||OHL||27||5||13||18||27||3||0||0||0||2 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 1995–96||Sarnia Sting||OHL||64||21||38||59||45||10||3||7||10||2 |- | 1996–97||Sarnia Sting||OHL||63||18||60||78||39||12||2||10||12||10 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 1996–97||Fredericton Express||AHL||4||0||1||1||0||—||—||—||—||— |- | 1997–98||Philadelphia Phantoms||AHL||73||9||30||39||46||18||4||4||8||21 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 1998–99||Philadelphia Flyers||NHL||2||0||1||1||0||—||—||—||—||— |- | 1998–99||Philadelphia Phantoms||AHL||70||5||18||23||51||15||1||4||5||6 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 1999–00||Philadelphia Phantoms||AHL||39||12||14||26||31||—||—||—||—||— |- | 1999–00||Philadelphia Flyers||NHL||27||2||5||7||8||18||5||2||7||14 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2000–01||Philadelphia Flyers||NHL||66||5||9||14||16||2||1||0||1||2 |- | 2001–02||Nashville Predators||NHL||73||16||22||38||22||—||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2002–03||Nashville Predators||NHL||71||18||16||34||28||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2003–04||Buffalo Sabres||NHL||37||2||5||7||29||—||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2003–04||Rochester Americans||AHL||8||0||2||2||2||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2004–05||Adler Mannheim||DEL||50||7||16||23||59||14||1||6||7||12 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2005–06||Columbus Blue Jackets||NHL||7||0||0||0||2||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2005–06||Syracuse Crunch||AHL||66||17||55||72||46||6||0||1||1||19 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2006–07||Springfield Falcons||AHL||47||12||12||24||22||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2006–07||Chicago Wolves||AHL||28||5||11||16||10||15||0||6||6||2 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2007–08||Hamburg Freezers||DEL||51||10||25||35||90||8||0||1||1||12 |- | 2008–09||Hamburg Freezers||DEL||52||9||22||31||70||9||1||3||4||8 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2009–10||Grand Rapids Griffins||AHL||54||5||15||20||32||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2009–10||Abbotsford Heat||AHL||9||1||3||4||4||5||0||3||3||0 |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2010–11||Lørenskog IK||GET||24||5||6||11||20||11||1||6||7||20 |- | 2011–12||KHL Medveščak Zagreb||EBEL||12||1||1||2||14||—||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2011–12||Ritten-Renon||ITA||23||7||16||23||16||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2012–13||Graz 99ers||EBEL||18||2||7||9||42||—||—||—||—||— |- style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2012–13||Ritten-Renon||ITA||16||3||11||14||4||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2012–13||HC Bolzano||ITA||4||1||0||1||2||6||2||4||6||2 |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 283 ! 43 ! 58 ! 101 ! 105 ! 20 ! 6 ! 2 ! 8 ! 16 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Ice hockey stats|legends=10695 }}
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