Derrick Walser

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image_size = 230px | caption = Walser with the Rapperswil–Jona Lakers in 2014 | alt = | image = NLA, Lausanne HC vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, 11th November 2014 30.JPG | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|5|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 194 | position = Defence | shoots = Left | played_for = Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)<br /> Vityaz Chekhov (KHL) <br /> Eisbären Berlin (DEL) <br /> Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (NLA) <br /> Belfast Giants (EIHL) | ntl_team = Canada | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 1998 | career_end = 2017 }} {{MedalTableTop| name = no}} {{Medal|Sport|Ice hockey}} {{Medal|Country|{{ih|CAN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Spengler Cup}} {{Medal|Gold|2012 Davos|}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Derrick Walser''' (born May 12, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Most recently he was the head coach of the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League. Walser played 91 National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

==Career== Walser was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Calgary Flames on October 16, 1998. He was immediately assigned to Calgary's ECHL affiliate in Johnstown. Walser would spend parts of two seasons with the Johnstown Chiefs where he would score 25 goals and 38 goals in 73 games. Walser, along with teammate Joel Irving were named starters<ref>{{cite web |last=Mastovich |first=Mike |url=http://www.tribune-democrat.com/chiefs/local_story_006230455.html |title=Herbers to coach All-Star team » Chiefs » The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA |publisher=Tribune-democrat.com |accessdate=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130204235041/http://www.tribune-democrat.com/chiefs/local_story_006230455.html |archivedate=2013-02-04 }}</ref> for the Eastern Conference in the 2000 ECHL All-Star game.<ref>[http://www.echl.com/upload_images/2007AllStarMediaNotes.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011023030/http://www.echl.com/upload_images/2007AllStarMediaNotes.pdf |date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> Walser would spend the entire 2000-01 season in the AHL with the Saint John Flames.

Walser played 91 career NHL games, all with the Columbus Blue Jackets, scoring 8 goals and 21 assists for 29 points. He spent the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, winning back-to-back German championships, but would have his rights retained by the Blue Jackets. On June 30, 2005, the Blue Jackets sent Walser and their 2006 fourth-round selection to Carolina for a 2005 fourth round pick that had previously belonged to Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=2251&hubname=nhl |title=NHL |publisher=Tsn.ca |date= |accessdate=2013-12-03}}</ref> Columbus would use the pick to draft enforcer Jared Boll. He would return to North America for the 2006–07 season to sign with the Carolina Hurricanes organization. Before playing a game with Carolina, he was traded back to Columbus for prospect Mark Flood, a former 2003 draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens. In 2007, Walser signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs and played one season with the affiliate Toronto Marlies. After one season, he left the organization and signed with Chekhov Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League.

On June 5, 2009, he announced that he would be returning to his former club, Eisbären Berlin, where he would spend two more years. In his second year (2010–11), he was a key member of Berlin’s team who won the German championship and the European Trophy. Walser received DEL Defenseman of the Year honors that season.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.rodi-db.de/player.php?id=4360|title = RODI-DB - Die deutsche Eishockey-Datenbank| website = www.rodi-db.de|access-date =April 4, 2016}}</ref>

Walser left Berlin at the end of the 2010-11 season, embarking on a four-year stint with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.eishockey.ch/Derrick+Walser+kommt+zu+den+Lakers/489572/detail.htm|title = Derrick Walser kommt zu den Lakers|last = AG|first = VADIAN.NET| website = www.eishockey.ch|language = de|access-date =April 4, 2016}}</ref> He played a total of 185 games for the Lakers, scoring 42 goals and assisting on 81 others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.24heures.ch/sports/actu/derrick-walser-quitte-rapperswil-irlande-nord/story/24523795|title=Derrick Walser quitte Rapperswil pour l'Irlande du Nord| newspaper = VQH|access-date=April 6, 2016|date=July 30, 2015}}</ref>

On July 30, 2015 Walser was appointed player/coach of Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/33718600|title = Derrick Walser appointed new coach of Belfast Giants|access-date = 2016-04-04|date = 2015-07-30}}</ref> After two seasons with the team, Walser left Belfast at the end of the 2016-17 season; his departure was confirmed in April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishicehockey.co.uk/eihl/belfast-giants/walser-leaves-the-giants/ |title=Walser leaves the Giants |website=British Ice Hockey |access-date=2017-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125550/http://www.britishicehockey.co.uk/eihl/belfast-giants/walser-leaves-the-giants/ |archive-date=2017-04-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Walser has since become an assistant coach with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. <ref>{{cite web |title=Hockey Operations |url=https://gopetesgo.com/hockey-operations |publisher=Peterborough Petes |access-date=July 8, 2023}}</ref>

== Family == His family consist of His wife sara walser having two kids Hudson and Camden walser

* His son Camden has recently been recognized for his own playing career following in his fathers footsteps. Winning top goaltender at the Canadian National championships (Telus Cup)

==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- 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 |- | 1994–95 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 48 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 69 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 56 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 16 |- | 1996–97 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 37 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | Rimouski Océanic | QMJHL | 31 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |- | 1997–98 | Rimouski Océanic | QMJHL | 70 | 41 | 69 | 110 | 135 | 18 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 49 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 40 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1998–99 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 24 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–2000 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1999–2000 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 54 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 104 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 76 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 |- | 2001–02 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 73 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |- | 2002–03 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 53 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 28 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2003–04 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 27 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 48 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |- | 2004–05 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 50 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 143 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 48 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 120 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 |- | 2006–07 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2006–07 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 49 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 77 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 82 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 30 |- | 2008–09 | Vityaz Chekhov | KHL | 51 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 51 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- | 2010–11 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 51 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 91 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 44 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2012–13 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 28 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 35 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2014–15 | Rapperswil–Jona Lakers | NLA | 39 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Belfast Giants | GBR | 43 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | 2016–17 | Belfast Giants | GBR | 51 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 411 ! 89 ! 181 ! 270 ! 397 ! 49 ! 11 ! 20 ! 31 ! 60 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 91 ! 8 ! 21 ! 29 ! 56 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | DEL totals ! 200 ! 52 ! 96 ! 148 ! 402 ! 40 ! 14 ! 12 ! 26 ! 56 |}

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