{{Short description|American ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = {{CSS image crop|Image = Evan Rankin.jpg|bSize = 400|cWidth = 220|cHeight = 250|oTop = 8|oLeft = 035|Location = center}} | caption = Rankin with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2016 | image_size = 230px | played_for = Manitoba Moose<br>Grand Rapids Griffins<br>Rochester Americans<br>Syracuse Crunch<br>Kölner Haie<br>Lehigh Valley Phantoms<br>St. John's IceCaps<br>Utica Comets | position = Right wing | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|03|28}} | birth_place = Portage, Michigan, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 180 | shoots = Right | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2008 | career_end = 2017 }} '''Evan Rankin''' (born March 28, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He last played with the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.
==Playing career== Rankin played regularly for the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL between 2009 and 2011. On November 25, 2011, the Notre Dame product was signed by the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League to a professional tryout contract.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=396 | publisher = Rochester Americans | title = Amerks sign Rankin to try-out | date = 2011-11-25 | accessdate = 2011-11-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141213021852/http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=396 | archive-date = December 13, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> After contributing immediately to the offense, Rankin remained with the Americans for the duration of the 2011–12 season, signing his first AHL contract and scoring an impressive 29 points in 35 games.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=483 | title = Rochester Americans sign Evan Rankin to AHL deal | publisher = Rochester Americans | date = 2012-03-05 | accessdate = 2012-03-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141213022228/http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=483 | archive-date = December 13, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
On July 3, 2012, the Americans announced that Rankin had signed a one-year contract extension to remain with the team in the AHL.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=565 | title = Americans sign Rankin, Schofield to AHL contracts | publisher = Rochester Americans | date = 2012-07-03 | accessdate = 2012-07-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141213022140/http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=565 | archive-date = December 13, 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> During the 2012–13 season, he played in 48 games and contributed offensively with 31 points.
Rankin departed the Amerks as a free agent and, on July 10, 2013, signed a one-year deal with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.syracusecrunch.com/news/2013/7/10/MHOCKEY_0710133454.aspx | title = Crunch sign Rankin to AHL contract | publisher = Syracuse Crunch | date = 2013-07-10 | accessdate = 2013-07-10}}</ref>
On July 22, 2014, Rankin took his career overseas by signing a one-year contract with Kölner Haie of the German DEL.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.haie.de/index.php?type=article&articleId=7023 | title = Three new strikers for KEC | publisher = Kölner Haie | date = 2014-07-22 | accessdate = 2014-07-23 | language = German}}</ref> During the 2014–15 season, he played 18 games for the team but had difficulty adjusting to the European style of play, managing only 3 points. As a result, he chose to return to North America and rejoined the Rochester Americans in the AHL for a second stint on January 26, 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=1206 | title = Amerks sign Evan Rankin to AHL contract | publisher = Rochester Americans | date = 2015-01-26 | accessdate = 2015-01-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102930/http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=1206 | archive-date = April 2, 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
After completing his fifth season with the Walleye in 2016-17, Rankin, who held the franchise record for most goals, officially announced his retirement from professional hockey on September 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.toledowalleye.com/site/story/rankin-closes-curtain-on-great-career | title = Rankin closes curtain on great career | publisher = Toledo Walleye | date = 2017-09-01 | accessdate = 2017-09-01}}</ref>
==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 |- ALIGN="center" | 2003–04 | Lincoln Stars | USHL | 59 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Notre Dame | CCHA | 36 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2005–06 | Notre Dame | CCHA | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Notre Dame | CCHA | 31 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2007–08 | Notre Dame | CCHA | 47 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | CHL | 64 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" | 2009–10 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 65 | 32 | 25 | 57 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2010–11 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 63 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2011–12 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 15 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 35 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" | 2012–13 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 48 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 62 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2014–15 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 32 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2015–16 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 29 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2015–16 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Utica Comets | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2016–17 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 66 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 13 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 215 ! 56 ! 59 ! 115 ! 117 ! 2 ! 0 ! 1 ! 1 ! 0 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rankin, Evan}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:American men's ice hockey right wingers Category:Grand Rapids Griffins players Category:Ice hockey players from Michigan Category:Kölner Haie players Category:Lehigh Valley Phantoms players Category:Lincoln Stars players Category:Manitoba Moose players Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey players Category:Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees players Category:Rochester Americans players Category:St. John's IceCaps players Category:Syracuse Crunch players Category:Toledo Walleye players Category:Utica Comets players