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OHL Draft: Niagara Falls Thunder, 1st Round, 6th Overall, 1995.
NHL Draft:
Montreal Canadiens, 1st Round, 11th Overall, 1997.

Career Notes... Acquired from the Los Angeles Kings for 5th round draft pick in 2007 (2/27/07) ... Acquired from the New York Rangers along with Marc-Andre Cliche and Jan Marek for Sean Avery and John Seymour (2/5/07) ... Signed as a free agent by the New York Rangers (8/4/05) ... Tallied first career playoff points with assists in back-to-back games against Boston (4/13-15/04) ... Received Les Cunningham Plaque as 2002-03 AHL's Regular Season MVP ... Named to the 2002-03 AHL's First All-Star.

1998-99... With Plymouth... Appeared in 11 post-season games with Plymouth (OHL), recording a 6g-8a-14p line with 12 penalty minutes and appeared in 23 regular-season games, recording a 14g-13a-27p line with 28 penalty minutes ... Had 3-game goal and point streak (4/7-10) with 4g-2a-6p line: Tallied a goal and an assist vs. London (4/7). Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, and an assist vs. London (4/10) ... Had 3-game assist and multi-point streak (3/23-26) with 1g-6a-7p line: Tallied 2 assists at Windsor (3/23). Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist at Windsor (3/25). Notched 3 assists vs. Windsor (3/26) ... Tallied points in back-to-back games with a goal at Erie (3/2) and an assist at Brampton (3/19) ... Had 4-game goal and point streak (2/20-27) with 5g-6a-11p line, including 3-game assist and multi-point streak (2/21-27): Tallied a goal, 2 assists, and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. London (2/21). Scored 2 goals and an assist vs. Owen Sound (2/24). Recorded a goal and 3 assists vs. Kitchener (2/27) ... Had 3-game goal and point streak (2/6-10) with 4g-1a-5p line: Scored a shorthanded goal and added an assist vs. Toronto (2/6). Scored 2 goals, including the game-winner, at Sarnia (2/7) ... Tallied goals in back-to-back games with 2 goals, including the game-winner, an assist, and a +4 plus/minus rating at Erie (1/22) and a shorthanded goal at Erie (1/23) ... Had 9-game point streak (11/29-1/17) with 5g-10a-15p line, including 4-game assist streak (1/9-16) and 3-game assist streak (11/29-12/4): Had 5-game point streak carried over from Windsor. Tallied an assist in his Whalers debut vs. the Soo (1/10). Notched 2 assists vs. Guelph (1/16). Scored his first goal as a Whaler at the Soo (1/17). Acquired from the Windsor Spitfires for Kyle Chapman and Maxim Linnik (1/10) ... With Windsor... Appeared in 12 regular-season games with Windsor (OHL), recording a 8g-11a-19p line with 25 penalty minutes ... Ended career with Windsor on 5-game point streakk  (11/29-1/9) with 4g-6a-10p, including 3-game assist streak (11/29-12/4): Tallied 2 assists vs. Peterborough (11/29). Tallied a goal and an assist vs. London (12/3). Scored goals in back-to-back games (1/7-9), including 2 goals, one shorthanded, 2 assists, and a +4 plus/minus rating vs. the Soo (1/9) ... Had 3-game goal and point streak (10/1-8) to start the season with 4g-4a-8p line: Had 8-game point streak and 4-game goal streak carry over from the previous season for 11-game point streak and 7-game goal streak. Had assists in back-to-back games with 2 goals, including one shorthanded, and 3 assists at the Soo (10/2) and a goal and an assist vs. the Soo (10/8).

1997-98... With Quebec... Appeared in 1 post-season game with Fredericton (AHL), with no points and 2 penalty minutes and appeared in 7 regular-season games, tallying a goal and 2 penalty minutes ... With Windsor... Appeared in 26 regular-season games with Windsor (OHL), recording a 19g-27a-46p line with 34 penalty minutes ... Had 8-game point streak (2/22-3/12) with 6g-6a-12p line to end the season, including 4-game goal streak (3/5-12) and 3-game assist streak (2/26-3/1): Scored 2 goals vs. Erie (3/5). Tallied a goal and an assist vs. Owen Sound (3/8). Scored a shorthanded goal at Plymouth (3/11). Notched a goal and 2 assists vs. London (3/12) ... Had 13-game point streak (1/18-2/19) with 10g-19a-29p line, including 7-game assist streak (1/22-2/5), 5-game multi-point streak (1/22-30), and 3-game goal streak (2/13-19): Notched 2 assists vs. Plymouth (1/22). Recorded 4 assists at Owen Sound (1/24). Tallied 2 assists at Barrie (1/25). Scored goals in back-to-back games with 2 goals and 2 assists vs. the Soo (1/29) a goal and an assist at London (1/30). Tallied goals in back-to-back games (2/5-9), including 2 goals, one being the game-winner, and 2 assists vs. Kingston (2/5). Tallied assists in back-to-back games with 2 assists vs. Toronto (2/12) and a goal and 2 assists at the Soo (2/13). Notched a goal and an assist vs. Plymouth (2/19) ... Had 3-game point streak (1/8-15) with 3g-2a-5p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games with the game-winner at Sarnia (1/9) and 2 goals, including one shorthanded, and an assist vs. Sudbury (1/15) ... Made Spitfires debut vs. Erie (1/8). Acquired from the Erie Otters for Michael Rupp (1/6) ... With Erie... Appeared in 21 regular-season games with Erie (OHL), recording a 7g-9a-16p line with 42 penalty minutes ... Had 3-game assist streak (11/28-12/6), including a shorthanded goal and an assist at Plymouth (12/6) ... Had 3-game point streak (11/2-8) with 2g-2a-4p line: Scored goals in back-to-back games with a goal and an assist at Sarnia (11/2) and a shorthanded goal vs. Belleville (11/7) ... Had 4-game point streak (10/24-31) with 2g-4a-6p line, including 3-game assist streak (10/25-31): Tallied a goal and an assist at Windsor (10/30). Notched 2 assists at London (10/31) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games to start the season at Kingston (9/26) and at Belleville (9/27).

1996-97... With Erie... Appeared in 5 post-season games with Erie (OHL), recording a 1g-2a-3p line with 2 penalty minutes and appeared in 58 regular-season games, recording a 25g-39a-64p line with 137 penalty minutes.

1996-97... With Niagara Falls... Appeared in 10 post-season games with Niagara Falls (OHL), recording a 6g-4a-10p line with 23 penalty minutes and appeared in 64 regular-season games, recording a 15g-35a-50p line with 139 penalty minutes.

 

Ward's Career OHL Stats

REGULAR SEASON

Year Team
GP
G
A
P
 
+/-
PIM
GWG
PPG
SHG
1995-96
Niagara Falls Thunder
64
15
35
50
  -- 139 -- -- --
1996-97
Erie Otters
58
25
39
64
  +6 137 -- -- --
1997-98
Erie Otters
21
7
9
16
  -5 42 0 0 2
 
Windsor Spitfires
26
19
27
46
  -21 34 2 6 2
1998-99
Windsor Spitfires
12
8
11
19
  0 25 0 3 2
 
Plymouth Whalers
23
14
13
27
  +27 28 2 1 3
 

Totals

204
88
134
222
 
--
405
--
--
--

 

PLAYOFFS

Year Team
GP
G
A
P
 
+/-
PIM
GWG
PPG
SHG
1995-96
Niagara Falls Thunder
10
6
4
10
-- 23 -- -- --
1996-97
Erie Otters
5
1
2
3
-- 2 -- -- --
1997-98
Windsor Spitfires
--
--
--
--
-- -- -- -- --
1998-99
Plymouth Whalers
11
6
8
14
+3 12 2 2 0
 

Totals

26
13
14
27
--
37
--
--
--

 

 


 
 
 
 


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