Oren Eizenman

Oren Eizenman (born March 27, 1985) is an Israeli-Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Nippon Paper Cranes in the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH).

Oren Eizenman
Eizenman with the Worcester Sharks in 2007
Born (1985-03-27) March 27, 1985
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Fresno Falcons
Milwaukee Admirals
Worcester Sharks
Manitoba Moose
San Antonio Rampage
Syracuse Crunch
Hartford Wolf Pack
Connecticut Whale
High1
Nippon Paper Cranes
National team  Israel
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 20072013

Biography

Eizenman was born in Toronto, Canada, to Ronit and Moshe Eizenman, and is Jewish.[1][2][3][4] He spent some of his childhood living in a suburb of Tel Aviv.[5] His father is a University of Toronto professor and an expert on eye tracking, and his mother is a teacher.[1] He is the brother of ice hockey players Alon (now a lawyer) and Erez Eizenman (now a management consultant), all three of whom have played for the Israeli national team.[1]

Eizenman played hockey for the Wexford Raiders in the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League (OPJHL).[2] He played two years on the varsity hockey team at Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto.[2]

He played college hockey for RPI.[6] As a freshman in 2003-04 he was seventh in the ECAC in freshmen scoring, was named to the ECAC Weekly Honor Roll twice, was ECAC Rookie of the Week once, and was named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team.[2] In 2005-06 he was ECACHL Weekly Honor Roll four times, and ECACHL All-Academic.[2] In 2006-07 he was ECACHL Weekly Honor Roll and ECACHL All-Academic.[2]

Eizenman's professional career began with the Fresno Falcons.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 472532578
2003–04 R.P.I. ECAC 376121812
2004–05 R.P.I. ECAC 27614208
2005–06 R.P.I. ECAC 3716223833
2006–07 R.P.I. ECAC 289142337
2007–08 Fresno Falcons ECHL 5327396628 64152
2007–08 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 10000
2007–08 Worcester Sharks AHL 70114
2008–09 Manitoba Moose AHL 60002
2008–09 Fresno Falcons ECHL 123101310
2008–09 San Antonio Rampage AHL 50222
2008–09 Stockton Thunder ECHL 20114
2008–09 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 202350 40114
2009–10 Stockton Thunder ECHL 6121385961 15316194
2009–10 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 70112
2010–11 Elmira Jackals ECHL 207162348 10000
2010–11 Syracuse Crunch AHL 30000
2010–11 Hartford Wolf Pack/CT Whale AHL 334266
2011–12 High1 AL 3622416354
2012–13 Nippon Paper Cranes AL 3313253834 42242
AHL totals 82691516 40114

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Israel WC-D2 2 0 0 0 0
2005 Israel WC-D2 5 10 4 14 6
2006 Israel WC-D1 5 1 2 3 6
2013 Israel WC-D2 5 8 10 18 4
2014 Israel WC-D2 5 3 5 8 0
Senior totals 27 22 21 43 16

Personal life

Eizenman was married to Jacqueline Frisch on June 26, 2016.

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 2003–04

See also

References

  1. "The Whale's Eizenman No Foreigner To Hockey" - tribunedigital-thecourant
  2. RPI Engineers – Oren Eizenman – 2006 Men's Hockey
  3. Nachenberg, Dave (4 March 2014). "Mike Cammalleri Breaks All-time Jewish NHL Record". Haaretz. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. "Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; Minor Leagues". Jewish Sports Review. 8 (87): 7–8. October 2011.
  5. "Israels ice man: Oren Eizenman feels at home playing minor league hockey in Stockton" – J
  6. Stutt, Kurt (2005). Skating Engineers: Hockey at RPI. Arcadia. p. 118. ISBN 9780738536927.
  7. Robinson, Ken (25 January 2008). "Oren Eizenman has his college degree. He has led Israel to a world hockey title. And he now paces the Falcons in goals and points. Is his NHL dream within reach?". Fresno Bee. McClatchy. ProQuest 267918963.
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