Oren Eizenman

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Oren Eizenman
Eizenman with the Worcester Sharks in 2007
Born (1985-03-27) March 27, 1985 (age 39)
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 2007–2013

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).

Biography[edit]

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[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2002–03 Wexford Raiders OPJHL 47 25 32 57 8
2003–04 R.P.I. ECAC 37 6 12 18 12
2004–05 R.P.I. ECAC 27 6 14 20 8
2005–06 R.P.I. ECAC 37 16 22 38 33
2006–07 R.P.I. ECAC 28 9 14 23 37
2007–08 Fresno Falcons ECHL 53 27 39 66 28 6 4 1 5 2
2007–08 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Worcester Sharks AHL 7 0 1 1 4
2008–09 Manitoba Moose AHL 6 0 0 0 2
2008–09 Fresno Falcons ECHL 12 3 10 13 10
2008–09 San Antonio Rampage AHL 5 0 2 2 2
2008–09 Stockton Thunder ECHL 2 0 1 1 4
2008–09 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 20 2 3 5 0 4 0 1 1 4
2009–10 Stockton Thunder ECHL 61 21 38 59 61 15 3 16 19 4
2009–10 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 7 0 1 1 2
2010–11 Elmira Jackals ECHL 20 7 16 23 48 1 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Syracuse Crunch AHL 3 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Hartford Wolf Pack/CT Whale AHL 33 4 2 6 6
2011–12 High1 AL 36 22 41 63 54
2012–13 Nippon Paper Cranes AL 33 13 25 38 34 4 2 2 4 2
AHL totals 82 6 9 15 16 4 0 1 1 4

International[edit]

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[edit]

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

Awards and honours[edit]

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 2003–04

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c ""The Whale's Eizenman No Foreigner To Hockey" - tribunedigital-thecourant". Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. ^ a b c d e f 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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