Chad Wiseman

Chad Wiseman (born March 25, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. As a player, he played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers. After retiring in 2015, he became the head coach and general manager of the New York/Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League from 2015 to 2018. He is currently the associate coach for the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League.

Chad Wiseman
Born (1981-03-25) March 25, 1981
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for San Jose Sharks
New York Rangers
NHL Draft 246th overall, 2000
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 2001–2014

Biography

Wiseman was born in Burlington, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Wexford, Toronto.[1]

Wiseman was drafted 246th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Wiseman played nine NHL games in his career, scoring one goal and one assist for two points. Wiseman started his NHL career in the 2002–03 season with the San Jose Sharks, appearing in four games. On August 12, 2003, the Sharks traded Wiseman to the New York Rangers for Nils Ekman. Wiseman played one game in the 2003–04 season, scoring one goal.

After the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he played four games during the 2005–06 season, recording one assist. He also appeared in his first career playoff game in the first round for New York. At the end of the season, Wiseman became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the Washington Capitals on July 14, 2006.[2] He never played a game for the Capitals however, spending the year with Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League instead.

He moved to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 2007 and signed for EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams. In 2008, Wiseman signed with the New Jersey Devils, but spent the season playing for the Lowell Devils of the AHL. On January 17, 2010, while playing with the Lowell Devils, Wiseman scored four goals and two assists, for a total of six points against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. On March 9, 2011, Wiseman, playing for the Albany Devils, scored four goals in 9:03 against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, setting a franchise record for the most goals in a single period of play and matching the franchise record for most goals scored in a single game.

On October 29, 2013, Wiseman signed to play the 2013–14 season with Östersunds IK of Division 1, the third tier league in Sweden.[3] In August 2014, Wiseman signed a one-year contract to play with the Nippon Paper Cranes in the ALH.

On August 4, 2015, Wiseman became the head coach for the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) in the league's inaugural season.[4] A year later he was also named general manager. In the 2017–18 season, he led the rebranded Metropolitan Riveters to win the Isobel Cup NWHL championship.

Following the championship season with the Riveters, he returned to his hometown to coach the Burlington Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. for the 2018–19 season.[5] However, prior to coaching any games for the Cougars, he was named an assistant coach for the Guelph Storm in the major junior Ontario Hockey League.[6]

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  2. Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "NHL-meriterade förvärvet: "Vill hjälpa ÖIK att vända trenden"". Op.se. October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "COUGARS NAME NEW COACH FOR 2018/19". Burlington Cougars. March 19, 2018.
  6. "Storm Name Chad Wiseman Assistant Coach". OurSportsCentral.com. August 9, 2018.
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