Ed Jovanovski
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| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Jovo / Jovocop / Special Ed |
| Height Weight |
ft in
( m) 210 lb (95 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams |
Phoenix Coyotes Vancouver Canucks Florida Panthers |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | June
26 1976 , Windsor, Ontario, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 1994 Florida Panthers |
| Pro Career | 1995 – present |
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Ice Hockey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ice Hockey | |
Ed Jovanovski (Macedonian: Ед Јовановски) (born June 26, 1976 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey player of Ethnic Macedonian origin who plays in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes.
Jovanovski, whose parents immigrated to Canada from Macedonia, was drafted first overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and appeared in the Stanley Cup playoff finals with the Panthers in 1996.
Known for his smooth skating, offensive flair, on and off ice leadership and heavy body checks. Jovanovski was traded on January 17, 1999 to the Vancouver Canucks with Dave Gagner, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes and Florida's first round draft choice in the 2000 draft in exchange for Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican, Brad Ference and Vancouver's 3rd round choice in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Achievements include being part of the 2002 Canadian Olympic gold medal team, the 2004 World Cup Championship team and the 2005 World Hockey Championships silver medal team. He was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2006 Olympics but had to pull out before the tournament because of groin injury. In his first game back from his injury he scored one goal and finished the game with two points.
In 2005, Jovanovski was the subject of a documentary by Macedonian-Canadian Bill Yancoff entitled "The Late Bloomer: Ed Jovanovski" which explored his career, family tragedy and his attachments to his Macedonian heritage.
In July 2006, Jovanovski signed a five-year, $32.5 million contract with the Phoenix Coyotes.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | P | PIM | ||
| 1995-96 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 70 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 137 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 52 | ||
| 1996-97 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 61 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 172 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1997-98 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 81 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 158 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998-99 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 41 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998-99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 31 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1999-00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 75 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000-01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 79 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 102 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2001-02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 82 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2002-03 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 67 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 22 | ||
| 2003-04 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 56 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2004-05 | DNP — Lockout | NHL | 44 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 44 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 54 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL Totals | 741 | 97 | 249 | 346 | 1148 | 58 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 92 | ||||
See also
- List of current NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- List of Vancouver Canucks players
- List of Phoenix Coyotes players
External links
| Preceded by Alexandre Daigle |
1st Overall
Pick in NHL Entry Draft 1994 |
Succeeded by Bryan Berard |
| National Hockey League first overall draft picks |
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Monahan • Gauthier • Veilleux • Gibbs • Pagnutti • Plasse • Houle • Perreault • Lafleur • Harris • Potvin • Joly • Bridgman • Green • McCourt • Smith • Ramage • Wickenheiser • Hawerchuk • Kluzak • Lawton • Lemieux • Clark • Murphy • Turgeon • Modano • Sundin • Nolan • Lindros • Hamrlik • Daigle • Jovanovski • Berard • Phillips • Thornton • Lecavalier • Stefan • DiPietro • Kovalchuk • Nash • Fleury • Ovechkin • Crosby • Johnson • Kane |
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