Aaron Ward
Player profile and career history
D · #4
Aaron Ward was a defenceman. Born January 17, 1973 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he stood 6'2", weighed 209 lbs and shot right. He was drafted in 1991 (round 1, 5th overall) by the WIN. In 839 NHL regular-season games he had 44 goals and 107 assists for 151 points.
NHL regular-season career
- Games
- 839
- Goals
- 44
- Assists
- 107
- Points
- 151
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 107
- Game Winning Goals
- 9
- Games Played
- 839
- Goals
- 44
- Ot Goals
- 3
- Pim
- 736
- Plus Minus
- -41
- Points
- 151
- Power Play Goals
- 2
- Power Play Points
- 9
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.0648
- Shorthanded Goals
- 1
- Shorthanded Points
- 8
- Shots
- 679
NHL playoff career
- Games
- 95
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 6
- Points
- 10
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 6
- Game Winning Goals
- 0
- Games Played
- 95
- Goals
- 4
- Ot Goals
- 0
- Pim
- 73
- Plus Minus
- 5
- Points
- 10
- Power Play Goals
- 0
- Power Play Points
- 0
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.0563
- Shorthanded Goals
- 0
- Shorthanded Points
- 1
- Shots
- 71
NHL career scoring rates
- Goals / game
- 0.05
- Assists / game
- 0.13
- Points / game
- 0.18
- Shots / game
- 0.81
Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.
NHL season record highs
Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.
- Goals
- 6 2005–06 · Carolina Hurricanes
- Assists
- 19 2005–06 · Carolina Hurricanes
- Points
- 25 2005–06 · Carolina Hurricanes
- Shots
- 69 2001–02 · Carolina Hurricanes
Teams & leagues through the years
Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.
2009–10
2008–09
2007–08
2006–07
2005–06
2004–05
- IngolstadtGermany
2003–04
2002–03
2001–02
2000–01
1999–00
1998–99
1997–98
1996–97
1995–96
- Adirondack Red WingsAHL
1994–95
- Adirondack Red WingsAHL
Detroit Red WingsNHL
1993–94
- Adirondack Red WingsAHL
Detroit Red WingsNHL
1992–93
- U. Of MichiganCCHA
- CanadaNat-Tm
1991–92
- U. Of MichiganCCHA
1990–91
- U. Of MichiganCCHA
1989–90
- NepeanCJHL
- Nepean RaidersCJHL
1988–89
- NepeanCJHL
- Nepean RaidersCJHL
Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.
Season-by-season history
All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.
Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.
| Season | League | Team | Type | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/− | Shots | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | NHL | Regular | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2009–10 | NHL | Regular | 60 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 54 | -17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2008–09 | NHL | Regular | 65 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 16 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2008–09 | NHL | Playoffs | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2007–08 | NHL | Regular | 65 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | All stats
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| 2007–08 | NHL | Playoffs | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2006–07 | NHL | Regular | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | -8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2006–07 | NHL | Regular | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 57 | -3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2005–06 | NHL | Regular | 71 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 62 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 2005–06 | NHL | Playoffs | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2004–05 | Germany | Ingolstadt | Regular | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2004–05 | Germany | Ingolstadt | Playoffs | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2003–04 | NHL | Regular | 49 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2002–03 | NHL | Regular | 77 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 90 | -23 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | All stats
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| 2001–02 | NHL | Regular | 79 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 74 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | All stats
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| 2001–02 | NHL | Playoffs | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2000–01 | NHL | Regular | 73 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 57 | -4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1999–00 | NHL | Regular | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | -4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1999–00 | NHL | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1998–99 | NHL | Regular | 60 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 52 | -5 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1998–99 | NHL | Playoffs | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1997–98 | NHL | Regular | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 47 | -1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 1996–97 | NHL | Regular | 49 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 52 | -9 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1996–97 | NHL | Playoffs | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1995–96 | AHL | Adirondack Red Wings | Regular | 74 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1995–96 | AHL | Adirondack Red Wings | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1994–95 | AHL | Adirondack Red Wings | Regular | 76 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1994–95 | NHL | Regular | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1994–95 | AHL | Adirondack Red Wings | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1993–94 | AHL | Adirondack Red Wings | Regular | 58 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1993–94 | NHL | Regular | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 1993–94 | AHL | Adirondack Red Wings | Playoffs | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1992–93 | CCHA | U. Of Michigan | Regular | 30 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1992–93 | Nat-Tm | Canada | Regular | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1991–92 | CCHA | U. Of Michigan | Regular | 42 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1990–91 | CCHA | U. Of Michigan | Regular | 46 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1989–90 | CJHL | Nepean | Regular | 52 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1989–90 | CJHL | Nepean Raiders | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1988–89 | CJHL | Nepean | Regular | 54 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 1988–89 | CJHL | Nepean Raiders | Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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NHL game-by-game archive
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NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.
Recent NHL games
| Date | Opponent | Goals | Assists | Points | Time on ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-11 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 2010-04-09 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 2010-04-08 | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 2010-04-06 | LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 2010-04-02 | VAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:09 |
Awards
Career refresh is delayed. The last imported record is retained.
Profile updated Oct 13, 9:45 am EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.