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O'Marra with the Oklahoma City Barons in 2011
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| Born | June 9, 1987 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| ACH team Former teams |
Stoney Creek Generals Edmonton Oilers Anaheim Ducks Lahti Pelicans HC Fassa Vålerenga HC Pustertal Wölfe Coventry Blaze |
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| NHL Draft | 15th overall, 2005 New York Islanders |
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| Playing career | 2006–2018 | ||
Ryan O'Marra (born June 9, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played hockey for many years, from 2006 to 2018. Ryan was chosen early in the NHL Draft by the New York Islanders. He played 33 games in the NHL before finishing his career playing in different leagues in Europe.
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Early Life and Education
Ryan O'Marra was born in Tokyo, Japan. His parents were Irish Canadian. When he was just one year old, his family moved to Canada. Later in his life, Ryan also studied at Athabasca University.
Ryan's Hockey Journey
Amateur Hockey Years
Ryan O'Marra went to Mentor College Primary School and Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. When he was younger, he played minor ice hockey. He took part in the famous Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament in 2000 and 2001. He played for the North York Rangers and the Toronto Marlboros teams.
Ryan played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Erie Otters. In two seasons with the Otters, he scored 95 points. This included 41 goals and 54 assists in 127 regular season games. He also got 15 points in 15 playoff games with the Otters.
In the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Ryan was picked 15th overall by the New York Islanders. He was the first Canadian player born in Japan to be chosen in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft.
Professional Hockey Career
On March 30, 2006, after his 2005–06 OHL season ended, Ryan signed a three-year contract with the New York Islanders. He then joined the Islanders' minor league team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, in the American Hockey League (AHL). He scored two goals in his very first professional game.
Ryan went back to the Otters for his last junior season in 2006–07. The Otters had a slow start that year. In November, he was traded to the Saginaw Spirit. On February 27, 2007, Ryan's NHL rights were traded to the Edmonton Oilers. This trade also involved Robert Nilsson and a draft pick, in exchange for Ryan Smyth.
After playing two tough seasons with the Oilers' minor league teams, the Springfield Falcons and Stockton Thunder, Ryan made his NHL debut with Edmonton. This happened during the 2009–10 NHL season. He played his first NHL game on November 10, 2009, against the Ottawa Senators.
Ryan got his first NHL point on November 28, 2009. He assisted on a goal by Colin McDonald against the Vancouver Canucks. This goal was also McDonald's first NHL point. Ryan scored his first NHL goal on December 26, 2010, against Cory Schneider of the Canucks. On March 17, 2011, Ryan was called up to the NHL again. This was because many Oilers players were injured. He joined fellow teammates Alexandre Giroux and Chris VandeVelde from the Oklahoma City Barons, which was Edmonton's new AHL team.
During the 2011–12 NHL season, Ryan was traded to the Anaheim Ducks. This trade happened on February 16, 2012, in exchange for Bryan Rodney.
On July 27, 2012, Ryan signed his first contract to play in Europe. He joined Lahti Pelicans in the Finnish SM-liiga for one year. However, after only eight games, he left the team on October 4, 2012. Ryan then played nine games for HC Fassa in Italy. After that, he moved to Vålerenga in Norway for the rest of that season. With Vålerenga, he scored seven goals and had six assists in 15 playoff games.
After playing one season in Italy with Val Pusteria HC, Ryan signed with the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) team Coventry Blaze in the United Kingdom. This was for the 2014–15 season. After playing one season with the Blaze, Ryan announced that he was retiring from professional ice hockey on March 26, 2015.
He continued to play hockey in Alberta at a senior level. He played with the Stoney Creek Generals in the Allan Cup Hockey league.
International Hockey Play
| Medal record | ||
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| Ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
| Gold | 2006 Vancouver | |
| Gold | 2007 Mora | |
| IIHF U18 Championships | ||
| Silver | 2005 České Budějovice | |
Ryan played in his first international tournament with Canada Ontario in 2004. This was the 2004 World U-17 Hockey Challenge. His team won the gold medal by defeating Canada Pacific. He then won another gold medal as the alternate captain for Team Canada at the 2004 U-18 Junior World Cup.
He also played on the Canadian under-18 team. This team won a silver medal at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic.
Ryan was chosen to play for the Canadian junior teams that won consecutive gold medals. These wins were at the 2006 and 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Career Statistics
Regular Season and Playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Georgetown Raiders | OPJHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Streetsville Derbys | OPJHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Erie Otters | OHL | 63 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 68 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Erie Otters | OHL | 64 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Erie Otters | OHL | 61 | 27 | 50 | 77 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Erie Otters | OHL | 13 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 33 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 31 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 24 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 2008–09 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 62 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 74 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 53 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Oklahoma City Barons | AHL | 40 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Pelicans | SM-l | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Fassa | ITA | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Vålerenga | NOR | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 60 | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Pustertal Wölfe | ITA | 37 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 85 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2014–15 | Coventry Blaze | EIHL | 47 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Stoney Creek Generals | ACH | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17 | Stoney Creek Generals | ACH | 15 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | Stoney Creek Generals | AC | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| AHL totals | 286 | 30 | 54 | 84 | 279 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| NHL totals | 33 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International Play Statistics
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 2004 | Canada Ontario | U17 |  |
6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| 2004 | Canada | U18 | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |
| 2005 | Canada | WJC18 |  |
6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2006 | Canada | WJC | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
| 2007 | Canada | WJC | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Junior totals | 29 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 66 | ||||
