Kenndal McArdle (born January 4, 1987) is a
Canadian
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former professional
ice hockey
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left winger
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who played with the
Florida Panthers
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and the
Winnipeg Jets
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in the
National Hockey League
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(NHL).
Playing career
As a youth, McArdle played in the 2001
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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with a
minor ice hockey
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team from
Burnaby
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.
McArdle began his
major junior
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career playing for the
Moose Jaw Warriors
The Moose Jaw Warriors are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The Warriors play in the East Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Moose Jaw Events Centre ...
of the
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior h ...
(WHL). He recorded his most prolific WHL season in
2004–05 with 37 goals and 74 points. In the off-season, he was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, in the
2005 NHL Entry Draft
The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft. Originally scheduled to be held on June 25, the 2004–05 NHL lockout led to the draft being postponed to July 30.
Special procedures were required to determine the order of picks, because ...
by the
Florida Panthers
The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern ...
.
Returning to the WHL, McArdle was traded to the
Vancouver Giants
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in early December 2006. Later that month, he was named to
Team Canada for the
2007 World Junior Championships, where he earned gold. He completed the
2006–07 season helping the Giants to the
2007 Memorial Cup
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championship as the host city.
Graduating from junior, McArdle was assigned by Florida to the
Rochester Americans
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of the
American Hockey League
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(AHL), where he scored 10 points in 36 games in his professional rookie season. He completed the
2007-08 season in the
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL).
The E ...
playing in six games, and scoring four points (three goals and one assist), for the
Florida Everblades
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL and are affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (N ...
. McArdle also played in three
Kelly Cup
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Playoff games.
The following season, in
2008–09, McArdle improved to 24 points in 58 games with the Americans. He also appeared in three NHL games. He made his NHL debut on December 2, 2008, skating a total of 5:26 of ice times in their 5–3 win at the
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL) ...
.
During his final year of his entry-level contract on January 23, 2010, McArdle scored his first NHL goal for the Panthers against
Jonas Gustavsson
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of the
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
.
On July 8, 2011, McArdle was traded to the
Winnipeg Jets
The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, pl ...
in exchange for
Angelo Esposito
Angelo Esposito (born February 20, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who last played for České Budějovice Motor of the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League. Esposito was drafted in the first round (20th overall) by the Pi ...
. McArdle made the opening night roster for the inaugural season of the Jets in the
2011–12 season. After he was kept scoreless in nine games with the Jets, he was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the
St. John's IceCaps
The St. John's IceCaps were a professional ice hockey team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. They were members of the North Division of the Eastern Conference of the American Hockey League (AHL). The team was originally aff ...
on November 18, 2011. McArdle contributed with 7 goals in 35 games with the IceCaps before he was again on the move, reassigned in an AHL trade to the
Portland Pirates
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for the remainder of the season on March 2, 2012.
Without a contract offer from the Jets and with the uncertainty of the
2012–13 NHL lockout
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, McArdle was invited to an AHL try-out at the
Norfolk Admirals Norfolk Admirals has been the name of two professional ice hockey franchises:
* Norfolk Admirals (AHL), a team which played in the American Hockey League from 2000 to 2015
*Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)
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training camp for the
2012–13 season. Failing to make the
Calder Cup
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The cup is made of sterling silver mounted on a base of Brazilian mahogany. In its curr ...
reigning Admirals, he was released from his try-out and on October 28, 2012, was signed to a one-year contract with the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL, marking his first return to the league since 2008. On January 24, 2013, the Chicago Blackhawks announced he had signed to an AHL contract with their affiliate, the
Rockford IceHogs
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, for the remainder of the season.
![Kenndal McArdle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Kenndal_McArdle.jpg)
On May 13, 2013, McArdle signed his first European contract in agreeing to a one-year deal with
VIK Västerås HK Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following:
Places Iceland
*Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland
Iran
* Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
Norway
* ...
of the Swedish
HockeyAllsvenskan
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. After a successful season with Västerås, McArdle initially joined
Malmö Redhawks
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on an optional two-year contract, but on July 31, 2014, he terminated his contract and opted to retire from professional hockey after securing an investment banking job in
Vancouver
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.
Awards
*Won a gold medal with
Team Canada at the
World Junior Championships in
2007
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.
*Won the
Memorial Cup
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with the
Vancouver Giants
The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup (now known as the Ed Chynoweth Cup) in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in th ...
as
CHL champions in
2007
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.
Personal life
Born in Canada, McArdle is of Trinidadian descent.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
*
Hockey's Future Profile
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1987 births
Living people
Black Canadian ice hockey players
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Canadian sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent
Florida Everblades players
Florida Panthers draft picks
Florida Panthers players
Greenville Road Warriors players
Sportspeople from Toronto
Malmö Redhawks players
Memorial Cup winners
Moose Jaw Warriors players
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
Portland Pirates players
Rochester Americans players
Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players
St. John's IceCaps players
Vancouver Giants players
VIK Västerås HK players
Winnipeg Jets players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden