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Canada John Van Kessel
#55 EV Zeltweg / Austria - 00/01
Date of Birth
Dec 19, 1969
Position
RW
Age
54
Height
6'4" / 193 cm
Place of Birth
Bridgewater, NS, CAN
Weight
216 lbs / 98 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
1988 round 3 #49 overall by Los Angeles Kings

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John Van Kessel Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1986-87 Belleville Bulls OHL 61* 1* 10* 11* 58* -* |
1987-88 Belleville Bulls OHL 6* 1* 0* 1* 11* -* |
North Bay Centennials OHL 44* 12* 16* 28* 203* -* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 16 -
1988-89 North Bay Centennials OHL 50* 7* 13* 20* 218* -* | Playoffs 11 2 4 6 32 -
1989-90 North Bay Centennials OHL 40* 7* 21* 28* 127* -* | Playoffs 5 0 3 3 16 -
New Haven Nighthawks AHL 6* 1* 1* 2* 9* -* |
1990-91 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 65* 15* 15* 30* 246* -* | Playoffs 3 1 1 2 16 -
1991-92 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 44* 2* 6* 8* 247* -* |
1992-93 New Haven Senators AHL 17* 2* 3* 5* 60* -6* |
1993-94 Wheeling Thunderbirds ECHL 17* 1* 8* 9* 119* 7* |
Cape Breton Oilers AHL 37* 2* 7* 9* 154* -6* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 12 -4
1994-95 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 38* 8* 9* 17* 148* -14* |
1995-96 Hampton Roads Admirals ECHL 5* 1* 3* 4* 14* -3* |
1996-97 HK Bled Slovenia 29* -* -* -* 185* -* |
1997-98 Kaufbeurer Adler DEL 13* 3* 1* 4* 49* -5* |
EV Landshut DEL 4* 2* 2* 4* 6* -* |
Düsseldorfer EG DEL 20* 3* 2* 5* 93* -5* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 29 -
1998-99 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 36* 6* 7* 13* 81* -* |
1999-00 Did not play * * * * * * |
2000-01 EV Zeltweg Austria 3* 0* 1* 1* 33* 2* |

John Van Kessel Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 98* 13* 20* 33* 0.34* 371* -26* | 1 5 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 12 * -4 *
Austria 1 3* 0* 1* 1* 0.33* 33* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
DEL 2 73* 14* 12* 26* 0.36* 229* -10* | 1 2 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 29 * - *
ECHL 2 22* 2* 11* 13* 0.59* 133* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
IHL 2 109* 17* 21* 38* 0.35* 493* -* | 1 3 1 * 1 * 2 * 0.67 * 16 * - *
OHL 4 201* 28* 60* 88* 0.44* 617* -* | 3 20 3 * 8 * 11 * 0.55 * 64 * - *
Slovenia 1 29* -* -* -* -* 185* -* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1992, 1 #18 overall by Ottawa Senators in the NHL Expansion Draft

Drafted 1986, 3 #42 overall by Belleville Bulls in the OHL Priority Selection