Wacey Rabbit

Wacey Rabbit
Wacey Rabbit
Born	November 16, 1986 (age 37); Lethbridge, AB, CAN
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
AHL team; Former teams	San Antonio Rampage; Providence Bruins; Milwaukee Admirals; KHL Medveščak
NHL draft	154th overall, 2005; Boston Bruins
Playing career	2006–present

Wacey Rabbit (born November 6, 1986) is a Native Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League.

Playing career

Rabbit played major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL). During his draft year in 2004–05, he recorded 67 points and was then selected in the 5th round, 154th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Rabbit turned pro in 2006–07 season with Boston's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Providence Bruins. However, after he was demoted to the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) in January, Vancouver Giants general manager Scott Bonner requested from the Boston Bruins that they send Rabbit back down to the juniors. Rabbit was then traded from the Saskatoon Blades for Kenton Dulle and a second-round pick in the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft.^[1]

Returning to the WHL, Rabbit helped the 2007 Memorial Cup hosts, the Vancouver Giants, to the WHL Finals against the Medicine Hat Tigers with 20 points in 22 games, but they were defeated in seven games. In the subsequent Memorial Cup, the Giants met the Tigers again in the final game and won the CHL title.

In 2007–08, Rabbit returned to Providence and recorded 26 points in 66 games. The following season, he improved to 34 points in 74 games. In the 2009 off-season after the Bruins declined to extend a contract to Wacey, he was signed on by the Nashville Predators AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals on October 2, 2009.^[2] In the 2009–10 season, Rabbit appeared in 76 games with the Admirals, however failed to establish himself and posted a professional career low 18 points.

Without an NHL offer, Rabbit left North America and secured a try-out as a free agent with Croatian team KHL Medveščak of the Erste Bank Hockey League on August 30, 2010.^[3] After only a week on trial on September 7, 2010, Rabbit was signed by Medveščak to a one-year contract with an optional second year^[4]

Wacey played with the Florida Panthers AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage during the 2011-2012 season helping them qualify for the Calder cup playoffs and beat the Chicago Wolves in the 1st round 3-2 and met with the Oklahoma City Barons who they were defeated 4 games to 1

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001–02	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	3	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	62	21	24	45	33	5	1	3	4	6
2003–04	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	60	9	8	17	51	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	70	22	45	67	70	4	1	2	3	0
2005–06	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	64	28	28	56	45	10	5	3	8	4
2006–07	Providence Bruins	AHL	22	1	2	3	25	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Vancouver Giants	WHL	30	11	25	36	34	22	11	9	20	16
2007–08	Providence Bruins	AHL	66	9	17	26	51	4	2	0	2	2
2008–09	Providence Bruins	AHL	74	16	18	34	74	14	1	5	6	8
2009–10	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	76	8	10	18	53	5	0	0	0	0
2010–11	KHL Medveščak	EBEL	53	12	27	39	111	2	0	0	0	0

Awards and honours

Award	Year
Junior
WHL Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy	2005–06
CHL Memorial Cup	2006–07

References

^ "Giants add Rabbit". Spokesman Review. January 9, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
^ "Wacey Rabbit plays key role for his AHL club". nativehockeynews.com. November 1, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}
^ "Canadian in Zagreb's Bear den" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak. August 30, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Rabbit is a Bear, Fox no more" (in German). KHL Medveščak. September 7, 2010. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |in turl= ignored (help)

External links

Preceded by Colin Fraser	WHL Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy 2006	Succeeded by Kyle Moir

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[1] "Giants add Rabbit". Spokesman Review. January 9, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2008.

[2] "Wacey Rabbit plays key role for his AHL club". nativehockeynews.com. November 1, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) ^{[dead link]}

[3] "Canadian in Zagreb's Bear den" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak. August 30, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[4] "Rabbit is a Bear, Fox no more" (in German). KHL Medveščak. September 7, 2010. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |in turl= ignored (help)

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