Ryan Lannon
| Ryan Lannon | |||
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| Born |
December 14, 1982 Grafton, MA, USA |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins San Antonio Rampage Houston Aeros Lake Erie Monsters Worcester Sharks KalPa Kuopio Graz 99ers |
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| NHL Draft | 239th overall, 2002 Pittsburgh Penguins |
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| Playing career | 2005–2013 | ||
Ryan Lannon (born December 14, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who last played competitively for the Graz 99ers of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).
As a defensive-defensman, Ryan was first selected to play with the U.S. National Development Team Program in the NAHL in the 1998–99 season. After one season Lannon left the development program and played two seasons of high school hockey in Massachusetts with Cushing Academy Penguins.
Lannon attended Harvard University and played collegiate hockey in the ECAC from 2001 until 2005. After his freshman season, Ryan was drafted in the eighth round, 239th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, joining fellow Harvard teammate and childhood friend, Noah Welch as a Penguins prospect. Lannon scored 4 goals and had 34 assists for 38 points and missed only two games throughout his college career as he helped the Crimsons win the ECAC in 2002 and 2004.
As a stay-at-home defenseman, he ranked in the top three in Plus/minus in all four of his seasons with Harvard and in his senior year was named U.S Hockey Onlines "Unsung Hero", Harvards Raplh "Cooney" Weiland Award as the team's most spirited, selfless player and earned selection to the Second All-Ivy team. On August 3, 2005, Lannon was then signed, alongside Noah Welch, by the Penguins to a two-year entry level contract.
Lannon was assigned to Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, for the entirety of his entry-level contract, helping the "Baby Pens" to the Calder Cup playoffs in each season. He then re-signed with the Penguins on a one-year deal on July 27, 2007. In the following 2007–08 season, Lannon received his first NHL recall on January 6, 2008. However, after traveling with Pittsburgh for two weeks he failed to make his Penguins debut and was returned to the Baby Pens on January 20, 2008. In 75 regular season games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, he scored 3 goals and 13 points and as a leader on the Penguins defense he scored 7 points in 23 post-season games before suffering defeat in the Calder Cup finals.
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