Todd Ewen
| Todd Ewen | |||
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| Born |
March 22, 1966 Saskatoon, SK, CAN |
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| Died | September 19, 2015 (aged 49) Wildwood, MO, USA |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 230 lb (100 kg; 16 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
St. Louis Blues Montreal Canadiens Mighty Ducks of Anaheim San Jose Sharks |
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| NHL Draft | 168th overall, 1984 Edmonton Oilers |
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| Playing career | 1986–1997 | ||
Todd Gordon Ewen (March 22, 1966 – September 19, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for several teams in the NHL. A right wing, Ewen was primarily known as an enforcer. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks. Ewen retired with 1,911 penalty minutes, putting him 58th for all time career. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and raised in St. Albert, Alberta. Ewen won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Canadiens.
After leaving his professional career Ewen made several coaching videos with Championship Productions on "How to buy equipment for your child", "Break out Basics" and "Checking". He also was coaching director for the Chesterfield Hockey Association, Lafayette Varsity head coach and assistant coach for Saint Louis University Billikens.
In 2015, after allegedly suffering from depression for several years, Ewen took his own life. His family wondered if he might have suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy as a result of concussions he had suffered during his playing career, like some other recently deceased NHL enforcers. However, tests of his brain came back negative for CTE.
Ewen started his junior career with the Kamloops Junior Oilers at age 16. He started the season in Kamloops but was traded to the Nanaimo Lakers at the end of the season. That was the last year that the team was in Nanaimo and they moved back to New Westminster. Ewen played three years for the New Westminster Bruins of the WHL, where he was awarded the most improved player by the WHL and served as the assistant captain. At New Westminster, Ewen was teammates with future NHL playes Mark Recchi, Bill Ranford, Cliff Ronning and Brian Noonan, as well as with his younger brother Dean, who would go on to be a career minor league enforcer.
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