Position Centre Role Ice hockey player Parents Mike Rau, Lynne Rau Name Chad Rau | Playing career Salary 575,000 USD (2014) Shoots Right Height 1.80 m Siblings Kyle Rau | |
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Born January 18, 1987 (age 37) Eden Prairie, MN, USA ( 1987-01-18 ) Weight 186 lb (84 kg; 13 st 4 lb) Liiga teamFormer teams SaiPaMinnesota WildEHC Black Wings Linz NHL Draft 228th overall, 2005Toronto Maple Leafs Similar People Kyle Rau, Mikko Koivu, Mike Yeo, Jacques Lemaire, Peter DeBoer | ||
19 3 2015 chad raun ajatuksia k rpp sarjan kynnyksell
Chad Anthony Jerome Rau (born January 18, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 7th round (228th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
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- 19 3 2015 chad raun ajatuksia k rpp sarjan kynnyksell
- Chad rau verabschiedung
- Playing career
- Personal
- References
Chad rau verabschiedung
Playing career
He spent a single season in the USHL with the Des Moines Buccaneers in 2004–05, tallying 31 goals and 40 assists in 57 games, while receiving USHL Rookie of the Year honors. In 2014, he was inducted into the Buccaneers' Hall of Fame.
Rau attended Colorado College from 2005 to 2009, receiving All-America Second Team honors in 2008 and 2009.
On May 17, 2010, Rau was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Wild to a two-year contract. He was assigned to play for the Houston Aeros at the start of the 2010–11 season.
During the 2011–12 season, he made his NHL debut with the Wild and scored his first NHL goal, the eventual game-winning goal, in a 5–2 victory against Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars on January 21, 2012. On February 19, 2012, he scored his second NHL goal in his fifth NHL game.
On February 5, 2014, the Minnesota Wild traded Rau to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Curt Gogol. He was immediately assigned to AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks.
After spending the first five seasons of his professional career primarily in the AHL, Rau opted to sign abroad on a one-year contract in the Austrian Hockey League with EHC Black Wings Linz on July 22, 2014. He played 24 games with the Black Wings, collecting three goals and four assists. He transferred to SaiPa of the Finnish Elite League (Liiga) on December 31, 2014. In his second year with SaiPa (2015–16), Rau amassed 30 goals and 19 assists in 66 Liiga contests and won the Aarne Honkavaara Trophy as the league’s leading goalscorer as well as the Liiga Gentleman of the Year award.
After concluding his successful tenure in Finland, Rau opted to leave as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with new KHL entrant, HC Kunlun Red Star of China on July 22, 2016.
Following a single season with Kunlun, Rau left as a free agent to continue in the KHL by signing a one-year agreement with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on May 10, 2017.
Personal
Chad's younger brother, Kyle born October 24, 1992, played NCAA hockey with the University of Minnesota. In 2011 Kyle was named Minnesota Mr. Hockey. He currently plays within the Minnesota Wild organization in the National Hockey League.