Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) Role Ice hockey player Name Ryan Vesce | NHL Draft Undrafted Career start 2005 Shoots Right Weight 79 kg Position Winger, Centerman | |
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Born April 7, 1982 (age 42) Lloyd Harbor, NY, USA ( 1982-04-07 ) KHL teamFormer teams HC Dinamo MinskHIFKSan Jose SharksTorpedo Nizhni NovgorodSkelleftea AIKEspoo BluesKHL Medvescak Zagreb | ||
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Ryan Joseph Vesce (born April 7, 1982) is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently playing with EHC Olten of the Swiss League (SL). Undrafted, Vesce played hockey in college.
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Ryan vesce first career nhl goal
Playing career
Born in Lloyd Harbor, New York, Vesce prepped at Portledge School and played high school hockey at Portledge School in Locust Valley, New York. and attended Cornell University, playing hockey for the Big Red from 2000 until 2004. He served as captain in his senior year and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. After graduation, Vesce played for Rögle BK of the Swedish second league HockeyAllsvenskan. He returned to North America, and played two seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Springfield Falcons and Binghamton Senators. He returned to Europe for one season with HIFK of Helsinki.
In 2008, he returned to North America to sign with the Worcester Sharks of the San Jose Sharks organization, where he has been the team captain. He made his NHL debut on February 11, 2009 with San Jose against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh. His first career NHL goal was scored on October 17, 2009 against Martin Biron of the New York Islanders.
On June 28, 2010 he again crossed the ocean and signed a two-year deal with Russian team, Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod, of the Kontinental Hockey League.
After splitting the 2012–13 season between Sweden and Finland, on May 29, 2013, Vesce returned to the KHL signing a one-year contract with Croatian team KHL Medveščak Zagreb.
Vesce spent 6 seasons abroad before returning to North America as a free agent. On September 19, 2016, he signed a professional try-out contract to attend the training camp of the Edmonton Oilers. At the conclusion of training camp and heading into the pre-season, Vesce was released from his try-out with the Oilers on September 28, 2016.
Vesce joined HC Lugano for the Spengler Cup in Davos and after the tournament landed a deal with Fribourg-Gotteron of the NL on January 18.
Vesce joined EHC Olten of the Swiss League (SL) for the 2017/18 season.
Personal
In 2006, Vesce co-founded the Salmon Cove lifestyle-inspired clothing line with Cornell hockey teammate Ben Wallace.