Ramzi Abid

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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team= SC Bern
former_teams = Phoenix Coyotes
Pittsburgh Penguins
Atlanta Thrashers
Nashville Predators
league = Nationalliga A
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 210
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1980|3|24|mf=y
birth_place = Montreal, QC, CAN
draft = 85th overall
draft_year = 2000
draft_team = Phoenix Coyotes
career_start = 2002

Ramzi Abid (born March 24, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey player playing for SC Bern of the Swiss Elite League.

Playing career

Typically playing as a left winger, Ramzi Abid was selected by the Colorado Avalanche as the first choice in the second round (28th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and was redrafted in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft 85th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes, who in March 2003 traded him to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Jan Hrdina.

In March 2003, he successfully underwent surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and missed the remainder of the 2002–03 season. He played for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, an affiliate team of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the American Hockey League during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Abid spent the 2005–06 season with the Atlanta Thrashers, then signed with the Nashville Predators after that season. He scored a hat trick on September 21, 2006 in a preseason game for the Nashville Predators versus the Columbus Blue Jackets. Final score was 8–1 Nashville. Abid was sent to Milwaukee prior to the start of the 2006–2007 season.

Abid is a member of Team Canada in the 2007 Spengler Cup.

Awards

*1998: Michel Brière Memorial Trophy (QMJHL Most Valuable Player)
*1998: Jean Béliveau Trophy (QMJHL Leading Scorer)
*1998: QMJHL First All-Star Team
*2000: QMJHL First All-Star Team
*2000: Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team
*2000: Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Memorial Cup Leading Scorer)

Career statistics

ee also

*List of NHL seasons
*List of AHL seasons
*List of QMJHL seasons
*List of NHL players

External links

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