Blake Sloan

Infobox Ice Hockey Player

---

image_size = 250px
team = Adler Mannheim
former_teams =
league = DEL
position = Wing,Defenseman
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 200
nickname = The Caffeinated Squirrel
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1975|7|27|mf=y
birth_place = Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
draft =
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 1997
career_end =

Blake Sloan (born July 27, 1975 in Park Ridge, Illinois, United States) is an American ice hockeyplayer currently playing for Adler Mannheim. Although he played forward in the NHL, the majority of his career has been played as a defenceman.

Blake Sloan played for the University of Michigan from 93–96 and won the NCAA championship in 1996. He also was awarded the HUMANITARIAN AWARD in 1996–97, given annually to the player judged "college hockey's finest citizen." ¹

Sloan started his NHL career with the Dallas Stars in 1999. He started the 1998–99 season in the minor leagues with the Houston Aeros. At a game where Dallas Stars scouts were there check on other players, Sloan caught the eye of the Stars and promptly acquired him. He won a Stanley Cup with Dallas in 1999. His determination and effort earned him the nickname "The Caffeinated Squirrel", by Dallas Stars broadcaster Daryl Reaugh.²

He also played with the Calgary Flames and Columbus Blue Jackets. In 2005–06, he played in Sweden's Elitserien for Timrå IK.

For the 2006 -2007 season, Blake Sloan signed to play for Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga. Blake won the DEL championship with the team in the 2006–2007 season.

External links

*hockeydb|5010
* [http://www.hockeyhumanitarian.org/recipients/sloan.html]
* [http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=3254]