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Ben Lovejoy • #21 • D
Ht/Wt:6'1", 205 lbs.
Born:Feb 20, 1984 (40 yrs) in Concord, NH
Experience:11 years
Drafted:Signed by Pittsburgh in 2008.
Shoots:R
Movements & Injuries
2019
8/29/2019 Announced his retirement.
2/23/2019 Acquired from the New Jersey Devils
2/07/2019 Missed 6 games (upper body injury).
1/27/2019 Upper body injury, injured reserve.
1/17/2019 Upper body injury, day-to-day.
2018
10/30/2018 Missed 3 games (lower body injury).
10/23/2018 Lower body injury, injured reserve.
10/19/2018 Lower body injury, day-to-day.
2016
7/01/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New Jersey Devils to a three-year contract.
3/17/2016 Missed 12 games (upper body injury).
2/27/2016 Upper body injury, injured reserve.
2/21/2016 Upper body injury, day-to-day.
2015
3/02/2015 Acquired from the Anaheim Ducks.
2014
12/12/2014 Missed 21 games (hand injury).
10/27/2014 Hand injury, injured reserve.
3/14/2014 Missed 1 game (illness).
3/12/2014 Illness, day-to-day.
2013
6/27/2013 Signed by the Anaheim Ducks to a three-year contract extension.
2/06/2013 Acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
2012
4/11/2012 Missed the last 7 regular season games (arthroscopic knee surgery).
3/27/2012 Arthroscopic knee surgery, sidelined indefinitely.
2011
12/20/2011 Missed 19 games (broken wrist).
11/05/2011 Broken wrist, injured reserve.
1/20/2011 Missed 2 games (flu).
1/15/2011 Flu, day-to-day.
2010
12/28/2010 Missed 1 game (facial injury).
12/26/2010 Facial injury, day-to-day.
6/21/2010 Re-signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a three-year contract.
4/17/2010 Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
1/18/2010 Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
1/11/2010 Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
2009
11/28/2009 Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
11/12/2009 Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
10/19/2009 Missed 8 games (shoulder injury).
10/19/2009 Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
9/25/2009 Shoulder injury, sidelined indefinitely.
7/15/2009 Re-signed as a restricted free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year contract.
5/17/2009 Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
2008
12/11/2008 Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
12/07/2008 Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
9/23/2008 Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
7/07/2008 Signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins to a one-year entry-level contract.
2007
9/22/2007 Assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
9/13/2007 Invited by the Pittsburgh Penguins to training camp.
6/14/2007 Signed as a free agent by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
Career Transactions
2019
2/23/2019 New Jersey Devils traded Ben Lovejoy to the Dallas Stars for Connor Carrick and a third-round draft pick in 2019.
2016
7/01/2016 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New Jersey Devils.
2015
3/02/2015 Anaheim Ducks traded Ben Lovejoy to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Simon Despres.
2013
2/06/2013 Pittsburgh Penguins traded Ben Lovejoy to the Anaheim Ducks for a 2014 fifth-round pick.
2008
7/07/2008 Signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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