R.J. Umberger's NHL career
Centre R.J. Umberger was drafted 16th overall by Vancouver Canucks in 2001. He played 11 seasons for 2 clubs, 2005-2016. That came to 779 games and 392 points, 180 goals and 212 assists.
Below: the whole of R.J. Umberger's career, season by season.
- Year 20012001 NHL Draft
R.J. Umberger is drafted 16 overall by Vancouver Canucks
First off the board- 1Ilya KovalchukATL
- 2Jason SpezzaOTT
- 3Alexander SvitovTBL
Swedes from the same draftJohnny Oduya850 GP · 190 P
Fredrik Sjöström489 GP · 104 P
Andreas Salomonsson71 GP · 14 P
- 4 years, 4 months and 7 days later · 5 seasonsYear 20052005-2006 seasonNHL debut
R.J. Umberger makes his NHL debut in 5–3 win against Ottawa Senators
R.J. was 23 years old ·
Scotiabank Place, Canada
Swedes on the ice:
Peter Forsberg,
Kim Johnsson and
Daniel Alfredsson.
Year 2006Season2005-2006
R.J. Umberger's first NHL season: 38 points
The whole season and the playoff run2005-2006PlayoffsEliminated by Buffalo Sabres5 of 6 games1 points1 G · 0 AFirst roundBUFBuffalo Sabres2–4 - Year 2008Season
2007-2008
R.J. Umberger scores 50 points
EventsCareer bestHis best assist seasonThe whole season and the playoff run2007-2008PlayoffsEliminated by Pittsburgh Penguins17 games15 points10 G · 5 AFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals4–3Second roundMTLMontréal Canadiens4–1Conference finalPITPittsburgh Penguins1–4 - Year 2009Season
2008-2009
R.J. Umberger scores 26 goals — his best goal-scoring season
EventsCareer bestHis best goal-scoring seasonThe whole season and the playoff run2008-2009PlayoffsEliminated by Detroit Red Wings4 games3 points3 G · 0 AFirst roundDETDetroit Red Wings0–4 - Year 2011Season
2010-2011
R.J. Umberger scores 57 points — the best season of his career
The whole season2010-2011EventsCareer bestHis best points season - Year 2014Season
2013-2014
R.J. Umberger scores 34 points
The whole season and the playoff run2013-2014PlayoffsEliminated by Pittsburgh Penguins4 of 6 games1 points0 G · 1 AFirst roundPITPittsburgh Penguins2–4 - Year 2016Season
2015-2016
R.J. Umberger's last season: 11 points
Events43games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2015-2016PlayoffsEliminated by Washington Capitals0 of 6 games0 pointsFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals2–4 - The career
R.J. Umberger played his last NHL game in 2016
The career ended after 11 seasons, the last of them with Philadelphia Flyers.