Ryan Callahan
Ryan Callahan was born in Rochester, New York, United States on March 21st, 1985 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 39, Ryan Callahan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ryan G. Callahan (born March 21, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey right winger currently under contract to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He previously played for the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning.
He served as captain of the Rangers from 2011 until he was traded to the Lightning in 2014.
Additionally, he has represented the United States in Olympic and international play.
Personal life
Callahan lists Brendan Shanahan as his favorite player growing up.
On September 16, 2016, the Ryan Callahan Foundation announced their new website and that it will begin their mission to provide moments of family unity to those battling pediatric cancer. The foundation is composed of three elements; Cally's crew, the "2-4" Club, and direct funding efforts to support local and independent cancer foundations in search of a cure. The aim of Cally's Crew is to afford patients and families undergoing pediatric cancer treatment the chance to attend a Tampa Bay Lightning home game in the Ryan Callahan Foundation's suite at Amalie Arena. The "2-4" club functions as a Make-a-Wish style program that provides families with the opportunity to escape cancer treatments with an all-expense-paid trip, experience, or excursion on a monthly basis. Families undergoing treatment will share their stories via the Ryan Callahan Foundation website in order to promote a community of strength and togetherness. From these postings, the foundation will select monthly recipients of the "2-4" club escapes. With respect to the support of local and national charities, the foundation will use monetary funding and also raise awareness for other campaigns to accelerate the timeline towards the elimination of pediatric cancer.
Callahan is of Italian and Irish descent.
Playing career
Callahan played for Hilton High School's ice hockey for one year. He then started his junior career with the Rochester Junior Americans of the Empire Junior B Hockey League, where he played for two seasons from 1999 to 2001. Callahan was drafted in the 15th round of the 2001 OHL Priority Selection by the Guelph Storm and later spent with the Syracuse Jr. Crunch and Buffalo Lightning of the OPJHL before going on to a four-year Ontario Hockey League (OHL) stint with the Storm, where he competed alongside future Ranger teammate Dan Girardi. Callahan was a professional with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he appeared for the majority of the 2006–07 season.
Callahan received his first NHL call up to the Rangers on November 28, 2006, but he would only play in that one game before being sent back to the Wolf Pack. On December 19, he was called up for the second time, but he would only play in one NHL game in that period. Callahan was called up for the third and final time in 60 AHL games on March 15, 2007 and will remain with the Rangers until the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs. He scored his first two NHL goals against Boston Bruins Joey MacDonald on March 17th. On March 21, he scored his first career assist on March 21 and his first career game-winning goal on April 1. In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Atlanta Thrashers on April 17, 2007, he scored his first two NHL goals in a 7–0 victory.
Callahan was out for a month with a grade two knee sprain in the first eight games of the 2007-08 season with the Rangers. He did not quickly recover his playing time at the NHL level, going home for his next 16 games without a goal, leading to the Rangers to call him back to the Wolf Pack on January 7, 2008. He was called up on February 3 to replace an injured Brendan Shanahan in the Rangers' line-up against the Montreal Canadiens after 11 games in Hartford. On February 17, Callahan played his second game in his career against the San Jose Sharks.
Callahan's breakout year was 2008–09. He scored the game-winning goal for the Rangers with 20 seconds remaining in the inaugural Victoria Cup on October 1, 2008; the Rangers defeated Metallurg Magnitogorsk by a 4–3 margin. He was third on the Rangers in the regular season, and fifth on the team with 40 total points. Callahan was also named the Rangers' Extra Effort Award for his continued hard work throughout the season, and he scored the team's winning goal in the team's playoff victory in the team's last home game of the season. Callahan was recalled by the Rangers in the upcoming off-season on July 13, 2009.
Callahan was named as an alternate captain of the Rangers on October 2, 2009, the 2009–10 season kicks off. On December 15, 2010, he sustained a broken hand while blocking a shot in Pittsburgh. While recovering, he missed 19 games.
Callahan scored four goals and one assist as the Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 7–0 on March 6, 2011, while simultaneously winning the first hat-trick, four-goal game, and five-point game of his NHL career. In the team's 79th game of the season against the Boston Bruins, he suffered a fractured ankle after blocking a Zdeno Chára slapshot in the final minutes.
Callahan was voted the 26th captain in the New York Rangers' history on September 12, 2011. In October 1997, he became the fifth-youngest captain in the team history and the first homegrown captain since Brian Leetch. Callahan was also the first native of New York to serve as the Rangers' team captain. Callahan scored his second hat-trick against the Philadelphia Flyers on February 11, 2012.
Callahan scored his 100th NHL goal in overtime against the Buffalo Sabres at Madison Square Garden on February 25, 2012. In the 2012 playoffs, he led the Rangers to their first Conference Final appearance since 1997; he also scored the first and last goals of the Rangers post-season as New York lost in six games to the New Jersey Devils.
Contract extension negotiations with the Rangers stalled during the 2013–14 season as the two teams were clearly $500,000 per season apart for six years, although New York's New York was still paying $39 million for six years.
The Tampa Bay Lightning traded captain Martin St. Louis and a second-round draft pick in 2015 (conditional at the time of the trade) to the New York Rangers in exchange for Callahan, a conditional second-round pick in 2015 (which later became a first-round pick), and a seventh-round pick in 2015 (conditional at the time of the trade). Both of the first-round draft picks that were acquired by the Lightning in the trade were later traded to the New York Islanders. Callahan signed a six-year contract extension worth an annual average value of $5.8 million to remain with the Lightning on June 25, 2014, five days before the free agency was set to begin.
Callahan underwent an emergency appendectomy on May 11, 2015, during the 2015 playoffs. As a result of the operation, he missed Game 6 against the Montreal Canadiens. Callahan recovered from surgery for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against his former team, the New York Rangers, just five days after having surgery. In seven games, the Lightning defeated the Rangers. After the Lightning beat the Rangers, the team will advance to the Stanley Cup Final, where they were defeated in six games by the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the Chicago Blackhawks.
Callahan will be a permanent "A" as an alternate captain for the 2015-2016 NHL season, according to Lightning head coach Jon Cooper on October 7, 2015.
Callahan underwent surgery on June 21, 2016 to fix a labral tear in his right hip. Callahan was expected to be out for at least five months. Callahan had been dealing with the injury since the regular season and into the playoffs as the Lightning advanced to the Eastern Conference Final. Callahan did not participate in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto due to the injury.
Callahan was due to miss four weeks due to a lower body injury on January 15, 2017. Callahan's hip, which he had surgically repaired in the off-season, was still itching. Callahan's first return to football in November was limited to 18 games before missing more time. Callahan's right hip replacement in New York City was announced on February 22, 2017. Since being had it surgically repaired in June, Yzerman said the doctors figured out what was causing Callahan's hip pain. According to Yzerman, the labrum remains intact, but it is more of a scar tissue issue. It is not expected that it would be a career-threatening issue. Callahan returned to the Lightning lineup for the first time after undergoing surgery on October 6, 2017.
Callahan sustained an upper-body injury against the Arizona Coyotes on December 14, 2017. Callahan had been out indefinitely, according to the team, and he would be reevaluated in another three to four weeks. He will return to play for the 2018-19 NHL season.
Callahan was diagnosed with degenerative back disease and was placed on long-term injured reserve on June 20, 2019, effectively ending his professional career. Callahan's deal was terminated by the Lightning, as well as a 2020 fifth-round pick to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Mike Condon and a 2020 sixth-round pick on July 30, 2019.
Callahan resigned from the NHL on December 30, 2020, after spending one year on the Senators' long-term injured reserve list.