Alexander Kerfoot

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CanadaCanada  Alexander Kerfoot Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 11, 1994
place of birth Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 79 kg
position center
number # 15
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 5th round, 150th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
2011-2013 Coquitlam Express
2013-2017 Harvard University
2017-2019 Colorado Avalanche
since 2019 Toronto Maple Leafs

Alexander Kerfoot (born August 11, 1994 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League since July 2019 and plays there on the position of the center . Kerfoot previously served two seasons with the Colorado Avalanche .

Career

Alexander Kerfoot was born in Vancouver and played there in his youth for the Vancouver NorthWest Giants . In 2011 he moved to the Coquitlam Express in the second-rate British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), although he could also have played in the higher-class Western Hockey League with the Seattle Thunderbirds , who had selected him in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft . In his first full BCHL season, the attacker scored 69 points in 51 games and was consequently appointed to the BCHL First All-Star Team . Then chose him New Jersey Devils in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft at the 150th position, before he missed much of the 2012/13 season due to a shoulder injury.

In the fall of 2013, Kerfoot enrolled at Harvard University and began studying economics there while running for the university's ice hockey team, the Harvard Crimson . In the team, the center established itself at the latest as a sophomore as a regular scorer and won the championship of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), a conference within the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) , with the Crimson in this 2014/15 season . In 2016 he was appointed to the ECAC Third All-Star Team , before the Canadian celebrated another ECAC championship with the Crimson at the end of the 2016/17 season. He was also one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award , which honors the best college player in the entire United States. This year, however, the trophy went to Will Butcher .

After four years and a degree, Kerfoot left Harvard University in 2017. The player rights acquired by the New Jersey Devils in the NHL Entry Draft had already expired, so he was now allowed to negotiate with all franchises , where he was next to Will Butcher was considered one of the most sought-after college free agents . The Colorado Avalanche and the Vancouver Canucks from his hometown showed increased interest , with Kerfoot finally opting for the Avalanche and signing a corresponding entry-level contract there in August 2017 . In the pre-season that followed, the attacker earned a place in the Avalanche's NHL squad and finally made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) in October 2017 . During his first NHL season he scored 43 points scorer in 79 games, which he followed in his second year with 42 points, an almost identical value.

Despite the striker's development, the Avalanche parted ways with him in July 2019 when his contract rights were transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Tyson Barrie and a six- round suffrage in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Nazem Kadri , Calle Rosén and a third-round suffrage in the same draft moved to Denver for the Avalanche. A little later, the Leafs announced that they had given Kerfoot a four-year contract that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 3.5 million.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010/11 Coquitlam Express BCHL 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2011/12 Coquitlam Express BCHL 51 25th 44 69 24 6th 4th 0 4th 6th
2012/13 Coquitlam Express BCHL 16 8th 11 19th 16 - - - - - -
2013/14 Harvard University NCAA 25th 8th 6th 14th ± 0 8th
2014/15 Harvard University NCAA 27 8th 22nd 30th +16 12
2015/16 Harvard University NCAA 33 4th 30th 34 +11 16
2016/17 Harvard University NCAA 36 16 29 45 +20 18th
2017/18 Colorado Avalanche NHL 79 19th 24 43 –7 28 6th 2 0 2 -1 2
2018/19 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 15th 27 42 –9 38 12 0 3 3 -1 6th
2019/20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 65 9 19th 28 -2 32 5 0 3 3 ± 0 2
BCHL total 72 33 55 88 40 7th 4th 0 4th 6th
NCAA overall 121 36 87 123 +47 54
NHL overall 222 43 70 113 -18 98 23 2 6th 8th -2 10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Personal

Alexander Kerfoot is the son of Greg Kerfoot , software billionaire and main owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps from Major League Soccer .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ed Darno: Alex Kerfoot Makes Sense for Stars. thehockeywriters.com, August 21, 2017, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Avalanche Signs Alexander Kerfoot. nhl.com, August 24, 2017, accessed October 9, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Alex Kerfoot and Will Butcher about to become free agents: should the Canucks sign them? vancourier.com, July 28, 2017, accessed October 9, 2017 .
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Squad of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Kerfoot, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kerfoot, Alex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada