Aaron Dell

Aaron Dell
Date of birth	May 4th 1989
place of birth	Airdrie , Alberta , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 30
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2007-2009	Calgary Canucks
2009–2012	University of North Dakota
2012-2013	All Americans
2013-2014	Utah grizzlies
2014	Abbotsford Heat
2014-2015	Worcester Sharks
2015-2016	San Jose Barracuda
since 2016	San Jose Sharks

Aaron Dell (born May 4, 1989 in Airdrie , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League since March 2015 and has been playing for their farm teams in the minor leagues since October 2014 .

Career

Dell played for the Calgary Canucks in the Alberta Junior Hockey League between 2007 and 2009 during his junior years . He then spent three years at the University of North Dakota , where he played for the university's ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With the team he won the championship of the WCHA in the three following years and was decorated with numerous personal awards. With 30 victories in the 2010/11 season, he broke the school record previously held by Ed Belfour with 29 victories.

Nevertheless, the goalkeeper switched to the professional field undrafted for the 2012/13 season and joined the Allen Americans from the Central Hockey League . With these he won the Ray Miron President's Cup at the end of the season and was again awarded numerous awards as the best goalkeeper in the league. For the 2013/14 season he moved to the Utah Grizzlies . Dell confirmed its achievements there and was tested on loan by numerous franchises of the American Hockey League during the season. Only in the Abbotsford Heat did he come to six appearances in March 2014. The Grizzlies therefore extended his contract prematurely in July 2015 and let him participate in the training camp of the Worcester Sharks from the AHL. In October 2015 he finally returned by transfer to the Allen Americans, who had meanwhile also moved to the ECHL . Via the Americans, the goalkeeper quickly earned a place in the Worcester Sharks squad, where he shared the post with Troy Grosenick . Towards the end of the 2014/15 season , the San Jose Sharks finally submitted to him a new contract valid for the National Hockey League . They extended this by two years in July 2016 after Dell had established itself as the goalkeeper in the goal of the San Jose Barracuda - the new farm team of the San Jose Sharks - in the 2015/16 season .

At the beginning of the 2016/17 season , Dell rose to Martin Jones' substitute goalkeeper in the NHL roster of the San Jose Sharks and made 20 appearances this season.

Achievements and Awards

2009 AJHL South All-Star Team 2010 WCHA championship with the University of North Dakota 2011 WCHA championship with the University of North Dakota 2011 WCHA First All-Star Team 2011 NCAA West Second All-American Team 2012 WCHA championship with the University of North Dakota 2012 WCHA All-Tournament Team

2012 WCHA Tournament MVP 2013 Ray Miron President's Cup win with the Allen Americans 2013 CHL Most Outstanding Goaltender 2013 CHL All-CHL Team 2013 CHL All-Rookie Team 2013 CHL All-Star Team 2014 ECHL goalkeeper of the month January

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season										Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	OTN	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
2009/10	University of North Dakota	NCAA		5	1	3	1	199	6th	1	89.7	1.81
2010/11	University of North Dakota	NCAA		40	30th	7th	2	2349	70	6th	92.4	1.79
2011/12	University of North Dakota	NCAA		33	18th	10	2	1800	80	2	90.0	2.67
2012/13	All Americans	CHL		44	22nd	11	6th	2344	90	3	91.6	2.30		19th	12	7th	1097	45	1	91.5	2.46
2013/14	Utah grizzlies	ECHL		29	19th	7th	3	1735	62	2	92.0	2.14		3	1	2	188	6th	0	93.2	1.92
2013/14	Abbotsford Heat	AHL		6th	1	2	0	262	10	0	92.2	2.29		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	All Americans	ECHL		12	8th	1	2	675	32	1	90.2	2.84		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Worcester Sharks	AHL		26th	15th	8th	2	1544	53	4th	92.7	2.06		3	0	3	149	12	0	85.7	4.83
2015/16	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		40	17th	16	6th	2281	92	4th	92.2	2.42		4th	1	3	231	10	0	93.2	2.59
2016/17	San Jose Sharks	NHL		20th	11	6th	1	1111	37	1	93.1	2.00		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	San Jose Sharks	NHL		29	15th	5	4th	1523	67	2	91.4	2.64		2	0	0	47	2	0	92.9	2.55
2018/19	San Jose Sharks	NHL		25th	10	8th	4th	1324	70	2	88.6	3.17		2	0	1	90	5	0	86.1	3.33
2019/20	San Jose Sharks	NHL		33	12	5	3	1835	92	0	90.7	3.01		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				78	49	20th	5	4348	156	9	91.2	2.16
ECHL total				41	27	8th	5	2410	94	3	91.4	2.34		3	1	2	188	6th	0	93.2	1.92
AHL total				72	33	26th	8th	4087	155	8th	92.4	2.28		7th	1	6th	380	22nd	0	90.3	3.47
NHL overall				107	48	34	12	5791	266	5	90.8	2.76		4th	0	1	137	7th	0	88.4	2.71

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Player biography on the San Jose Sharks website
• Aaron Dell at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Aaron Dell at hockeygoalies.org