Andy Welinski

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Andy Welinski
Date of birth April 27, 1993
place of birth Duluth , Minnesota , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 3rd round, 83rd position
Anaheim Ducks
Career stations
2008-2010 Duluth East High School
2010–2012 Green Bay Gamblers
2012-2016 University of Minnesota-Duluth
2016-2019 Anaheim Ducks
San Diego Gulls
since 2019 Philadelphia Flyers
Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Andrew Philip "Andy" Welinski (born April 27, 1993 in Duluth , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League since July 2019 and for their farm team , the Lehigh Valley Phantoms , plays in the American Hockey League on the position of defender .

Career

Welinski first spent his junior career until 2010 at Duluth East High School , where, in addition to his school career, he also pursued ice hockey for the school team. The defender then moved to the United States Hockey League . There he played for two years for the Green Bay Gamblers, with whom he won the Clark Cup at the end of the 2011/12 season. He was also named Defenseman of the Year of the League. He was also named Junior Player of the Year by the US Ice Hockey Association USA Hockey . After two years in the USHL, Welinski moved to the University of Minnesota-Duluth to pursue a degree. As in high school, he also played for the university team. First a year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , followed by three years in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference , both divisions in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

After the defender had been appointed to numerous national teams over the course of four years and was selected in the third round in the third round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Anaheim Ducks from the National Hockey League , he was promoted to after completing his studies in April 2016 signed the Ducks. He then made his professional debut for Anaheim's farm team , the San Diego Gulls , in the American Hockey League at the end of the 2015/16 season . There the American was the following season, in which he also made his NHL debut for the Ducks, firmly in the squad.

In July 2019, Welinski joined the Philadelphia Flyers as a free agent .

International

For his home country Welinski was in the line-up for the World Junior A Hockey Challenge 2011 and won the bronze medal. He himself was used in five tournament games and collected two scorer points , including a goal.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2012 USA Hockey Junior Player of the Year
  • 2012 Clark Cup win with the Green Bay Gamblers
  • 2012 USHL Defenseman of the Year
  • 2012 USHL First All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2010/11 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 51 6th 8th 14th 14th 11 2 0 2 4th
2011/12 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 54 15th 22nd 37 37 12 2 2 4th 14th
2012/13 University of Minnesota-Duluth WCHA 38 4th 14th 18th 24
2013/14 University of Minnesota-Duluth NCHC 36 5 14th 19th 51
2014/15 University of Minnesota-Duluth NCHC 40 9 12 21st 24
2015/16 University of Minnesota-Duluth NCHC 40 6th 13 19th 45
2015/16 San Diego Gulls AHL 5 0 1 1 2 8th 0 2 2 4th
2016/17 San Diego Gulls AHL 63 6th 23 29 16 10 0 3 3 0
2017/18 San Diego Gulls AHL 51 10 24 34 22nd - - - - -
2017/18 Anaheim Ducks NHL 7th 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
2018/19 San Diego Gulls AHL 27 8th 11 19th 16 16 3 7th 10 12
2018/19 Anaheim Ducks NHL 26th 1 3 4th 8th - - - - -
USHL total 105 21st 30th 51 51 23 4th 4th 6th 18th
NCAA overall 154 24 53 77 144
AHL total 146 24 59 83 56 34 3 12 15th 16
NHL overall 33 1 5 6th 8th 3 0 0 0 0

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 United States U19-WJAC 3rd place, bronze 5 1 1 2 0
Juniors overall 5 1 1 2 0

( 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 )

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Commons : Andy Welinski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Welinski, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Welinski, Andrew Philip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Duluth , Minnesota