Brett Pesce

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United StatesUnited States  Brett Pesce Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 15, 1994
place of birth Tarrytown , New York , USA
size 191 cm
Weight 91 kg
position defender
number # 22
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 3rd round, 66th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
2011–2012 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2012-2015 University of New Hampshire
since 2015 Carolina Hurricanes

Brett Pesce (born November 15, 1994 in Tarrytown , New York ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League since March 2015 .

Career

Youth and University

Brett Pesce grew up in an ice hockey family, so his two brothers also pursued the sport in the junior sector, while his father was active as a coach in his spare time. In his youth, Pesce played for the North Jersey Avalanche and the New Jersey Hitmen , while in the 2011/12 season he also played a few games for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , the central talent factory of the US Ice Hockey Association. In this context, he had already participated in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August 2011, where he finished fifth with the team.

In the summer of 2012, Pesce enrolled at the University of New Hampshire , where he began studying economics and playing for the university's team, the New Hampshire Wildcats , in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As a freshman , the defender had six scorer points in 38 games and was rated by the Central Scouting Service of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 40th position of the North American outfield players for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft 2013 , in which he was subsequently in 66th place was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes . For the time being, however, Pesce stayed at the University of New Hampshire and increased his personal statistics to 21 and 16 scorer points respectively in the next two years.

Carolina Hurricanes

After the 2014/15 college season, Pesce signed an entry-level contract with the Carolina Hurricanes in March 2015 , who then sent him to their farm team , the Charlotte Checkers , in the American Hockey League (AHL) for four games . The 2015/16 season also began in Charlotte, but was called to the NHL squad after three games due to injuries and established himself there by making 69 appearances by the end of the season.

In August 2017, Pesce signed a new six-year contract with the Hurricanes that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 4.025 million.

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
2012/13 University of New Hampshire NCAA 38 1 5 6th +6 10
2013/14 University of New Hampshire NCAA 41 7th 14th 21st -4 6th
2014/15 University of New Hampshire NCAA 31 3 13 16 +10 32
2014/15 Charlotte Checkers AHL 4th 0 1 1 +2 6th - - - - - -
2015/16 Charlotte Checkers AHL 3 1 2 3 -3 0 - - - - - -
2015/16 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 69 4th 12 16 –7 16 - - - - - -
2016/17 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 2 18th 20th +23 20th - - - - - -
2017/18 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 65 3 16 19th –6 18th - - - - - -
2018/19 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 73 7th 22nd 29 +35 24 15th 0 6th 6th +4 0
NCAA overall 110 11 32 43 +12 48
AHL total 7th 1 3 4th -1 6th - - - - - -
NHL overall 289 16 68 84 +45 78 15th 0 6th 6th +4 0

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2011 United States Hlinka Memorial 5th place 4th 0 1 1 +1 0
Juniors overall 4th 0 1 1 +1 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dave Caldwell, Pesce Takes Another Step Toward the NHL. The Wall Street Journal , June 28, 2013, accessed July 9, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Brett Pesce. unhwildcats.com, accessed July 9, 2016 .
  3. ↑ CSS Final 2013 North American Skater Rankings. nhl.com, April 24, 2013, accessed July 9, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Terrell Williams: Canes, Pesce Agree to Terms on Entry-Level Deal. hurricanes.nhl.com, March 27, 2015, accessed July 9, 2016 .
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Squad of the Carolina Hurricanes in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Pesce, board
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Tarrytown , New York , United States