Calvin Pickard

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Calvin Pickard
Date of birth April 15, 1992
place of birth Moncton , New Brunswick , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 90 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 31
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2010 , 2nd round, 49th position
Colorado Avalanche
Career stations
2008–2012 Seattle Thunderbirds
2012-2015 Lake Erie Monsters
2015-2017 Colorado Avalanche
2017-2018 Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Marlies
2018 Philadelphia Flyers
2018-2019 Arizona Coyotes
Tucson Roadrunners
since 2019 Detroit Red Wings
Grand Rapids Griffins

Calvin Pickard (born April 15, 1992 in Moncton , New Brunswick ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . Since July 2019 he has been under contract with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League and is also working for their farm team, the Grand Rapids Griffins , in the American Hockey League . His older brother Chet Pickard is also an ice hockey goalkeeper and plays for the Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Pickard in the jersey of the Lake Erie Monsters (2013)

Pickard was selected in the 2007 Bantam Draft of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the second round in 37th position by the Seattle Thunderbirds . After another season for a junior team from Winnipeg , he decided to move to the WHL and immediately established himself as the goalkeeper of the Thunderbirds. In the 2008/09 WHL season , Calvin Pickard reached the WHL play-offs for the only time in his major junior career with his team, but was eliminated there in the first round against the Spokane Chiefs . In the following season , Pickard was used for the Thunderbirds in 62 of 68 games. Although Seattle was one of the worst teams in the league and Pickard only achieved 16 wins with his team, he finished the season with a catch rate of 91.4% and was chosen because of this performance in the WHL West First All-Star team.

In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , Calvin Pickard was selected in the second round in 49th position by the Colorado Avalanche . In the WHL season 2010/11 he completed all 68 games for the Thunderbirds and achieved a catch rate of 91.6% and 27 wins as well as a nomination in the WHL West Second All-Star Team. Following this season he signed on March 25, 2013 a three-year entry - level contract with the Colorado Avalanche. He then returned for a fourth season in the Western Hockey League and was used in 64 games for Seattle in the 2011/12 season .

In his four seasons in the Western Hockey League Calvin Pickard set two WHL records with a total of 14,025 minutes and 7,727 saved shots; In addition, he was used in 241 of 288 possible games - four games less than record holder Kurtis Mucha , who was active from 2005 to 2010 for the Portland Winterhawks and the Kamloops Blazers .

Following his WHL career, Pickard was appointed to Colorado's Lake Erie Monsters farm team from the American Hockey League (AHL). In his first season as a professional, he was used in 47 AHL games for the Monsters and achieved 20 wins and a catch rate of 91.8%. In the 2014/15 season Pickard made his debut in the goal of the Colorado Avalanche and came there in 16 games to a catch rate of 93.2%. In June 2017, he was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft . However, the Canadian gave this to the Toronto Maple Leafs in October 2017 and in return received Tobias Lindberg and a six- round vote in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft . In Toronto he was mainly used with the Marlies and won the Calder Cup with the team in the AHL playoffs 2018 . In the following pre-season he was supposed to be sent back to the AHL via the waiver in October 2018 , but the Philadelphia Flyers signed him . After eleven missions in Philadelphia, the Canadian reached the Arizona Coyotes in November 2018 via the same route . There he ended the season and then moved to the Detroit Red Wings under a two-year contract .

International

Calvin Pickard represented his home country with the Canadian national team for the first time at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2010 . In this tournament he was used in six games and missed the medal ranks with his team with a seventh place.

For the senior national team of Canada he made his debut at the World Cup in 2016 , where he won the gold medal with the team and came second to Cam Talbot as the second goalkeeper on two missions. At the 2017 World Cup, he won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2008/09 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 47 23 16 5 2694 137 3 3.05 89.6 5 1 4th 297 15th 0 3.03 91.5
2009/10 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 62 16 34 12 3688 190 3 3.08 91.4 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 68 27 33 8th 4013 225 1 3.36 91.6 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 64 25th 37 2 3630 217 5 3.59 90.6 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 2 1 0 0 77 4th 0 3.12 89.2 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 47 20th 19th 5 2749 113 5 2.47 91.8 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 43 16 18th 7th 2445 116 2 2.85 90.6 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 50 23 17th 9 2943 128 3 2.61 91.7 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Colorado Avalanche NHL 16 6th 7th 3 895 35 0 2.35 93.2 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 San Antonio Rampage AHL 21st 9 8th 4th 1264 58 1 2.75 91.7 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Colorado Avalanche NHL 20th 7th 6th 1 86 42 1 2.56 92.2 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Colorado Avalanche NHL 50 15th 31 2 2821 140 2 2.98 90.4 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Toronto Marlies AHL 33 21st 9 2 1923 74 1 2.31 91.8 3 1 0 120 2 0 1.00 95.6
2017/18 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 1 63 4th 0 3.81 85.7 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 11 4th 2 2 464 31 1 4.01 86.3 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Tucson Roadrunners AHL 4th 3 0 0 190 11 0 3.47 88.9 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Arizona Coyotes NHL 6th 0 4th 0 283 17th 0 3.60 89.2 - - - - - - - -
2019/20 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 33 17th 12 4th 1953 93 3 2.86 90.3 - - - - - - - -
2019/20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 2 0 165 15th 0 5.46 79.7 - - - - - - - -
WHL overall 241 91 120 27 14025 769 12 3.29 90.9 5 1 4th 297 15th 0 3.03 91.5
AHL total 233 110 83 19th 13544 597 15th 2.64 91.3 3 1 0 120 2 0 1.00 95.6
NHL overall 107 32 52 9 5676 284 4th 3.00 90.5 - - - - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2010 Canada U18 World Cup 7th place 6th 3 3 314 15th 0 2.87 89.4
2016 Canada WM 1st place, gold 2 2 0 120 1 1 0.50 97.1
2017 Canada WM 1st place, silver 7th 5 2 443 11 1 1.49 93.8
Juniors overall 6th 3 3 314 15th 0 2.87 89.4
Men overall 9 7th 2 563 12 2 1.28 94.4

( 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

Commons : Calvin Pickard  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Avalanche Signs Pickard. Colorado Avalanche , March 25, 2011, accessed August 11, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Tim Pigulski: Calvin Pickard finding a new home in the AHL. mynorthwest.com, November 21, 2012, accessed August 11, 2013 .
  3. ^ WHL Record Book. (No longer available online.) Western Hockey League , archived from the original on Aug. 6, 2013 ; Retrieved August 11, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Pickard, Calvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Moncton , New Brunswick , Canada