Calvin Thürkauf

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland CanadaCanada  Calvin Thürkauf Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 27, 1997
place of birth Zug , Switzerland
Size 188 cm
Weight 92 kg
position center
number # 90
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2016 , 7th round, 185th position
Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
until 2015 EV train
2015-2017 Kelowna Rockets
since 2017 Cleveland Monsters

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Calvin Thürkauf (born June 27, 1997 in Zug ) is a Swiss ice hockey player with a Canadian passport. The striker has been under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League (NHL) since December 2016 and plays for their farm team , the Cleveland Monsters, in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Career

Thürkauf was born in Zug , his father is Canadian. He is a citizen of Switzerland and Canada. In his hometown he went through the youth department of EV Zug , in the 2014/15 season he came to a job for SC Langenthal in the National League B (NLB) thanks to a loan agreement .

In 2015 Thürkauf went to Canada to the Kelowna Rockets , a team from the province of British Columbia that takes part in the game operations of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In the draft of the National Hockey League (NHL) in June 2016, he was selected in the seventh round in 185th position by the Columbus Blue Jackets . However, he continued to play for Kelowna and received a three-year contract from the Blue Jackets in late December 2016.

International

Thürkauf played in the U16, U17, U18 and U20 age groups for the Swiss junior national teams and took part in the U18 Junior World Championships in 2015 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2016 and 2017 .

Thürkauf made his debut in the senior national team during the 2017/18 season.

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 EV train Elite-A-Jun. 4th 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
2013/14 EV train Elite-A-Jun. 8th 1 1 2 6th 2 0 0 0 4th
2014/15 EV train Elite-A-Jun. 38 11 10 21st 54 12 1 1 2 20th
2014/15 SC Langenthal NLB - - - - - 1 0 0 0 4th
2015/16 Kelowna Rockets WHL 61 18th 27 45 54 18th 2 6th 8th 16
2016/17 Kelowna Rockets WHL 60 33 37 70 87 17th 8th 13 21st 24
2017/18 Cleveland Monsters AHL 75 11 13 24 40 - - - - -
2018/19 Cleveland Monsters AHL 26th 2 0 2 24 - - - - -
Elite A Juniors total 50 13 11 24 62 16 1 1 2 24
WHL overall 121 51 64 115 141 35 10 19th 29 40
AHL total 101 13 13 26th 64 - - - - -

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2014 Switzerland HIMT 7th place 4th 1 0 1 38
2014 Switzerland U19-WJAC 5th place 4th 0 3 3 4th
2015 Switzerland U18 World Cup 4th Place 7th 1 2 3 12
2016 Switzerland U20 World Cup 9th place 5 1 1 2 2
2017 Switzerland U20 World Cup 7th place 4th 2 2 4th 16
Juniors overall 24 5 8th 13 72

( 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. ↑ Pascal Zingg: Thürkauf: "Anticipation is huge". In: hockeyfans.ch. December 27, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Warren Henderson: New Rockets' Euro brings Canadian roots - Kelowna News . In: Kelowna Capital News . ( kelownacapnews.com [accessed January 3, 2017]).
  3. ^ NHL draft: Calvin Thürkauf. (No longer available online.) In: evz.ch. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evz.ch
  4. ^ SC Langenthal Club - defeat after a 13-goal show. In: sclangenthal.ch. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Calvin Thürkauf to the Kelowna Rockets - EVZ-Talent moves to Canada | sport.ch | SPSN.com. In: sport.ch.sportalsports.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
  6. ↑ nipf / agencies: drafted Riat and Thürkauf. In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF). June 25, 2016, accessed January 1, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Blue Jackets sign Calvin Thurkauf to ELC. In: NHL.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Thürkauf, Calvin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thurkauf, Calvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Zug , Switzerland