Cam Atkinson

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Cam Atkinson
Date of birth June 5th 1989
place of birth Riverside , Connecticut , USA
size 175 cm
Weight 75 kg
position Right wing
number # 13
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2008 , 6th round, 157th position
Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
2008-2011 Boston College
since 2011 Columbus Blue Jackets

Cameron "Cam" Atkinson (born June 5, 1989 in Riverside , Connecticut ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League since 2011 .

Career

Cam Atkinson began his career as a hockey player at Boston College , which he attended from 2008 to 2011, while he was also active for its ice hockey team in Hockey East . In 2010, the winger won the NCAA championship and the Hockey East championship with Boston College . He himself was elected to the second All-Star Team for Hockey East. In 2011 he was also a Master of Hockey East with Boston College. In 2011 he was also voted the most valuable player in Hockey East and was part of their first All-Star team. In addition, he was elected to the first All-American team of the NCAA.

At the NHL Entry Draft 2008 Atkinson was selected in the sixth round as a total of 157 players from the Columbus Blue Jackets . Towards the end of the 2010/11 season he made his professional ice hockey debut when he scored three goals and two assists in five games in the American Hockey League for Columbus' farm team Springfield Falcons . In the following season , the American ran for the first time for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League . In his rookie year he scored seven goals and seven assists in 27 NHL games. At the same time, however, he continued to play predominantly for the Springfield Falcons in the AHL and took part in the AHL All-Star Classic .

At the beginning of the 2013/14 season, the attacker established himself in the Blue Jackets line-up and led his team in scorer points in the 2015/16 season (with Brandon Saad ) and 2016/17. In November 2017, he signed a new seven-year contract in Columbus, which - starting with the 2018/19 season - should bring him an average annual salary of 5.875 million US dollars. That same season, Atkinson scored 41 goals, equaling Rick Nash's franchise record from 2004.

International

With the USA national team , Atkinson took part in the 2012 and 2018 World Championships and won the bronze medal in 2018.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2010 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
  • 2010 Hockey East Second All-Star Team
  • 2010 NCAA Division I Championship with Boston College
  • 2011 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
  • 2011 Hockey East 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
2008/09 Boston College NCAA 36 7th 12 19th 28
2009/10 Boston College NCAA 42 30th 23 53 30th
2010/11 Boston College NCAA 39 31 21st 52 28
2010/11 Springfield Falcons AHL 5 3 2 5 0 - - - - -
2011/12 Springfield Falcons AHL 50 29 16 45 31 - - - - -
2011/12 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 27 7th 7th 14th 14th - - - - -
2012/13 Springfield Falcons AHL 33 17th 21st 38 14th - - - - -
2012/13 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 35 9 9 18th 4th - - - - -
2013/14 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 79 21st 19th 40 18th 6th 1 2 3 0
2014/15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 78 22nd 18th 40 22nd - - - - -
2015/16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 27 26th 53 22nd - - - - -
2016/17 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 82 35 27 62 22nd 5 2 1 3 0
2017/18 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 65 24 22nd 46 14th 6th 2 2 4th 2
2018/19 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 80 41 28 69 20th 10 2 6th 8th 4th
NCAA overall 117 68 56 124 86
AHL total 88 49 39 88 45 - - - - -
NHL overall 527 186 156 342 136 27 7th 11 18th 6th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2012 United States WM 7th place 8th 1 2 3 4th
2018 United States WM Bronze medal 10 7th 4th 11 2
Men overall 18th 8th 6th 14th 6th

( 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

Commons : Cam Atkinson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blue Jackets sign Cam Atkinson to a seven-year contract extension. nhl.com, November 17, 2017, accessed November 17, 2017 .
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Squad of Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Atkinson, Cam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Atkinson, Cameron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 5th 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Riverside , Connecticut , USA