Carter Verhaeghe

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CanadaCanada  Carter Verhaeghe Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 14, 1995
place of birth Waterdown , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 82 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 3rd round, 82nd position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
2011-2015 Niagara IceDogs
2015-2017 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Missouri Mavericks
2017-2019 Syracuse crunch
since 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning

Carter Verhaeghe (born August 14, 1995 in Waterdown , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League since July 2017 and plays there on the position of the center .

Career

Verhaeghe was initially active in lower-class Canadian junior ice hockey before he was selected in the second round of the OHL Priority Selection in 2011 by the Niagara IceDogs . In the following season 2011/12 , the center became a regular at the IceDogs. With the team he reached the playoff finals of the OHL, but was subject to the London Knights . In the following two seasons, the striker managed to increase his points yield significantly. So he ended the 2013/14 game year , Verhaeghe had meanwhile been appointed assistant captain, with 82 points in 65 games of the regular season as the player with the highest points on his team. During this time he was selected in the third round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft at a total of 82nd position by the Toronto Maple Leafs . In April 2014, he signed a three-year entry - level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Then the Canadian was sent to the farm team for the Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League , for which the attacker was in two AHL games. Verhaeghe spent the 2014-15 season in the junior division and was named team captain of the Niagara IceDogs for his final season in the Ontario Hockey League .

The striker then moved to the adult division and was transferred to the New York Islanders in September 2015 as part of a swap deal . The following two seasons he spent with the farm teams Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) and Missouri Mavericks ( ECHL ). In early July 2017, he was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Kristers Gudļevskis . Verhaeghe was the next two seasons exclusively in the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League in use. There he developed into a reliable scorer, especially in the 2018/19 season he convinced together with his teammate Alex Barré-Boulet . Both scored 34 regular season goals and received the Willie Marshall Award . Verhaeghe also won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the best point player in the league and was awarded a call to the AHL First All-Star Team .

In the 2019/20 season he finally made his debut for the Lightning in the National Hockey League .

International

Verhaeghe took part in the 2013 U18 World Junior Championship with the Canadian selection . In seven missions he recorded four assists and finally won the gold medal with Canada.

Achievements and Awards

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
2011/12 Niagara IceDogs OHL 62 4th 12 16 10 19th 1 2 3 2
2012/13 Niagara IceDogs OHL 67 18th 26th 44 22nd 5 2 2 4th 6th
2013/14 Niagara IceDogs OHL 65 28 54 82 60 6th 2 2 4th 6th
2013/14 Toronto Marlies AHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2014/15 Niagara IceDogs OHL 68 33 49 82 38 11 6th 8th 14th 4th
2015/16 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 30th 6th 9 15th 6th - - - - -
2015/16 Missouri Mavericks ECHL 20th 8th 17th 25th 2 10 2 9 11 2
2016/17 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 45 16 13 29 20th - - - - -
2016/17 Missouri Mavericks ECHL 16 12 20th 32 4th - - - - -
2017/18 Syracuse crunch AHL 58 17th 31 48 30th 7th 1 7th 8th 0
2018/19 Syracuse crunch AHL 76 34 48 82 34 4th 1 5 6th 2
OHL total 262 83 141 224 130 41 11 14th 25th 18th
ECHL total 36 20th 37 57 6th 10 2 9 11 2
AHL total 211 73 102 175 90 11 2 12 14th 2

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2013 Canada U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 0 4th 4th 4th
Juniors overall 7th 0 4th 4th 4th

( 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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personal data
SURNAME Verhaeghe, Carter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Waterdown , Ontario , Canada