Christian Wolanin

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Christian Wolanin
Date of birth March 17, 1995
place of birth Québec City , Québec , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2015 , 4th round, 107th position
Ottawa Senators
Career stations
2012-2013 Green Bay Gamblers
2013-2015 Muskegon Lumberjacks
2015-2018 University of North Dakota
since 2018 Ottawa Senators

Christian Wolanin (born March 17, 1995 in Québec City , Québec ) is an American - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League since March 2018 and at the same time for their farm team , the Belleville Senators , in of the American Hockey League plays on the position of defender . His father Craig was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Wolanin at the AHL All-Star Classic 2019

Wolanin was born in the Franco-Canadian metropolis of Québec City , while his father Craig was under contract with the Nordiques de Québec from the National Hockey League . After moving several times, including to Denver in the US state of Colorado , the family settled in Rochester , Michigan . Christian Wolanin himself played in the junior league United States Hockey League for the Green Bay Gamblers and the Muskegon Lumberjacks during his junior years between 2012 and 2015 . Overall, he completed 181 games in the league over the period of three seasons. At the end of the 2014/15 season, the defender was appointed to the USHL's Second All-Star Team and was selected in the fourth round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft in 107th place by the Ottawa Senators from the National Hockey League.

After the draft, Wolanin did not switch to the professional field, but began studying at the University of North Dakota , where he was active for the university team in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his sophomore year he won the national college championship with the team. At the end of his third year in March 2018, he received a contract offer from the Senators, whereupon his time at the university ended prematurely when he entered the professional world. During the remainder of the 2017/18 season , he played ten games for the team from the Canadian capital. In the 2018/19 game year he came to both the NHL and Ottawa's farm team , the Belleville Senators , in the American Hockey League .

International

For his home country the United States, Wolanin played in the junior division at the 2014 World Junior A Challenge , which he won with the team. The defender achieved as many assists in four tournament games and found himself in the all-star team at the end of the tournament.

The defender, who has both US and Canadian citizenship, made his US senior team debut at the 2019 World Cup in Slovakia when he was re-nominated during the tournament. In six tournament games he remained pointless and was eliminated with the team in the quarter-finals.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2012/13 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 54 0 8th 8th 70 4th 1 0 1 2
2013/14 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 23 1 4th 5 30th - - - - -
2013/14 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 32 5 16 21st 44 - - - - -
2014/15 Muskegon Lumberjacks USHL 56 14th 27 41 107 12 3 5 8th 20th
2015/16 University of North Dakota NCAA 32 4th 11 15th 20th
2016/17 University of North Dakota NCAA 37 6th 16 22nd 37
2017/18 University of North Dakota NCAA 40 12 23 35 50
2017/18 Ottawa Senators NHL 10 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
2018/19 Belleville Senators AHL 40 7th 24 31 24 - - - - -
2018/19 Ottawa Senators NHL 30th 4th 8th 12 6th - - - - -
2019/20 Belleville Senators AHL 9 1 0 1 7th - - - - -
2019/20 Ottawa Senators NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
USHL total 165 20th 55 75 251 16 4th 5 9 22nd
NCAA overall 109 22nd 50 72 107
AHL total 49 8th 24 32 31 - - - - -
NHL overall 43 5 10 15th 6th - - - - -

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2014 United States U19-WJAC 1st place, gold 4th 0 4th 4th 4th
2019 United States WM 7th place 6th 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 4th 0 4th 4th 4th
Men overall 6th 0 0 0 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Wolanin, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Québec City , Québec , Canada