Cody Eakin

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CanadaCanada  Cody Eakin Ice hockey player
Cody Eakin
Date of birth May 24, 1991
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 81 kg
position center
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 3rd round, 85th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
2007-2011 Swift Current Broncos
2011 Kootenay Ice
2011–2012 Washington Capitals
Hershey Bears
2012-2017 Dallas Stars
2017-2020 Vegas Golden Knights
since 2020 Winnipeg Jets

Cody Eakin (born May 24, 1991 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League since February 2020 . The Center was previously active in the NHL for the Washington Capitals , Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights . With the Canadian national team , he won the gold medal at the 2015 World Cup .

Career

Eakin was selected in the 2006 Bantam Draft of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the first round in sixth position by the Swift Current Broncos . The player completed another season for a junior team from his hometown of Winnipeg and only moved to the Broncos late in the 2006/07 WHL season , for which he was regularly used from the following season . In the NHL Entry Draft 2009 he was selected in the third round in a total of 85th position by the Washington Capitals . The offensive player had his most successful season in the Western Hockey League in the 2009/10 season , when he scored 47 goals and a total of 91 points in 71 games .

On January 9, 2011, the Swift Current Broncos transferred him to the Kootenay Ice in exchange for five players and three draft picks . With the Ice Eakin won the Ed Chynoweth Cup , the championship trophy of the WHL, in the 2010/11 season . At the subsequent Memorial Cup 2011 he lost to the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors with the Kootenay Ice in the semifinals .

In the 2011/12 season Eakin was first used for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League ; he spent most of the season with Washington's farm team Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League . On June 22, 2012, Cody Eakin was transferred from the Capitals to the Dallas Stars along with a second-round vote for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft . Washington received Mike Ribeiro in return .

In June 2017, Eakin was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft . With the team he surprisingly reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the 2018 playoffs , but lost to the Washington Capitals there. After almost three years in Nevada, the attacker was handed over to the Winnipeg Jets from his hometown in February 2020 in exchange for a conditional four-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2021 . Should the Jets reach the playoffs in the 2019/20 season or equip Eakin with a new contract in the summer of 2020, the right to vote should become one for the third round.

International

Eakin represented his home country with the Canadian national team for the first time at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2009 , where he finished fourth with his team. At the U20 Junior World Championship in 2011 he won the silver medal with the Canadians after a final defeat against the Russian selection .

In the senior sector, he represented his home country for the first time at the 2015 World Cup , where he and the team won the gold medal.

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
2006/07 Swift Current Broncos WHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2007/08 Swift Current Broncos WHL 55 11 6th 17th 52 12 3 4th 7th 6th
2008/09 Swift Current Broncos WHL 54 24 24 48 42 7th 3 0 3 10
2009/10 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 47 44 91 71 4th 1 1 2 2
2009/10 Hershey Bears AHL 4th 2 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 2
2010/11 Swift Current Broncos WHL 30th 18th 21st 39 24 - - - - -
2010/11 Kootenay Ice WHL 26th 18th 26th 44 19th 19th 11 16 27 14th
2011 Kootenay Ice Memorial Cup 5 3 3 6th 4th
2011/12 Hershey Bears AHL 43 13 14th 27 10 5 0 1 1 0
2011/12 Washington Capitals NHL 30th 4th 4th 8th 4th - - - - -
2012/13 Texas Stars AHL 35 12 12 24 14th - - - - -
2012/13 Dallas Stars NHL 48 7th 17th 24 31 - - - - -
2013/14 Dallas Stars NHL 81 16 19th 35 36 6th 2 3 5 0
2014/15 Dallas Stars NHL 78 19th 21st 40 26th - - - - -
2015/16 Dallas Stars NHL 82 16 19th 35 42 13 1 7th 8th 8th
2016/17 Dallas Stars NHL 60 3 9 12 49 - - - - -
2017/18 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 80 11 16 27 22nd 20th 3 1 4th 4th
2018/19 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 78 22nd 19th 41 16 7th 2 0 2 17th
2019/20 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 41 4th 6th 10 16 - - - - -
2019/20 Winnipeg Jets NHL 8th 1 4th 5 6th 4th 0 0 0 4th
WHL overall 238 118 121 239 208 42 18th 21st 39 32
AHL total 82 27 26th 53 26th 10 0 1 1 2
NHL overall 586 103 134 237 242 50 8th 11 19th 33

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2009 Canada U18 World Cup 4th Place 6th 2 0 2 2
2011 Canada U20 World Cup Silver medal 7th 1 2 3 2
2015 Canada WM gold medal 9 4th 2 6th 0
Juniors overall 13 3 2 5 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 )

Web links

Commons : Cody Eakin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Broncos Move Eakin To Kootenay. Western Hockey League , January 9, 2011, accessed August 10, 2012 .
  2. ^ Capitals Acquire Center Mike Ribeiro from the Dallas Stars for Cody Eakin and a Second Round Draft Pick. Washington Capitals , June 22, 2012, accessed August 10, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Jets acquire forward Cody Eakin from the Vegas Golden Knights. nhl.com, February 21, 2020, accessed on February 22, 2020 .
Winnipeg Jets logo
Squad of the Winnipeg Jets in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Eakin, Cody
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba