Connor Hellebuyck

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Connor Hellebuyck
Date of birth May 19, 1993
place of birth Commerce , Michigan , USA
size 193 cm
Weight 94 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 30
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2012 , 5th round, 130th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
2011–2012 Odessa Jackalopes
2012-2014 University of Massachusetts Lowell
2014-2015 St. John's IceCaps
since 2015 Winnipeg Jets

Connor Charles Hellebuyck (born May 19, 1993 in Commerce , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League since 2014 .

Career

Leon Draisaitl (left) and Connor Hellebuyck (right), World Cup 2015

Hellebuyck began his career in Oakland County's local junior leagues before joining the Odessa Jackalopes in the North American Hockey League . There he recorded the third best catch quota in the league in his debut season , with the most appearances among all goalkeepers. At the end of the season, Hellebuyck was named the best goalkeeper and rookie of the year. In the 2012 NHL Entry Draft , the Winnipeg Jets selected the American in the fifth round in 130th place.

Then Hellebuyck moved to the University of Massachusetts Lowell , where he played for the local ice hockey team in the Hockey East division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He established himself as a regular goalkeeper in his first season and, after winning the title in the regular season, also led his team in the play-offs to the division championship. Its 95.2% catch rate was also the best in the entire NCAA. In the following 2013/14 season, Hellebuyck was able to build on these successes and, in addition to being appointed to the All-American team, received the first Mike Richter Award as the best goalkeeper of the NCAA. In both seasons he was also voted the most valuable player in the play-off tournament in his division.

In April 2014 Connor Hellebuyck signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets and made his professional debut for their farm team, the St. John's IceCaps , in the American Hockey League (AHL) in the 2014/15 season . As a regular goalkeeper before Peter Budaj , he was used in 58 games for the Ice Caps, of which he won 28 with the team.

After Hellebuyck had already been used in roughly equal parts in the AHL and NHL in the 2015/16 season, he established himself as the regular goalkeeper of the Winnipeg Jets at the beginning of the 2016/17 season. In the 2017/18 game year he led the entire league (alongside Andrei Wassilewski ) with 44 wins and was consequently announced with Wassilewski and Pekka Rinne as one of three finalists for the Vezina Trophy , which Rinne subsequently received. He also set a new franchise record with these 44 wins and was called to the NHL Second All-Star Team . He then signed a new six-year contract in Winnipeg in July 2018 for a total salary of $ 37 million.

International

Hellebuyck was appointed to the squad of the US national team for the first time at the 2014 World Cup , but did not appear there as the third goalkeeper behind Tim Thomas and David Leggio . In the following year he was able to win the starting place in the goal of the Americans and led the team with a catch rate of 94.8% from eight games to win the bronze medal. Among other things, he managed a shutout in the game for third place with a total of 39 shots blocked . Hellebuyck was then elected to the All-Star Team of the tournament. In late summer 2016 he took part in the World Cup of Hockey 2016 with the North America team, a selection of U23 players from Canada and the USA . Behind John Gibson and Matt Murray , he was again without service time.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2012 NAHL All-NAHL Team
  • 2012 NAHL First All-Rookie Team
  • 2012 NAHL- Rookie of the Year (together with Robert Nichols)
  • 2012 NAHL goalkeeper of the year (together with Robert Nichols)
  • 2013 Hockey East Championship with the University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • 2013 Hockey East Goalkeeper of the Year
  • 2013 Hockey East Second All-Star Team
  • 2013 Hockey East All-Rookie Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

    Regular season   Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2011/12 Odessa Jackalopes NEAR 53 26th 21st 5 3085 128 3 2.49 93.0 4th 1 3 243 14th 0 3.46 93.4
2012/13 University of Massachusetts Lowell NCAA 24 20th 3 0 1397 32 6th 1.37 95.2
2013/14 University of Massachusetts Lowell NCAA 29 18th 9 2 1747 52 6th 1.79 94.1
2014/15 St. John's IceCaps AHL 58 28 22nd 5 3332 143 6th 2.58 92.1 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Manitoba mosses AHL 30th 13 15th 1 1735 72 4th 2.49 92.2 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 26th 13 11 1 1434 56 2 2.34 91.8 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Winnipeg Jets NHL 56 26th 19th 4th 3034 146 4th 2.89 90.7 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Winnipeg Jets NHL 67 44 11 9 3966 156 6th 2.36 92.4 17th 9 8th 1016 40 2 2.36 92.2
2018/19 Winnipeg Jets NHL 63 34 23 3 3705 179 2 2.90 91.3 6th 2 4th 360 16 0 2.67 91.3
2019/20 Winnipeg Jets NHL 58 31 21st 5 3269 140 6th 2.57 92.2 4th 1 3 237 12 0 3.04 90.4
NCAA overall 53 38 12 2 3144 84 12 1.60 94.6
AHL total 88 41 37 6th 5067 215 10 2.55 92.1 - - - - - - - -
NHL overall 270 148 85 22nd 15406 677 20th 2.64 91.7 26th 12 14th 1553 66 2 2.55 91.6

International

Represented the USA at:

Represented team North America at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2014 United States WM 6th place Without any effort
2015 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 7th 1 482 11 2 1.37 94.8
2016 North America team World cup 5th place Without any effort
2017 United States WM 5th place 2 2 0 120 5 0 2.50 90.0
Men overall 10 9 1 602 16 2 1.59 93.7

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Connor Hellebuyck  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jets sign Connor Hellebuyck to six-year contract. nhl.com, July 12, 2018, accessed on July 12, 2018 .
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Squad of the Winnipeg Jets in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Hellebuyck, Connor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hellebuyck, Connor Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Commerce , Michigan , United States