Danton Heinen

Danton Heinen
Date of birth	5th July 1995
place of birth	Langley , British Columbia , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2014 , 4th round, 116th position Boston Bruins
Career stations
2013	Merritt Centennials
2013-2014	Surrey Eagles
2014-2016	University of Denver
2016-2017	Providence Bruins
2016-2020	Boston Bruins
since 2020	Anaheim Ducks

Danton Heinen (born July 5, 1995 in Langley , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has played for the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League since February 2020 on the position of the center .

Career

Until shortly before his 19th birthday in 2014, Heinen played exclusively in his home province of British Columbia , most recently for the Merritt Centennials and Surrey Eagles in the British Columbia Hockey League . There he was named Rookie of the Year in the 2013/14 season . He was then selected in the fourth round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft in 116th place by the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League . The striker was drawn to the University of Denver for the next two years, however , where he worked for the university's ice hockey program in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . There, too, in his first year he received the award for best newcomer to the league.

In April 2016, the Bruins finally took their draft election under contract and at the end of the 2015/16 season in the American Hockey League with the Providence Bruins a. For the 2016/17 season , Heinen earned a place in the Boston Bruins' NHL squad and made his debut there on October 13th. Subsequently, however, he also spent this year mainly in Providence, before he was mainly used in the NHL for the first time in the 2017/18 season and placed fifth on the internal scorer list with 47 points.

After four years in the organization of the Bruins, Heinen was handed over to the Anaheim Ducks for the trade deadline in February 2020 , which in return sent Nick Ritchie to Boston.

Achievements and Awards

2014 BCHL All-Rookie Team 2014 BCHL Most Sportsmanlike Player (Bob Fenton Trophy) 2014 BCHL Rookie of the Year (Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy) 2015 NCHC All-Rookie Team

2015 NCHC Rookie of the Year 2015 NCHC Second All-Star Team 2017 AHL All-Star Classic

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	Merritt Centennials	BCHL		4th	0	4th	4th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Surrey Eagles	BCHL		57	29	33	62	8th		6th	2	5	7th	2
2014/15	University of Denver	NCAA		40	16	29	45	10
2015/16	University of Denver	NCAA		41	20th	28	48	10
2015/16	Providence Bruins	AHL		2	0	2	2	2		2	0	0	0	0
2016/17	Providence Bruins	AHL		64	14th	30th	44	14th		17th	9	9	18th	0
2016/17	Boston Bruins	NHL		8th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Providence Bruins	AHL		4th	1	7th	8th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Boston Bruins	NHL		77	16	31	47	16		9	1	0	1	2
2018/19	Boston Bruins	NHL		77	11	23	34	16		24	2	6th	8th	2
2019/20	Boston Bruins	NHL		58	7th	15th	22nd	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		9	3	1	4th	2		-	-	-	-	-
BCHL total				57	29	33	62	8th		10	2	9	11	2
NCAA overall				81	36	57	93	20th
AHL total				70	15th	39	54	18th		19th	9	9	18th	0
NHL overall				229	37	70	107	44		33	3	6th	9	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

• Player biography on the Anaheim Ducks website
• Danton Heinen at eliteprospects.com (English)