David McIntyre

David McIntyre
Date of birth	4th February 1987
place of birth	Oakville , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	Wing / center
number	# 7
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 5th round, 138th position Dallas Stars
Career stations
until 2006	Newmarket Hurricanes
2006-2010	Colgate University
2010	Lowell Devils
2010-2011	Albany Devils
2011-2013	Houston Eros
2013-2014	Grand Rapids Griffins
2014-2016	Saimaan Pallo
since 2016	EV train

David John McIntyre (born February 4, 1987 in Oakville , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with EV Zug in the Swiss National League since the 2016/17 season .

Personal

David McIntyre grew up in the village of Pefferlaw, Ontario on Lake Simcoe , about 70 kilometers north of Toronto . In his youth he played for the York Simcoe Express , where well-known names like Connor McDavid and Sam Bennett were later active. McIntyre studied economics at Colgate University and graduated in 2010.

Career

Beginnings in college hockey

McIntyre's career began with two respectable seasons in the Ontario Junior Hockey League at the Newmarket Hurricanes , so as a result Scouts of the Dallas Stars were aware of the teenager. In the 2006 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Texans in the fifth round in 138th place. Rather unusual for a Canadian player, McIntyre decided against a career in the local junior leagues and enrolled at Colgate University in New York State , where he studied in ECAC Hockey , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). , to play. During his four years at the university, he appeared several times in the league's all-star teams and became the leading player on his team. After finishing his studies, the attacking player had now ended up in the organization of the New Jersey Devils , after he had previously been handed over to the Anaheim Ducks by the Dallas Stars for Brian Sutherby . The Californians, in turn, exchanged him for Sheldon Brookbank from the Devils.

First professional positions in the AHL

In March 2010, McIntyre finally made his debut for the farm team , the Lowell Devils , in the American Hockey League (AHL). There followed a first full season with the Devils, who had since moved to Albany . In June 2011 the organization of Minnesota Wild secured the rights to the Canadian in exchange for Maxim Noreau . First games for the farm team, the Houston Eros , were successful and so he was called up for seven games in the NHL team. Against Jaroslav Halák and the St. Louis Blues , McIntyre scored his first and so far only goal in the North American elite class. In the following years he could not recommend himself to the Wild, nor over the Grand Rapids Griffins for further assignments in the NHL. His career in North America stagnated and McIntyre decided to move to the defensive Finnish Liiga , where his skills as a two-way striker should come to better advantage.

Breakthrough in Europe

With the average team Saimaan Pallo , he followed a good first season with a strong second. In the internal league scoring he finished second and, together with Chad Rau, was one of the decisive factors for the team's good performance.
During the preparations for the 2014/15 season , EV Zug became aware of the defensive attacker during a game in the Champions Hockey League when he was named player of the game in a duel with the team from Central Switzerland and scored the winning goal. In April 2016, EV Zug finally announced the move to the National League A for the first two years . In the first season the Canadian became one of the strongest players in the team and the league. Especially with his sometimes outstanding performances in the play-offs, he led his team to the championship final, which will be played in April 2017.

In December 2017 he scored  a goal in the final when he again won the Canadian selection at the Spengler Cup .

Style of play

David McIntyre is known to be a fast skater who has a good overview and can read the game. He is a team player who first tries to find a better positioned teammate before he looks for a deal himself. For a two-way striker, however, there is still room for improvement in his defensive play, as he has mainly focused on his offensive qualities in recent years.

Achievements and Awards

• 2016 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada
• 2017 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada

Career statistics

Status: End of the main round 2016/17

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004/05	Newmarket Hurricanes	OPJHL		46	17th	14th	31	33		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Newmarket Hurricanes	OPJHL		46	42	50	92	143		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Colgate University	ECAC		40	9	8th	17th	75
2007/08	Colgate University	ECAC		39	15th	17th	32	38
2008/09	Colgate University	ECAC		37	21st	22nd	43	54
2009/10	Colgate University	ECAC		35	11	28	39	60
2009/10	Lowell Devils	AHL		12	3	2	5	8th		5	1	1	2	0
2010/11	Albany Devils	AHL		78	12	18th	30th	51		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Houston Eros	AHL		63	16	16	32	73		4th	0	0	0	6th
2011/12	Minnesota Wild	NHL		7th	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Houston Eros	AHL		68	15th	18th	33	45		5	2	1	3	0
2013/14	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		64	8th	13	21st	45		10	1	1	2	9
2014/15	Saimaan Pallo	Liiga		48	12	20th	32	36		7th	1	6th	7th	4th
2015/16	Saimaan Pallo	Liiga		58	16	40	56	67		6th	0	2	2	4th
2016/17	EV train	NLA		47	10	37	47	34
ECAC total				151	56	75	131	227
AHL total				285	54	68	122	222		24	4th	3	7th	15th
NHL overall				7th	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
Liiga overall				106	28	60	88	103		13	1	8th	9	8th

( 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

• David McIntyre at eliteprospects.com (English)
• David McIntyre at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Profile of David McIntyre on the Colgate University homepage. Colgate University, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
2. ^ Wild Acquires McIntyre From New Jersey. nhl.com, June 16, 2011, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Keskushyökkääjä David McIntyre SaiPaan. (No longer available online.) Saipa.fi, June 11, 2014, archived from the original on June 14, 2014 ; Retrieved April 4, 2017 (Finnish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Jonas von Flüe: This is how David McIntyre ticks. Luzerner Zeitung , March 10, 2017, accessed on April 4, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Canadian striker to the EVZ. (No longer available online.) Evz.ch, April 5, 2016, archived from the original on April 5, 2017 ; Retrieved April 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Sven Aregger: Cold-blooded Canadian. Luzerner Zeitung , March 13, 2017, accessed on April 4, 2017 . 
7. ↑ https://www.spenglercup.ch/de/news/erneuter-triumph-fuer-das-team-canada
8. ^ Scouting report by David McIntyre. hockeysfuture.com, accessed April 4, 2017 .