Devan Dubnyk

Devan Dubnyk
Date of birth	May 4th 1986
place of birth	Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	198 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 40
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 1st lap, 14th position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
2001-2006	Kamloops Blazers
2006-2007	Stockton Thunder
2007-2010	Springfield Falcons
2009-2014	Edmonton Oilers
2014	Nashville Predators Hamilton Bulldogs
2014-2015	Arizona Coyotes
since 2015	Minnesota Wild

Devan Dubnyk (born May 4, 1986 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League since January 2015 . Previously, he was mainly active for the Edmonton Oilers , who had selected him in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft in 14th position. In 2015 he was honored with the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy .

Career

youth

Devan Dubnyk began his career as a hockey player with the Kamloops Blazers , for which he was active from 2001 to 2006 in the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League . As he was both athletic and educationally successful during this period, he was named CHL Scholastic Player of the Year in 2004 and received the Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy in the same year . In the NHL Entry Draft 2004 , the goalkeeper was also selected in the first round as the 14th player by the Edmonton Oilers . In the 2006/07 season he made his debut in professional ice hockey when he ran parallel for the Edmontons farm team Stockton Thunder in the ECHL , and the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Edmonton Oilers

From 2007 to 2010 Dubnyk played for Edmonton's new AHL farm team Springfield Falcons , making his debut for the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League in the 2009/10 season . In 19 games he had an average of 3.57 goals against and a catch rate of 88.9 percent. The Canadian has been the second goalkeeper behind Nikolai Chabibulin for the Edmonton Oilers since the 2010/11 season . From the 2011/12 season onwards, Dubnyk and Chabibulin shared the working time, as both could not convince - which, however, is also due to the weak defense of the Oilers. During the lockout at the beginning of the 2012/13 season , Dubnyk was not under contract with any other team, but played 38 of 48 games in the NHL season as a starter for the Oilers and could with a catch rate of 92 percent and a goalscoring average of 2.57 goals Offer at least average statistics per game. The 2013/14 season starts Dubnyk again as number 1 in front of Jason LaBarbera . As both goalkeepers showed poor performance, the Oilers signed free agent Ilya Brysgalov in November . Brysgalow replaced Dubnyk as a starter.

Via Nashville and Arizona to Minnesota

In January 2014, Devan Dubnyk was transferred to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Matt Hendricks . On his debut on January 18, 2014 against the Colorado Avalanche, Dubnyk conceded five goals in 29 shots and was put on the waiver list after only two appearances . After not being selected by any of the 30 NHL teams, he was sent to the Predators' farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals , in the AHL. There he was not used, however, as he was signed on March 5, 2014 by the Canadiens de Montréal . There he only played their farm team, the Hamilton Bulldogs , in the AHL until the end of the season , before signing a one-year contract with the Arizona Coyotes on July 1, 2014 .

In January 2015, the Minnesota Wild signed him , which reacted to the unconvincing performance of Darcy Kuemper and Niklas Bäckström . In return, Arizona received a third-round vote for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft . Dubnyk increased his performance enormously with the Wild, so after his engagement he was in goal 38 games in a row until the Wild had secured participation in the playoffs, and with this number he set a franchise record. With the Canadian in goal, the team reduced their goalscoring rate from 2.88 to 1.73, while he achieved a catch rate of 93.8% and five shutouts . In the wake of these achievements, Dubnyk was also named NHL Player of the Month for February, making him the first Minnesota Wild player to receive this award. In addition, he was (alongside Carey Price and Pekka Rinne ) one of the three finalists to win the Vezina Trophy , which Price subsequently won. However, he was honored with the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, dedication and fairness in ice hockey and was also elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team .

In June 2015 Dubnyk signed a new contract in Minnesota, of a salary of 26 million him in a term of six years,  the US dollar will bring. In January 2016, he represented the Wild at the 2016 NHL All-Star Game , as well as the year after . In the 2016/17 season, the Canadian set a new franchise record with 40 wins . After relatively constant performances in the following years, he temporarily lost his regular place to Alex Stalock in the 2019/20 season after significantly weaker statistics .

International

For Canada , Dubnyk took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championship in 2004 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2006 . With his team he became U20 world champion in 2006, but did not appear as a substitute goalkeeper. In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the first time at the 2010 World Cup in Germany . With this he remained as a substitute goalkeeper again without use. For the 2011 World Cup , Dubnyk was again nominated for the Canadian squad and played a substitute goalkeeper when he replaced James Reimer in the Canadians' goal in the match against France 13:50 minutes before the end of the game . Further missions followed at the World Championships in 2012 and 2013 .

Achievements and Awards

2004 Participation in the CHL Top Prospects Game 2004 Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy 2004 CHL Scholastic Player of the Year 2007 Participation in the ECHL All-Star Game 2012 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada 2015 NHL Player of the Month for February

2015 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy 2015 NHL Second All-Star Team 2016 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game 2017 participation in the NHL All-Star Game 2019 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

• 2006 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season										Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	U	Min.	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%		Sp	S.	N	Min.	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2001/02	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		3	1	1	0	143	13	0	5.45	83.8		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		26th	12	8th	1	1279	66	2	3.10	90.7		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		44	20th	18th	5	2533	106	6th	2.51	91.7		4th	1	3	245	12	0	2.94	87.4
2004/05	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		65	23	34	7th	3699	166	6th	2.69	91.2		6th	2	4th	363	22nd	0	3.64	88.6
2005/06	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		54	27	26th	1	3207	136	1	2.54	91.2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Stockton Thunder	ECHL		43	24	11	7th	2529	108	2	2.56	92.1		6th	2	4th	395	18th	0	2.73	91.3
2006/07	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		4th	2	1	0	204	10	0	2.94	85.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Springfield Falcons	AHL		33	9	17th	0	1772	92	0	3.12	90.4		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Springfield Falcons	AHL		62	18th	41	2	3635	180	3	2.97	90.6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Springfield Falcons	AHL		33	13	17th	2	1985	100	0	3.02	91.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		19th	4th	10	2	1075	64	0	3.57	88.9		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		35	12	13	8th	2061	93	2	2.71	91.6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		47	20th	20th	3	2653	118	2	2.67	91.4		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		35	12	13	8th	2061	93	2	2.71	91.6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		32	11	17th	2	1678	94	2	3.36	89.4		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Nashville Predators	NHL		2	0	1	1	124	9	0	4.35	85.0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		8th	2	5	1	415	12	2	3.33	89.3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Arizona Coyotes	NHL		19th	9	5	2	1035	47	1	2.72	91.6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Minnesota Wild	NHL		39	27	9	2	2294	68	5	1.78	93.6		10	4th	6th	570	24	1	2.53	90.8
2015/16	Minnesota Wild	NHL		67	32	26th	6th	3862	150	5	2.33	91.8		6th	2	4th	359	20th	0	3.34	87.7
2016/17	Minnesota Wild	NHL		65	40	19th	5	3758	141	5	2.25	92.3		5	1	4th	323	10	1	1.86	92.5
2017/18	Minnesota Wild	NHL		60	35	16	7th	3451	145	5	2.52	91.8		5	1	4th	248	14th	0	3.39	90.8
2018/19	Minnesota Wild	NHL		67	31	28	6th	3856	163	2	2.54	91.3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Minnesota Wild	NHL		30th	12	15th	0	1665	93	1	3.35	89.0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall				192	83	87	14th	10861	487	15th	2.69	91.9		10	3	7th	608	34	0	3.36	89.4
AHL total				140	44	81	5	8011	394	5	2.95	91.7		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				520	247	195	52	29611	1275	32	2.58	91.5		21st	7th	14th	1252	54	2	2.59	90.3

International

Represented Canada to:

U18 Junior World Championship 2004 U20 Junior World Championship 2006 World Championship 2010

World Championship 2011 World Championship 2012 World Championship 2013

year	team	event	result		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2004	Canada	U18 World Cup	4th Place		6th	3	3	357	12	1	2.02	91.7
2006	Canada	U20 World Cup			Without any effort
2010	Canada	WM	7th place		Without any effort
2011	Canada	WM	5th place		1	0	0	14th	0	0	0.00	100.0
2012	Canada	WM	5th place		2	2	0	120	2	1	1.00	95.6
2013	Canada	WM	5th place		4th	4th	0	242	6th	0	1.48	91.3
Juniors overall					6th	3	3	357	12	1	2.02	91.7
Men overall					7th	6th	0	376	8th	1	1.27	93.0

( 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 : Devan Dubnyk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Minnesota Wild website
• Devan Dubnyk at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nhl.com: "Wild acquire goaltender Dubnyk from Coyotes" (English, January 14, 2015, accessed January 15, 2015)
2. ↑ Brian Hall: With playoff spot clinched, Dubnyk will finally sit. foxsports.com, April 9, 2015, accessed April 10, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Dan Myers: Five reasons Wild clinched playoff berth. nhl.com, April 8, 2015, accessed April 10, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Michael Russo: Devan Dubnyk named NHL's First Star of the Month. Star Tribune , March 1, 2015, accessed March 2, 2015 . 
5. ^ Goalie Dubnyk, Wild agree on six-year contract. nhl.com, June 27, 2015, accessed June 29, 2015 .