Dylan Gambrell

Dylan Gambrell
Date of birth	August 26, 1996
place of birth	Bonney Lake , Washington , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2016 , 2nd round, 60th position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
2011–2012	Colorado Thunderbirds
2012-2015	Dubuque Fighting Saints
2015-2018	University of Denver
since 2018	San Jose Sharks San Jose Barracuda

Dylan Gambrell (born August 26, 1996 in Bonney Lake , Washington ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League since March 2018 and for their farm team , the San Jose Barracuda , from the American Hockey League plays on the position of the center .

Career

Gambrell first spent his junior years with the Colorado Thunderbirds in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League . The striker made 40 appearances for the youth club in the 2011/12 season. After another four missions at the beginning of the following season, in which he had already scored twelve points , the immediate change to the United States Hockey League followed with the Dubuque Fighting Saints. They had chosen Gambrell in eleventh overall position in the USHL Entry Draft in the summer . With the Fighting Saints, the attacker won the Clark Cup in his rookie season . There followed two more playing years in the USHL before Gambrell moved to the University of Denver .

In addition to his studies, Gambrell played for the Pioneers , the university's ice hockey team, in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , at the beginning of the 2015/16 season . In his first year, he scored 47 points in 41 appearances, which led to his being elected to the NCHC's all-rookie team. This was followed by more successful seasons, which brought him to the division's second all-star team in both years. This was rounded off by winning the national title in college gaming at the end of the 2016/17 season and the NCHC championship title the following year. After retiring from the championship in March 2018, Gambrell was signed by the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League , who picked him 60th in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft in the second round. At the end of the 2017/18 NHL season , he made his debut for the team in the NHL.

International

For his home country, Gambrell ran in the junior division of the 2014 World Junior A Challenge . There he was able to cheer with the US team after winning the gold medal after a final victory over Denmark. The striker scored one goal in four tournaments.

Achievements and Awards

2013 Clark Cup win with the Dubuque Fighting Saints 2016 NCHC All-Rookie Team 2017 NCHC Second All-Star Team

2017 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Denver 2018 NCHC Championship with the University of Denver 2018 NCHC Second All-Star Team

International

• 2014 gold medal at the World Junior A Challenge

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	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL		58	9	18th	27	14th		9	0	2	2	0
2013/14	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL		60	14th	29	43	29		7th	0	0	0	0
2014/15	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL		54	16	22nd	38	74		8th	3	4th	7th	2
2015/16	University of Denver	NCAA		41	17th	30th	47	19th
2016/17	University of Denver	NCAA		38	13	29	42	21st
2017/18	University of Denver	NCAA		41	13	30th	43	15th
2017/18	San Jose Sharks	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		51	20th	25th	45	18th		4th	1	3	4th	0
2018/19	San Jose Sharks	NHL		8th	0	0	0	2		2	1	0	1	2
2019/20	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		15th	3	9	12	15th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	San Jose Sharks	NHL		50	5	6th	11	17th		-	-	-	-	-
USHL total				172	39	69	108	117		24	3	6th	9	2
NCAA overall				120	43	89	132	55
AHL total				66	23	34	57	33		4th	1	3	4th	0
NHL overall				61	5	6th	11	19th		2	1	0	1	2

International

Represented the USA at:

• World Junior A Challenge 2014

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2014	United States	U19-WJAC			4th	1	0	1	0
Juniors overall					4th	1	0	1	0

( 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 San Jose Sharks website
• Dylan Gambrell at eliteprospects.com (English)