Erik Gudbranson

Erik Gudbranson
Date of birth	January 7, 1992
place of birth	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size	191 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2009 , 3rd round, 62nd position HK Dynamo Moscow
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 1st round, 3rd position Florida Panthers
Career stations
2007-2008	Ottawa Junior 67's
2008-2011	Kingston Frontenacs
2011-2016	Florida panthers
2016-2019	Vancouver Canucks
2019	Pittsburgh Penguins
since 2019	Anaheim Ducks

Erik Gudbranson (born January 7, 1992 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League since October 2019 . Previously, the defender spent five years with the Florida Panthers , who had selected him in third position in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , as well as three years with the Vancouver Canucks and a short time with the Pittsburgh Penguins .

Career

Gudbranson began his career with the Gloucester Rangers team in the ODHA amateur league. In 2007 he moved to Ottawa Junior 67’s and played there for one season.

In the OHL Priority Selection 2008 he was selected by the Kingston Frontenacs in the first round in fourth place. In his rookie year in the OHL, the defender had three goals and 19 assists for a total of 22 points in 63 games. His team, however, missed the playoffs. In the 2009/10 season he was only able to participate in 41 season games due to illness, in which he collected two goals and 21 templates. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the first round in third place overall by the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League . The 2010/11 season was his season with the highest points so far, in 44 games Gudbranson scored 34 points, including twelve goals and 22 assists. On July 15, 2011, Gudbranson signed a three-year entry - level contract with the Florida Panthers.

After five seasons in the Panthers' jersey, Gudbranson and a five-round vote for the 2016 NHL Entry Draft were given to the Vancouver Canucks , who in return sent Jared McCann and a second-round and four-round vote for the same draft to Florida. The defender spent nearly three seasons at the Canucks. The team remained largely unsuccessful, so that the defender was given to the Pittsburgh Penguins in February 2019 in exchange for Tanner Pearson .

The Penguins in turn transferred Gudbranson to the Anaheim Ducks in October 2019 , who in return sent Andreas Martinsen and a seven-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2021 to Pittsburgh.

International

Gudbranson took part in the 2011 U20 World Junior Championship and won the silver medal with the selection of Canada. He also won gold with Canada at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2009 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 OHL Second All-Rookie Team
• 2010 Bobby Smith Trophy

International

• 2009 gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
• 2011 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

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
2007/08	Ottawa Junior 67's	OEMHL		70	15th	40	55	118		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		63	3	19th	22nd	69		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		41	2	21st	23	68		7th	1	2	3	6th
2010/11	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		44	12	22nd	34	105		5	1	3	4th	10
2011/12	Florida panthers	NHL		72	2	6th	8th	78		7th	0	0	0	8th
2012/13	Florida panthers	NHL		32	0	4th	4th	47		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Florida panthers	NHL		65	3	6th	9	114		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Florida panthers	NHL		76	4th	9	13	58		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Florida panthers	NHL		64	2	7th	9	49		6th	0	0	0	2
2016/17	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		30th	1	5	6th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		52	2	3	5	35		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		57	2	6th	8th	83		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		19th	0	2	2	4th		4th	1	0	1	2
2019/20	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		7th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		44	4th	5	9	91		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				148	17th	62	79	242		12	2	5	7th	16
NHL overall				518	20th	53	73	581		17th	1	0	1	12

International

Represented Canada to:

World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009 U18 Junior World Championship 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2009

U18 Junior World Championship 2010 U20 World Junior Championship 2011 World Championship 2014

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009	Canada Ontario	U17-WHC			6th	2	2	4th	0
2009	Canada	U18 World Cup	4th Place		6th	1	3	4th	0
2009	Canada	HIMT			4th	0	1	1	4th
2010	Canada	U18 World Cup	7th place		6th	0	1	1	4th
2011	Canada	U20 World Cup			7th	3	2	5	4th
2014	Canada	WM	5th place		8th	1	0	1	6th
Juniors overall					29	6th	9	15th	12
Men overall					8th	1	0	1	6th

( 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

Commons : Erik Gudbranson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Anaheim Ducks website
• Erik Gudbranson at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aaron Bell: OHL Cup Graduate Profile: Erik Gudbranson, Kingston Frontenacs. (No longer available online.) Ontariohockeyleague .com, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 26, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ^ Canucks acquire Gudbranson from Florida. canucks.nhl.com, May 25, 2016, accessed May 26, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Canada Collapses In Third As Russia Wins World Junior Final 5-3. hockeycanada.ca, accessed May 26, 2011 . 
4. ↑ Schedule / Results - 2009 Memorial Of Ivan Hlinka. hockeycanada.ca, accessed May 26, 2011 .