Ethan Bear
Date of birth | June 26, 1997 |
place of birth | Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada |
size | 181 cm |
Weight | 95 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2015 , 5th lap, 124th position Edmonton Oilers |
Career stations | |
2013-2017 | Seattle Thunderbirds |
since 2017 | Bakersfield Condors |
since 2018 | Edmonton Oilers |
Ethan Bear (born June 26, 1997 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League since July 2016 and also for their farm team, the Bakersfield Condors , in the American Hockey League for Use comes.
Career
Ethan Bear played in his youth for the Yorkton Harvest in his home town of Saskatchewan before he moved to the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Hockey League (WHL) at the end of the 2012/13 season. The Thunderbirds had selected him in the WHL Bantam Draft of 2012 in 25th position. After two years in Seattle, the defender was also considered in the NHL Entry Draft 2015 in 124th place by the Edmonton Oilers , but he did not make his breakthrough with the Thunderbirds until the following season 2015/16. Bear increased his personal statistics to 65 scorer points from 69 games, so that he was elected to the WHL West First All-Star Team . He did the same the following year, when he and his team also won the WHL playoffs for the Ed Chynoweth Cup and was awarded the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the best defender in the league.
For the 2017/18 season, Bear switched to the Oilers organization, which had already provided him with an entry-level contract in July 2016 . As expected, he was initially used with the Bakersfield Condors , the Oilers' farm team , in the American Hockey League (AHL) before making his debut for Edmonton in the National Hockey League (NHL) in March 2018, where he played 18 games by the end of the season .
International
On an international level, Bear made his debut for Team Canada West at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2014 in January . He then won a gold medal with the U18 national team at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2014 and a bronze medal at the U18 World Cup in 2015 .
Achievements and Awards
- 2016 WHL West First All-Star Team
- 2017 Ed Chynoweth Cup win with the Seattle Thunderbirds
- 2017 Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
- 2017 WHL West First All-Star Team
International
- 2014 gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
- 2015 bronze medal at the U18 World Championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2012/13 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 58 | 6th | 13 | 19th | +1 | 18th | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4th | ± 0 | 6th | ||
2014/15 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 69 | 13 | 25th | 38 | +1 | 23 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8th | 0 | ||
2015/16 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 69 | 19th | 46 | 65 | +14 | 33 | 18th | 8th | 14th | 22nd | +11 | 8th | ||
2016/17 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 67 | 28 | 42 | 70 | +34 | 21st | 17th | 6th | 20th | 26th | +11 | 12 | ||
2017 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Memorial Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | ||||||||
2017/18 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 37 | 6th | 12 | 18th | -8th | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 18th | 1 | 3 | 4th | –11 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 52 | 6th | 25th | 31 | +14 | 34 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 4th | ± 0 | 4th | ||
2019/20 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 71 | 5 | 16 | 21st | -4 | 33 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | ||
WHL overall | 264 | 66 | 126 | 192 | +50 | 95 | 50 | 17th | 38 | 55 | +14 | 26th | ||||
AHL total | 89 | 12 | 37 | 49 | +6 | 46 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 4th | ± 0 | 4th | ||||
NHL overall | 89 | 6th | 19th | 25th | -15 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented Canada to:
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2014 (January)
- Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2014
- U18 World Championship 2015
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2014 | Canada West | WHC | 9th place | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2014 | Canada | Hlinka Memorial | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +7 | 2 | ||
2015 | Canada | U18 World Cup | 7th | 0 | 3 | 3 | +7 | 6th | ||
Juniors overall | 17th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 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 )
Personal
Bear belongs to the Ochapowace , a first nation of the Cree people , and is one of the few Canadian NHL players who come from the country's indigenous peoples .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Oilers sign D Bear to entry-level contract. tsn.ca, July 2, 2016, accessed on May 27, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Ethan Bear's debut with Oilers has Ochapowace First Nation beaming with pride. cbc.ca, March 1, 2018, accessed on May 27, 2018 (English).
Goalkeeper:
Mikko Koskinen |
Mike Smith
Defender:
Ethan Bear |
Matt Benning |
Oscar Klefbom |
Adam Larsson ( A ) |
Brandon Manning |
Darnell Nurse ( A ) |
Kris Russell
attacker:
Josh Archibald |
Andreas Athanasiou |
Alex Chiasson |
Leon Draisaitl ( A ) |
Tyler Ennis |
Gaëtan Haas |
Zack Kassian |
Jujhar Khaira |
Connor McDavid ( C ) |
James Neal |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ( A ) |
Joakim Nygård |
Patrick Russell |
Riley Sheahan
Head Coach: Dave Tippett Assistant Coach : Glen Gulutzan | Jim Playfair | Brian Wiseman General Manager: Ken Holland
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bear, Ethan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada |