Hunter Shinkaruk

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Hunter Shinkaruk
Date of birth October 13, 1994
place of birth Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 1st round, 24th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
2007-2010 Calgary Royals
2010-2014 Medicine Hat Tigers
2014-2016 Utica Comets
2016-2018 Stockton Heat
2018-2019 Rocket de Laval
2019 Charlotte Checkers
since 2019 Kunlun Red Star

Hunter Shinkaruk (born October 13, 1994 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Kunlun Red Star from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) since December 2019 and plays there in the position of the left winger .

Career

Shinkaruk played in his youth for the various junior teams of the Calgary Royals and was in the Bantam Draft 2009 of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the first round in 14th position by the Medicine Hat Tigers . For the 2010/11 season he moved to the Canadian Major Junior League and scored 42 points in 63 games . In the play-offs he reached the WHL Eastern Conference final with the Tigers and was subject to the Kootenay Ice there . In the following season he was able to increase his points yield from the previous year significantly and achieve 91 points in 66 games; including 49 goals. In the championship finals, Medicine Hat was eliminated in the second round against the Moose Jaw Warriors .

Prior to the start of the 2012/13 WHL season , Hunter Shinkaruk was named team captain of the Medicine Hat Tigers. The offensive player scored 86 points this season before he and his team were eliminated in the second playoff round, as in the previous season. Following the season, Shinkaruk was elected to the WHL East Second All-Star team.

Shinkaruk was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2013 in the first round at a total of 24th position by the Vancouver Canucks . After the 2013/14 season he moved to the Canucks organization and from then on played for the Utica Comets in the American Hockey League (AHL). In November 2015 he made his NHL debut in Vancouver before the Canucks gave him in February 2016 in exchange for Markus Granlund to the Calgary Flames . As a result, Shinkaruk spent a little over two seasons in Calgary before being transferred to the Canadiens de Montréal in August 2018 in exchange for Kerby Rychel . During the 2018/19 season , the striker only played in the AHL with the Rocket de Laval farm team . After his contract expired in summer 2019, he signed a contract as a free agent with the reigning Calder Cup winner Charlotte Checkers from the AHL in the middle of the same year . There he only played until the end of 2019, before he switched to Kunlun Red Star from the Continental Hockey League (KHL).

International

At the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 he won the bronze medal with the Canada Pacific team; in addition, he was elected to the all-star team of the tournament. His first appearance for the Canadian national team had Shinkaruk at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 , where he won the gold medal with the team. A little later, Shinkaruk was also part of Team Canada at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2012 . In the competition held in the Czech Republic , the left-handed shooter scored eight points in six games and won the bronze medal with his team after winning the game for third place against the Finnish selection . Shinkaruk scored two goals in this game, including the decider in the third minute of extra time .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2007/08 Calgary Royals AMBHL 33 10 30th 40 24 3 2 2 4th 0
2008/09 Calgary Royals AMBHL 27 32 31 63 10 10 11 11 22nd 6th
2009/10 Calgary Royals AMHL 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - - -
2010/11 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 63 14th 28 42 +13 24 14th 4th 5 9 -2 0
2011/12 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 66 49 42 91 +17 38 8th 2 9 11 -4 6th
2012/13 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 64 37 49 86 -13 44 8th 3 3 6th ± 0 8th
2013/14 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 18th 5 11 16 -2 29 - - - - - -
2014/15 Utica Comets AHL 74 16 15th 31 +2 28 23 4th 2 6th +1 4th
2015/16 Utica Comets AHL 45 21st 18th 39 +7 18th - - - - - -
2015/16 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2015/16 Stockton Heat AHL 17th 6th 6th 12 –6 2 - - - - - -
2015/16 Calgary Flames NHL 7th 2 1 3 -4 2 - - - - - -
2016/17 Stockton Heat AHL 52 15th 20th 35 +10 20th 5 2 1 3 +1 4th
2016/17 Calgary Flames NHL 7th 0 1 1 -3 2 - - - - - -
2017/18 Stockton Heat AHL 63 17th 15th 32 +3 30th - - - - - -
2018/19 Rocket de Laval AHL 54 5 5 10 +1 20th - - - - - -
WHL overall 211 105 130 235 +15 135 30th 9 17th 26th –6 14th
AHL total 305 80 79 159 +17 118 28 6th 3 9 +2 8th
NHL overall 15th 2 2 4th –7 4th - - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 Canada Pacific U17-WHC 3rd place, bronze 6th 5 4th 9 2
2011 Canada Hlinka Memorial 1st place, gold 5 1 1 2 4th
2012 Canada U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 4th 4th 8th 6th
Juniors overall 17th 10 9 19th 12

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adam Kimelman: Medicine Hat names top prospect Shinkaruk captain. September 20, 2012, accessed June 28, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Shinkaruk, Hunter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Alberta , Canada