JT Compher

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JT Compher
Date of birth April 8, 1995
place of birth Northbrook , Illinois , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Left wing
number # 37
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 2nd round, 35th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
2011-2013 US National Team Development Program
2013-2016 University of Michigan
2016-2017 San Antonio Rampage
since 2016 Colorado Avalanche

Joseph Taylor "JT" Compher (* 8. April 1995 in Northbrook , Illinois ) is an American ice hockey player , who since April 2016 the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League is under contract and for those in the position of left winger plays .

Career

Compher initially spent his junior years from 2011 to 2013 in the National Team Development Program of the US ice hockey association USA Hockey , for which he played nationally in the United States Hockey League for the following two seasons , but also represented internationally. At the end of his two-year engagement in the development program there, he was selected in the second round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in 35th place by the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League . The attacker initially enrolled at the University of Michigan and studied for the next three years. At the same time, he played for the college's ice hockey team in the Big Ten Conference , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . There he found himself in the All-Rookie Team and Second All-Star Team of the division at the end of the 2013/14 season. In addition, he was named Rookie of the Year , for which he had collected 31 scorer points in 35 games .

After his sophomore year in college gaming operations, in which his offensive production had declined slightly, Compher was part of a transfer business in which his NHL rights changed hands. At the end of June 2015, the Buffalo Sabers gave the striker to the Colorado Avalanche along with Nikita Sadorow , Michail Grigorenko and a second-round vote in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Jamie McGinn and Ryan O'Reilly moved to Buffalo. The Avalanche also left Compher in the 2015/16 season at college, where he won the division title of the Big Ten Conference with the University of Michigan. In addition, the attacker received appointments to the First All-Star Team of the division and the West Second All-American Team of the entire NCAA.

In April 2016 - after completing his studies - Compher was finally hired by the Colorado Avalanche for a three-year entry-level contract . They used him at the beginning of the 2016/17 season with the San Antonio Rampage , the Avalanche farm team in the American Hockey League . There he spent his first professional playing time until the beginning of March 2017, before he was appointed to the NHL squad of the Denver team and made his debut there. At this point he had scored 30 points in 41 AHL games. As a result, Compher established himself at the Avalanche in the NHL.

International

For his home country Compher played in the junior division at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2012 , the U18 Junior World Championships in 2012 and 2013 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2015 . The striker won the world championship title with the US selection at the U18 Junior World Championship in 2012 in the Czech Republic . In six tournament games he contributed five scorer points. In addition, Compher achieved the silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge and the U18 Junior World Championship in 2013. The Americans finished the U20 Junior World Championship in Canada in fifth place.

For the men's selection of the US boys , the attacker played his first games as part of the 2016 World Cup in Russia . In the world title bouts, he played all ten games for the Americans and got three scorer points. He scored his only goal in the preliminary round game against France . After losing in the semi-finals against Canada and in the game for third place against hosts Russia, however, it was not enough to win a medal .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2016 Big Ten Conference Championship with the University of Michigan
  • 2016 Big Ten Conference First All-Star Team
  • 2016 NCAA West Second All-American Team

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
2011/12 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 32 13 14th 27 37 - - - - -
2012/13 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 21st 7th 17th 24 23 - - - - -
2013/14 University of Michigan Big Ten 35 11 20th 31 24
2014/15 University of Michigan Big Ten 34 12 12 24 44
2015/16 University of Michigan Big Ten 38 16 47 63 30th
2016/17 San Antonio Rampage AHL 41 13 17th 30th 22nd - - - - -
2016/17 Colorado Avalanche NHL 21st 3 2 5 4th - - - - -
2017/18 Colorado Avalanche NHL 69 13 10 23 20th 6th 0 3 3 2
2018/19 Colorado Avalanche NHL 66 16 16 32 31 12 4th 2 6th 0
USHL total 53 20th 31 51 60 - - - - -
NCAA overall 107 39 79 118 98
NHL overall 156 32 28 60 55 18th 4th 5 9 2

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2012 United States U17-WHC 2nd place, silver 5 3 6th 9 14th
2012 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 2 3 5 4th
2013 United States U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 3 4th 7th 8th
2015 United States U20 World Cup 5th place 5 0 0 0 0
2016 United States WM 4th Place 10 1 2 3 2
2017 United States WM 5th place 8th 2 0 2 0
Juniors overall 23 9 14th 23 26th
Men overall 18th 3 2 5 2

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Compher, JT
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Compher, Joseph Taylor (full name); Compher JT; Compher, JT
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Northbrook , Illinois