Jon Rheault

Jon Rheault
Date of birth	August 1, 1986
place of birth	Arlington , Texas , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 5th round, 145th position Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
2004-2008	Providence College
2008	Manchester monarchs
2008-2010	Ontario Reign
2010	Manchester monarchs
2010–2012	Abbotsford Heat
2012-2013	San Antonio Rampage
2013-2016	Adler Mannheim
2016-2017	EHC Visp
2017-2018	EC KAC

Jonathan "Jon" Rheault (born August 1, 1986 in Arlington , Texas ) is an American ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with the EC KAC in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League .

Career

Rheault was born in Texas but moved to Deering , New Hampshire when he was three years old , where he spent his childhood and adolescence. The then 18-year-old began his career at Providence College , where he was one of only four players to score ten or more goals with eleven goals in his debut season. This season Rheault was also voted Hockey East Rookie of the Week twice . In addition, at the end of the season, the attacker received the Rev. Herman Schneider Award, the prize for the most valuable rookie on the team.

Jon Rheault in the jersey of Adler Mannheim, Steve Wagner (left)

After a weak start to the second season, the American gradually improved and was the leader in the respective categories with 16 goals and 8 power play goals. At the end of the season, Rheault received the Lou Lamoriello Award, the award for the most valuable player on his team. He was then selected in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers in 145th position, but never played a game for the organization of the Flyers. After two more seasons at Providence College , the American moved to the Manchester Monarchs in the AHL , where he could not convince. During the season Rheault was given to Ontario Reign , a cooperation partner of the Monarchs. In the 2009/10 season he returned to the Monarchs after a brief interlude with the Providence Bruins . Again, the talent in Manchester could not call up its potential and ended the season at AHL competitor Abbotsford Heat . After Rheault initially received no follow-up contract, he was initially a free agent . On June 16, 2010, the player signed a contract after all. Two successful seasons followed, in which the variable attacker drew the attention of the Florida Panthers organization . The American signed a two-way contract for the 2012/13 season . Due to the NHL lockout , the native Texan was directly on the roster of the San Antonio Rampage , a farm team of the Panthers. After convincing appearances in the AHL, his debut in the NHL followed in a 4-1 home win against the Winnipeg Jets .

On July 2, 2013 Adler Mannheim announced Rheault's commitment. The attacker signed a one-year contract and ultimately stayed in Mannheim for three years. In the 2014/15 season he reached first place in the table after the regular season with the Eagles and won the German championship in the subsequent play-offs .

In May 2016 Rheault moved to EHC Visp in the Swiss National League B (NLB).

Style of play

His strengths include hard, placed shots, a good outnumbered game and his willingness to play. Despite his small size, he is a strong gang player. His former trainer Chuck Weber described him as a fast, dynamic attacker with a high level of game intelligence who processes events quickly and usually makes the right decisions.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 CCHA All-Academic All-Star Team
• 2008 CCHA All-Academic All-Star Team
• 2015 German champion with the Adler Mannheim

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
2004/05	Providence College	CCHA		36	11	8th	19th	36		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Providence College	CCHA		35	16	14th	30th	29		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Providence College	CCHA		35	12	13	25th	38		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Providence College	CCHA		36	17th	14th	31	23		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Manchester monarchs	AHL		24	2	3	5	12		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Ontario Reign	ECHL		51	19th	22nd	41	56		7th	4th	4th	8th	4th
2009/10	Ontario Reign	ECHL		30th	19th	16	35	24		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Providence Bruins	AHL		4th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Manchester monarchs	AHL		35	3	3	6th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Abbotsford Heat	AHL		5	3	2	5	0		13	6th	2	8th	2
2010/11	Abbotsford Heat	AHL		79	12	22nd	34	46		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Abbotsford Heat	AHL		47	16	17th	33	29		8th	3	1	4th	0
2012/13	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		67	20th	28	48	40		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Florida panthers	NHL		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Adler Mannheim	DEL		41	12	13	25th	30th		5	1	2	3	15th
2014/15	Adler Mannheim	DEL		49	14th	22nd	36	24		15th	4th	5	9	6th
2015/16	Adler Mannheim	DEL		48	5	11	16	50		3	2	1	3	0
2016/17	EHC Visp	NLB		29	18th	19th	37	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	EC-KAC	EBEL		47	6th	15th	21st	16		6th	1	0	1	2
CCHA total				142	46	49	105	128		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				261	56	75	131	145		21st	9	3	12	2
NHL overall				5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
DEL total				138	31	46	77	104		23	7th	8th	15th	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

• Jon Rheault at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jon Rheault at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ panthers.nhl.com Panthers Agree to One-Year, Two-Way Contract with Jon Rheault
2. ↑ nhl.com Panthers 4, Jets 1  ( 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.  
3. ↑ eishockey-magazin.de Adler sign Jon Rheault
4. ^ EHC Visp Sport AG: Jon Rheault to EHC Visp. In: www.ehc-visp.ch. Retrieved May 17, 2016 . 
5. ↑ sarampage.com Fresh Faces: Jon Rheault