Jonathan Huberdeau

Jonathan Huberdeau
Date of birth	4th June 1993
place of birth	Saint-Jérôme , Quebec , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 11
Shot hand	Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2011 , 1st round, 5th position Vitjas Chekhov
NHL Entry Draft	2011 , 1st round, 3rd position Florida Panthers
Career stations
2009-2013	Saint John Sea Dogs
since 2013	Florida panthers

Jonathan Huberdeau (born June 4, 1993 in Saint-Jérôme , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player . The winger has been with the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League (NHL) since October 2011 , which had selected him in third position in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft . In 2013 he was honored with the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie in the NHL. Since the 2019/20 season he has held the Panthers franchise records for most assists and scorer points.

Career

Huberdeau in the jersey of the Canadian national team

Jonathan Huberdeau played for the Vikings de Saint-Eustache in a Québec junior league before he was drafted in the first round of the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec Entry Draft in 18th position by the Saint John Sea Dogs in 2009 . In the 2009/10 season , the striker completed 61 regular season games for the Sea Dogs, scoring 35 points . In the subsequent play-offs , the team reached the LHJMQ final and lost to Moncton Wildcats in the best-of-seven series with 4-2 games.

In the 2010/11 season, Huberdeau increased his score significantly. The Canadian played 67 games in the regular season and scored 105 points, making him the third best scorer in the entire league. In the play-offs, the Sea Dogs reached the final again. There they prevailed against the Gatineau Olympiques and won the Coupe du Président . Huberdeau was then awarded the Guy Lafleur trophy as the most valuable player in the play-offs. Through the LHJMQ championship, the Saint John Sea Dogs also won a participation in the 2011 Memorial Cup . In this tournament, the Sea Dogs prevailed in the final against the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors from the Ontario Hockey League and won their first Memorial Cup . Jonathan Huberdeau then received the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player , and he was also elected to the All-Star Team of the competition.

In the KHL Junior Draft 2011 , the striker was selected in the first round in fifth place by Vityas Chekhov . Huberdeau was surprised by the election and said he will not play for the team. A little later he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2011 by the Florida Panthers in the first round in third position. In October 2011 he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Panthers.

In the 2011/12 season, Huberdeau played again for his junior team, for which he was only on the ice in 37 games. Nevertheless, the winger was able to record 72 scorer points and with +53 had the best plus / minus balance in the entire league. In the play-offs, the Sea Dogs once again made it to the final, where they defended their title with a sweep against the Océanic de Rimouski . Huberdeau was then elected to the LHJMQ's Second All-Star Team and was awarded the Paul Dumont Trophy as Personality of the Year for his leadership skills . At the Memorial Cup , Huberdeau was the best scorer of his team with seven points from four games, but the Sea Dogs failed in the semifinals of the tournament due to the Cataractes de Shawinigan .

Since the start of the 2012/13 NHL season was delayed until January 2013 due to the lockout , Huberdeau initially played again in Saint John. After he again led the statistics of his team in the LHJMQ with 45 scorer points in 30 games, he was appointed to the NHL squad of the Florida Panthers at the season opener. In his debut game against the Carolina Hurricanes , Huberdeau was able to score one goal and prepare two more.

In September 2016, the Panthers prematurely extended the Canadian's contract for a further six years, from now on with an average annual salary of 5.9 million US dollars. A little later, however, the attacker sustained an ankle injury, due to which he missed most of the 2016/17 season. In the 2017/18 season, however, he set his previous career best with 69 points scorer, but narrowly missed the playoffs with the team. The same happened the following year, when Huberdeau scored 92 points and he also set a new franchise record with 62 assists . In the following season 2019/20 he overtook Olli Jokinen with his 232th assist and 420th scorer point, so that he has also held these two team records since then.

International

Jonathan Huberdeau first represented the Canadian national team at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2010 . The striker appeared in five games and scored three assists. The Canadians won the gold medal at this tournament after beating the US selection in the final .

Achievements and Awards

2011 CHL Top Prospects Game 2011 Trophée Guy Lafleur 2011 Coupe-du-Président win with the Saint John Sea Dogs 2011 LHJMQ First All-Star Team 2011 Memorial Cup win with the Saint John Sea Dogs 2011 Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy 2011 Memorial Cup All-Star Team 2012 Paul Dumont Trophy

2012 LHJMQ Second All-Star Team 2012 Coupe du Président win with the Saint John Sea Dogs 2013 NHL Rookie of the Month for February 2013 Calder Memorial Trophy 2013 NHL All-Rookie Team 2019 NHL Player of the Month for December 2020 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

• 2010 gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
• 2012 bronze 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	+/-
2009/10	Saint John Sea Dogs	LHJMQ		61	15th	20th	35	43	+28		21st	11	7th	18th	22nd	+11
2010/11	Saint John Sea Dogs	LHJMQ		67	43	62	105	88	+59		19th	16	14th	30th	16	+13
2011	Saint John Sea Dogs	Memorial Cup									4th	3	3	6th	4th	+3
2011/12	Saint John Sea Dogs	LHJMQ		37	30th	42	72	50	+53		15th	10	11	21st	18th	+11
2012	Saint John Sea Dogs	Memorial Cup									4th	5	2	7th	10	+5
2012/13	Saint John Sea Dogs	LHJMQ		30th	16	29	45	48	-1		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Florida panthers	NHL		48	14th	17th	31	18th	-15		-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Florida panthers	NHL		69	9	19th	28	37	-5		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Florida panthers	NHL		79	15th	39	54	38	+10		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Florida panthers	NHL		76	20th	39	59	43	+17		6th	1	2	3	10	+1
2016/17	Florida panthers	NHL		31	10	16	26th	13	-2		-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Florida panthers	NHL		82	27	42	69	32	-2		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Florida panthers	NHL		82	30th	62	92	40	-14		-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Florida panthers	NHL		69	23	55	78	30th	+5		4th	1	2	3	± 0	2
LHJMQ total				195	104	153	257	229	+139		55	37	32	69	56	+35
Memorial Cup overall											8th	8th	5	13	14th	+8
NHL overall				536	148	289	437	251	–6		10	2	4th	6th	12	+1

International

Represented Canada to:

World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2010 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2010 U20 Junior World Championship 2012

U20 Junior World Championship 2013 World Championship 2014

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2010	Canada Québec	U17-WHC	6th place		5	2	1	3	4th
2010	Canada	HIMT			5	0	3	3	2
2012	Canada	U20 World Cup			6th	1	8th	9	16
2013	Canada	U20 World Cup	4th Place		6th	3	6th	9	4th
2014	Canada	WM	5th place		8th	1	4th	5	2
Juniors overall					22nd	6th	18th	24	26th
Men overall					8th	1	4th	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 )

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Huberdeau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Florida Panthers website
• Jonathan Huberdeau at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ lhjmc.qc.ca, Sea Dogs Win! (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 19, 2011 ; Retrieved May 31, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ mastercardmemorialcup.com, 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup Individual Award Winners. Retrieved May 31, 2011 . 
3. ↑ nationalpost.com, Huberdeau scratching his head over KHL draft. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 2, 2011 ; Retrieved June 6, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ nhl.com, Panthers sign top draft pick Huberdeau to contract. October 10, 2011, accessed February 27, 2013 . 
5. ↑ lhjmq.qc.ca, Le Gala des Rondelles d'Or: la reconnaissance de l'excellence. (No longer available online.) April 5, 2012, archived from the original on July 16, 2012 ; Retrieved February 27, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ nhl.com, Huberdeau shines in debut for Panthers in 5-1 win. January 19, 2013, accessed February 27, 2013 . 
7. ^ Florida Panthers Announce Six-Year Contract Extension for Forward Jonathan Huberdeau. panthers.nhl.com, September 7, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 (English). 
8. ↑ hockeycanada.ca, Canada Statistics - 2010 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka. Retrieved June 26, 2011 .