Jonathan Toews

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CanadaCanada  Jonathan Toews Ice hockey player
Jonathan Toews
Date of birth April 29, 1988
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 95 kg
position center
number # 19
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2006 , 1st round, 3rd position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
2004-2005 Shattuck St. Mary's
2005-2007 University of North Dakota
since 2007 Chicago Blackhawks

Jonathan Toews (born April 29, 1988 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian ice hockey player . The center has played with the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League since 2007 , who had selected him in third position in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft . With the team he since the 2008-09 season as team captain leads, he won in the years 2010 , 2013 and 2015 the Stanley Cup and was there in 2010 with theConn Smythe Trophy named Most Valuable Player of the Playoffs. He was also honored in 2013 with the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the best defensive striker and in 2015 with the Mark Messier Leadership Award for his leadership qualities. With the Canadian national team , Toews won the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships and at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics , making him a member of the Triple Gold Club .

Career

Toews initially played for the Shattuck St. Mary’s ice hockey team in the United States high school league system from 2004 to 2005 . He began his college education in the 2005/06 season at the University of North Dakota and joined the university's ice hockey team , the Fighting Sioux. After a good rookie season, he was selected in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in third position by the Chicago Blackhawks . The following year Toews played again for the University of North Dakota and scored 46 points in 34 games.

Chicago Blackhawks (since 2007)

In May 2007, Jonathan Toews signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. On his debut for the Blackhawks in the National Hockey League , he immediately scored his first goal in the top division of North America with the first shot in the game against the San Jose Sharks . Although the attacker missed a total of 18 games of the season due to a knee injury in January 2008, he finished the 2007/08 season with 54 points, making it the fourth-best rookie in the league. In the summer of 2008, the Blackhawks named him team captain , making him the youngest captain in NHL history after Sidney Crosby and Vincent Lecavalier .

Toews with the Stanley Cup (2015)

In the subsequent 2008/09 season , the Canadian was able to increase his offensive performance from the previous year and took part in the All-Star Game . In February 2009 he scored the first hat trick of his professional career in the 4-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins . With 69 scorer points Toews was instrumental in the first playoff entry of his team since 2002, but where they lost in the Western Conference finals to the Detroit Red Wings . In December 2009 Toews extended his contract with the Blackhawks for another five years. In the playoffs he led his team to the Stanley Cup victory with 29 scorer points from 22 games and was then awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player . With the title win, Toews became the youngest member of the Triple Gold Club , having previously won gold medals with the Canadian national team at both the World Cup and the Winter Olympics . In the summer of 2010, EA Sports announced that the attacker would appear on the cover of NHL 2011 .

In the following year Toews played with 76 scorer points, the highest point season of his previous NHL career, but was eliminated with the Blackhawks in the first round of the playoffs against the Vancouver Canucks . The 2011/12 season was marked by injuries for the Canadian, so that he only played 59 games and scored 57 points scorer. In the shortened lockout - 2012/13 season he was able to convince with good offensive performances and recorded 23 hits and 25 assists in 47 games this season. The attacker then helped with 14 scorer points in 23 playoff games in the Blackhawks' second Stanley Cup victory within three years and then received the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the most defensive striker in the league. In July 2014, he extended his contract with the Blackhawks for eight years at a rumored annual salary of $ 10.5 million. In the 2014/15 season Toews convinced again with strong performances and marked a total of 21 scorer points from 23 playoff games in his third Stanley Cup success . He then won the Mark Messier Leadership Award for outstanding leadership skills and was featured on the cover of EA Sports' NHL video game.

International

In 2005, Toews was captain of Canada's Team Western at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge in Lethbridge in the Canadian province of Alberta . There he won the gold medal and was voted the most valuable player of the tournament. A year later, at the age of 17, he played for Canada in the U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship . At the Junior Ice Hockey World Championship in 2007 , he led the team's internal scorer rating for the Canadian team and won Canada's third gold medal in the last three tournaments. Toews was also named to the tournament's All-Star Team.

Surprisingly, the Canadian was appointed to the A-squad of Team Canada for the 2007 Ice Hockey World Championship in Moscow on April 25, 2007 and won the world championship with them. He contributed two goals and five assists to the success. In 2010 and 2014 he was Olympic champion with the Canadian national team.

He also represented his home country at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 and won the gold medal there with the team.

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
2004/05 Shattuck St. Mary's High school 64 48 62 110 38 - - - - -
2005/06 University of North Dakota NCAA 42 22nd 17th 39 22nd
2006/07 University of North Dakota NCAA 34 18th 28 46 10
2007/08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 64 24 30th 54 44 - - - - -
2008/09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 34 35 69 51 17th 7th 6th 13 26th
2009/10 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 25th 43 68 47 22nd 7th 22nd 29 4th
2010/11 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 32 44 76 26th 7th 1 3 4th 2
2011/12 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 59 29 28 57 28 6th 2 2 4th 6th
2012/13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 47 23 25th 48 27 23 3 11 14th 18th
2013/14 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 76 28 40 68 34 19th 9 8th 17th 8th
2014/15 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 28 38 66 36 23 10 11 21st 8th
2015/16 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 28 30th 58 62 7th 0 6th 6th 10
2016/17 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 72 21st 37 58 35 4th 1 1 2 0
2017/18 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 74 20th 32 52 47 - - - - -
2018/19 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 35 46 81 40 - - - - -
NCAA overall 76 40 45 85 32
NHL overall 873 327 428 755 477 128 40 70 110 82

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Canada West WHC 1st place, gold 6th 8th 4th 12 2
2006 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 2 2 2
2007 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 4th 3 7th 12
2007 Canada WM 1st place, gold 8th 2 5 7th 6th
2008 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 2 3 5 8th
2010 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 1 7th 8th 2
2014 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 1 2 3 0
2016 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 6th 3 2 5 0
Juniors overall 18th 12 9 21st 16
Men overall 36 9 19th 28 16

( 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 Toews  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Squad of the Chicago Blackhawks in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Toews, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba