Josh Manson

Josh Manson
Date of birth	October 7, 1991
place of birth	Hinsdale , Illinois , USA
size	190 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
number	# 42
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2011 , 6th round, 160th position Anaheim Ducks
Career stations
2008-2009	Prince Albert Mintos
2009-2011	Salmon Arm Silverbacks
2011-2014	Northeastern University
2014-2015	Norfolk Admirals
since 2015	Anaheim Ducks

Josh Manson (born October 7, 1991 in Hinsdale , Illinois , USA ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League since 2014 and plays for them on the position of defender . He is the son of former professional ice hockey player Dave Manson .

Career

childhood

Josh Manson is the son of longtime NHL player Dave Manson . Shortly after his father's engagement with the Chicago Blackhawks ended , Josh was born in Hinsdale , Illinois , a suburb of Chicago . Because of the father's job, Josh's young family had to move regularly. After Dave Manson's retirement, Josh grew up in his father's birthplace, Prince Albert , Saskatchewan , Canada . His cousin Dylan Yeo is also a professional ice hockey player.

Beginnings in ice hockey

Josh Manson began his career in his hometown with the Prince Albert Mintos , where he played as an attacking player before the right-shooter was later retrained as a defender. After two years with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks from the BCHL , he decided to study criminal law at Northeastern University in Boston . At university, the Canadian played for the Northeastern Huskies in Hockey East , where he was named defensively strongest defender in his final season.

Breakthrough in the NHL

After Manson had been selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL Entry Draft three years earlier , he signed an entry contract with the Ducks in March 2014 , which gave him to their farm team from the American Hockey League (AHL), the Norfolk Admirals , by the end of the season . The following season the defensive defender spent alternately in the AHL and NHL , where he made his debut in the away game with the Dallas Stars on October 31, 2014 . For the 2015/16 season, the Canadian was able to establish himself in the NHL squad of the Ducks and scored his first goal in the North American elite class against the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 7, 2015 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2014 Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman
• 2014 Hockey East Second All-Star Team

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
2008/09	Flin Flon Bombers	SJHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL		54	10	14th	24	75		6th	1	0	1	15th
2010/11	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL		57	12	35	47	80		14th	2	7th	9	15th
2011/12	Northeastern University	Hockey East		33	0	4th	4th	48
2012/13	Northeastern University	Hockey East		33	3	4th	7th	45
2013/14	Northeastern University	Hockey East		33	3	7th	10	65
2013/14	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		9	1	0	1	26th		10	1	0	1	6th
2014/15	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		36	3	9	12	47		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		29	1	3	4th	31		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		71	5	10	15th	74		1	0	0	0	0
2016/17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		82	5	12	17th	82		17th	0	3	3	20th
2017/18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		80	7th	30th	37	62		4th	0	0	0	0
2018/19	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		74	3	13	16	62		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		50	1	8th	9	37		-	-	-	-	-
BCHL total				111	22nd	49	71	155		20th	3	7th	10	30th
NCAA overall				99	6th	15th	21st	158
AHL total				45	4th	9	13	73		10	1	0	1	6th
NHL overall				385	21st	76	97	348		22nd	0	3	3	20th

( 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

• Player biography on the Anaheim Ducks website
• Josh Manson at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeysfuture.com Profile of Josh Manson
2. ↑ gonu.com Profile of Josh Manson at Northeastern University
3. ↑ ducks.nhl.com Ducks Sign Defenseman Josh Manson to Two-Year Entry Level Contract