Justin Faulk

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Justin Faulk
Date of birth March 20, 1992
place of birth South St. Paul , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
number # 72
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2010 , 2nd round, 37th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
2008-2010 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2010-2011 University of Minnesota Duluth
2011-2019 Carolina Hurricanes
since 2019 St. Louis Blues

Justin Faulk (born March 20, 1992 in South St. Paul , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League since September 2019 . The defender previously spent eight years with the Carolina Hurricanes .

Career

Justin Faulk began his career as a hockey player with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , for which he was active from 2008 to 2010 in the junior leagues of the North American Hockey League and the United States Hockey League . He was then selected in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as the 37th player by the Carolina Hurricanes . First, however, he attended the University of Minnesota Duluth for a year , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The defender won the 2011 NCAA championship with his university team. He himself was elected to the All-Rookie Team and the third All-Star Team of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . Towards the end of the 2010/11 season he made his professional ice hockey debut for Carolina's farm team Charlotte Checkers from the American Hockey League . In the playoffs he prepared two goals in 13 games.

In the 2011/12 season Faulk was able to earn a regular place with the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League . In his rookie year he scored 22 scorer points in 66 games, eight of which were goals. At the same time, he played in another twelve games for the Charlotte Checkers in the AHL.

At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Faulk (together with Jordan Staal ) took over the captaincy of the Hurricanes, but handed it over to Justin Williams after one season .

In September 2019, Faulk, whose contract in Carolina had expired in the summer, including a five-round vote for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, was handed over to the St. Louis Blues . In return, the Hurricanes Joel Edmundson , Dominik Bokk and a seven-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2021 . At the same time, Faulk signed a new seven-year contract with the Blues, which should bring him an average annual salary of 6.5 million US dollars.

International

For the USA Faulk took part in the junior division in the U18 World Junior Championship 2010 and the U20 World Junior Championship 2011 . At the U18 World Cup 2010 he and his team won the gold medal, and at the U20 World Cup 2011 the bronze medal. In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the first time at the 2012 World Cup . At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the bronze medal with it. Faulk was able to repeat this success in 2015 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2008/09 USA Hockey NTDP NEAR 38 3 9 12 -1 20th 9 3 3 6th +6 8th
2009/10 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 21st 9 3 12 +6 46 - - - - - -
2010/11 University of Minnesota-Duluth NCAA 39 8th 25th 33 +17 47
2010/11 Charlotte Checkers AHL - - - - - - 13 0 2 2 –7 2
2011/12 Charlotte Checkers AHL 12 2 4th 6th -3 11 - - - - - -
2011/12 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 66 8th 14th 22nd -16 29 - - - - - -
2012/13 Charlotte Checkers AHL 31 5 19th 24 +2 16 - - - - - -
2012/13 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 38 5 10 15th +1 15th - - - - - -
2013/14 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 76 5 27 32 –9 37 - - - - - -
2014/15 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 15th 34 49 -19 30th - - - - - -
2015/16 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 64 16 21st 37 -22 27 - - - - - -
2016/17 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 75 17th 20th 37 -18 32 - - - - - -
2017/18 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 76 8th 23 31 -26 48 - - - - - -
2018/19 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 11 24 35 +9 47 15th 1 7th 8th +4 4th
AHL total 43 7th 23 30th -1 27 13 0 2 2 –7 2
NHL overall 559 85 173 258 -100 265 15th 1 7th 8th +4 4th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2010 United States U18 World Cup gold medal 7th 1 3 4th +8 6th
2011 United States U20 World Cup Bronze medal 6th 1 3 4th +2 0
2012 United States WM 7th place 8th 4th 4th 8th +9 2
2013 United States WM Bronze medal 10 0 6th 6th +1 2
2014 United States Olympia 4th Place 2 0 0 0 -1 0
2015 United States WM Bronze medal 10 0 3 3 +5 4th
Juniors overall 13 2 6th 8th +10 6th
Men overall 30th 4th 13 17th +14 8th

( 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 : Justin Faulk  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Pinkert: Blues acquire Faulk in deal with Hurricanes. nhl.com, September 24, 2019, accessed on September 26, 2019 .
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Squad of the St. Louis Blues in the 2019/20 season
personal data
SURNAME Faulk, Justin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH South St. Paul , Minnesota , USA