Keith Kinkaid

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Keith Kinkaid
Date of birth 4th July 1989
place of birth Farmingville , New York , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 37
Catch hand Left
Career stations
2007-2008 Des Moines Buccaneers
2008-2009 St. Louis Bandits
2009-2011 Union College
2011-2014 Albany Devils
2013-2019 New Jersey Devils
2019 Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2019 Canadiens de Montréal
Rocket de Laval
Charlotte Checkers

Keith Kinkaid (born July 4, 1989 in Farmingville , New York ) is an American ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Canadiens de Montréal of the National Hockey League since July 2019 and on loan with the Charlotte Checkers in the American since February 2020 Hockey League is used.

Career

Youth and college

Keith Kinkaid was born in Farmingville, Long Island and played for the Suffolk PAL Juniors and the New York Bobcats in his youth . For the 2007/08 season he moved to the United States Hockey League (USHL), the highest junior league in the United States, and played 15 games for the Des Moines Buccaneers. With the beginning of the following season 2008/09 Kinkaid went a step "down" in the second highest junior division, the North American Hockey League (NAHL), and was there for the St. Louis Bandits. With the Bandits, the goalkeeper achieved a catch rate of 93.5% and an average of 1.78 goals against in 40 games, which made him the MVP , the best goalkeeper and the First All-Star Team of the NAHL. In the subsequent playoffs, he increased his statistics (95.1% / 1.15 GTS) and thus played a major role in the fact that the Bandits won the Robertson Cup ; Kinkaid himself was also named MVP of the playoffs. In an NHL Entry Draft , however, the goalkeeper was not considered, among other things because the NAHL, as the second junior league in the USA, does not attract any special attention.

After the successful NAHL season, Kinkaid moved to Union College in 2009 and was henceforth active for the Union Dutchmen in the ECAC . In his rookie season, the American had a catch rate of 91.2%, was elected to the All-Rookie Team and the Third All-Star Team of the ECAC and reached the final of the ECAC Playoffs with the Dutchmen, where the team however, Cornell University was defeated. In the following season 2010/11 Kinkaid came to 25 wins in 38 games, was named goalkeeper of the year of the ECAC and elected to the First All-Star team . With these successes he drew sufficient attention from the National Hockey League (NHL), so that he - even without having been selected in the NHL Entry Draft - was signed by the New Jersey Devils in April 2011 .

New Jersey and Columbus

As expected, Kinkaid was given to the New Jersey Devils farm team , the Albany Devils , for the 2011/12 season and thus played in the American Hockey League (AHL). In his first season in the professional field, he had 90.4% saved shots, an average goal against 2.94 and three shutouts . The goalkeeper produced a similar statistic in the following season 2012/13, where he made his debut in the NHL in April 2013 when Martin Brodeur was injured and he was the nominally second goalkeeper Johan Hedberg for the remaining 26 in the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Minutes replaced.

In the 2013/14 season Kinkaid remained again as the third goalkeeper (behind Brodeur and Cory Schneider ) in the AHL and came there to 24 wins in 43 games for the Albany Devils. He also reached the playoffs for the Calder Cup with the team , but failed there in the first round. Since the beginning of the 2014/15 season, Kinkaid has been firmly established in the NHL squad, as Brodeur moved to the St. Louis Blues and Kinkaid is now the second goalkeeper behind Cory Schneider. In total, he completed 19 NHL missions in the season, in which he came to six wins and a catch rate of 91.5%. In the course of the following years he gradually received more Ice Age in New Jersey and ultimately established himself as a regular in New Jersey's Gate. In February 2019, he was transferred to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a five-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2022 , for which he was not used until the end of the season. He then moved to the Canadiens de Montréal as a free agent , where he signed a one-year contract. This awarded him to the Charlotte Checkers in February 2020, after he had previously been mostly on the ice in the AHL at the Rocket de Laval .

International

At the 2016 World Cup , he represented his home country for the first time on an international level and achieved fourth place with the team. Two years later, the bronze medal at the 2018 World Cup followed .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2010 ECAC All-Rookie Team
  • 2010 ECAC Third All-Star Team
  • 2011 ECAC goalkeeper of the year
  • 2011 ECAC First All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2007/08 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 15th 4th 9 2 845 48 0 3.41 89.3 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 St. Louis Bandits NEAR 40 30th 5 4th 2393 71 7th 1.78 93.5 12 10 2 728 14th 3 1.15 95.1
2009/10 Union College NCAA 25th 12 8th 3 1478 61 1 2.48 91.2
2010/11 Union College NCAA 38 25th 10 3 2266 75 3 1.99 92.0
2011/12 Albany Devils AHL 42 17th 20th 3 2347 115 3 2.94 90.4 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 Albany Devils AHL 45 21st 17th 6th 2644 120 2 2.72 90.5 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 New Jersey Devils NHL 1 0 0 0 26th 1 0 2.33 92.3 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Albany Devils AHL 43 24 13 5 2519 96 4th 2.29 91.2 4th 1 3 238 9 0 2.26 92.3
2014/15 Albany Devils AHL 13 7th 2 3 713 26th 1 2.19 92.3 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 New Jersey Devils NHL 19th 6th 5 4th 925 40 0 2.59 91.5 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 New Jersey Devils NHL 23 9 9 1 1240 58 2 2.81 90.4 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 New Jersey Devils NHL 26th 8th 13 3 1477 65 1 2.64 91.6 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 New Jersey Devils NHL 41 26th 10 3 2298 106 1 2.77 91.3 2 0 2 92 9 0 5.87 80.4
2018/19 New Jersey Devils NHL 41 15th 18th 6th 2302 129 3 3.36 89.1 - - - - - - - -
NCAA overall 63 37 18th 6th 3744 136 4th 2.18 91.7
AHL total 143 69 52 17th 8223 357 10 2.60 90.8 4th 1 3 238 9 0 2.26 92.3
NHL overall 151 64 55 17th 8268 399 7th 2.90 90.6 2 0 2 92 9 0 5.87 80.4

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2016 United States WM 4th Place 6th 1 4th 350 19th 0 3.25 87.1
2018 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 9 6th 2 524 20th 2 2.29 91.2
Men overall 15th 7th 6th 874 39 2 2.68 89.6

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PAL Alumni Keith Kinkaid Makes First NHL Start. paljrislanders.com, December 10, 2014, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  2. ^ New York Bobcats Alumni. pointstreaksites.com, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Profile Kinkaids on the part of Union College. unionathletics.com, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Rich Chere: Devils prospect Keith Kinkaid could one day replace idol Martin Brodeur. nj.com, May 8, 2011, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  5. ^ Devils ink G Keith Kinkaid to entry-level deal. devils.nhl.com, April 18, 2011, accessed January 23, 2016 .
  6. ^ Mike G. Morreale: Devils' Kinkaid makes NHL debut in relief appearance. nhl.com, March 5, 2013, accessed January 23, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Kinkaid, Keith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Farmingville , New York , United States