Alexander Killorn

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Alexander Killorn
Date of birth September 14, 1989
place of birth Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 93 kg
position center
number # 17
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 3rd round, 77th position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
2008–2012 Harvard Crimson
2012-2013 Norfolk Admirals
Syracuse Crunch
since 2013 Tampa Bay Lightning

Alexander "Alex" Killorn (born September 14, 1989 in Halifax , Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League since March 2012 .

Career

Youth and education

Alexander Killorn was born in Halifax but grew up in Beaconsfield , near Montréal . In Montréal he attended Loyola High School and played in the Quebec Junior Hockey League for the Lac Saint-Louis Lions . About the turn of the year 2005/06 Killorn took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2006 and won the gold medal there with Team Canada Québec. After the 2005/06 season he moved to the elite Deerfield Academy , a boarding school in Deerfield , Massachusetts , where he played golf as well as ice hockey . After a year at Deerfield, in which he scored 32 points scorer in 25 games, he was selected in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 77th position. After his second year in Deerfield, in which he increased to 55 scorer points, he began studying in 2008 at Harvard University, also in Massachusetts .

During his four-year study, the Killorn with a Major of Gouvernment (dt about. Bachelor in Public Administration) graduated, he increased his personal statistics from year to year. As a senior he got 46 scorer points in 34 games, with the Harvard Crimson reaching third place in the 2011/12 regular season and not failing in the subsequent play-offs until the final at Union College . Killorn himself was appointed to the All- ECAC Hockey First Team for the regular season as well as to the ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team for the play-offs.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Immediately after studying and playing in the college league, Killorn signed a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning , who had selected him in the 2007 draft. They initially sent him to their farm team , the Norfolk Admirals, in the American Hockey League (AHL) . With the Admirals he took part in the Calder Cup play-offs and won the cup in the final against the Toronto Marlies . In the following season 2012/13 Killorn played about equal parts with the new farm team Syracuse Crunch in the AHL and with the Lightning in the NHL. He made his NHL debut on February 10, 2013 against the New York Rangers and scored his first NHL goal against the Florida Panthers a week later .

As a result, he had a regular place in the NHL squad and completed all 82 regular season games in the 2013/14 season as one of only three players on the team. Then Killorn extended his contract in Tampa in June 2014 for another two years. In the 2014/15 season he reached the Stanley Cup final with the Lightning, but lost to the Chicago Blackhawks .

After the 2016/17 season, Killorn made his debut for the Canadian senior team at the 2017 World Cup , where he won the silver medal with the team.

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 Harvard Crimson NCAA 30th 6th 8th 14th –11 48
2009/10 Harvard Crimson NCAA 32 9 11 20th -1 26th
2010/11 Harvard Crimson NCAA 34 15th 14th 29 +7 36
2011/12 Harvard Crimson NCAA 34 23 23 46 +12 47
2011/12 Norfolk Admirals AHL 10 2 4th 6th +6 2 17th 3 9 12 +5 8th
2012/13 Syracuse crunch AHL 44 16 22nd 38 +6 32 - - - - - -
2012/13 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 38 7th 12 19th –6 14th - - - - - -
2013/14 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 17th 24 41 +8 63 4th 1 1 2 -2 4th
2014/15 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 71 15th 23 38 +8 36 26th 9 9 18th +3 12
2015/16 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 81 14th 26th 40 +14 44 17th 5 8th 13 +6 42
2016/17 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 81 19th 17th 36 –9 66 - - - - - -
2017/18 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 15th 32 47 +22 45 17th 5 2 7th +4 12
2018/19 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 18th 22nd 40 +22 45 4th 1 0 1 +2 6th
NCAA overall 130 53 56 109 +7 157 - - - - - -
AHL total 54 18th 26th 44 +12 34 17th 3 9 12 +5 8th
NHL overall 517 105 156 261 +59 313 68 21st 20th 41 +13 76

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2006 Canada Québec WHC gold medal 6th 1 1 2 8th
2017 Canada WM Silver medal 10 0 0 0 +1 8th
Men overall 10 0 0 0 +1 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 : Alexander Killorn  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ lightning.nhl.com: "Developing Lightning: Alex Killorn" (English, January 30, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2014)
  2. ↑ a b gocrimson.com: Profile on the pages of Harvard University (English, accessed September 27, 2014)
  3. ↑ ecachockey.com: All All Tournament Teams since 1965 (English, accessed on September 27, 2014)
  4. ↑ ecachockey.com: "League Announces Regular-Season Awards" (English, March 15, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2014)
  5. ↑ lightning.nhl.com: "Lightning sign forward Alex Killorn" (English, March 19, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2014)
  6. ↑ lightning.nhl.com: "Lightning re-sign Alex Killorn" (English, June 19, 2014, accessed on September 27, 2014)
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personal data
SURNAME Killorn, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Killorn, Alex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada