Kyle Rau

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United StatesUnited States  Kyle Rau Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 24, 1992
place of birth Eden Prairie , Minnesota , USA
size 173 cm
Weight 81 kg
position center
number # 92
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 3rd round, 91st position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
2011 Sioux Falls Stampede
2011-2015 University of Minnesota
2015-2017 Florida Panthers
Springfield Thunderbirds
since 2017 Minnesota Wild
Iowa Wild

Kyle Rau (born October 24, 1992 in Eden Prairie , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Minnesota Wild from the National Hockey League since July 2017 and at the same time for their farm team , the Iowa Wild , in the American Hockey League plays on the position of the center . His older brother Chad Rau is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Rau graduated from high school in 2011 with the Minnesota Mr. Hockey award for Best High School Player in the State of Minnesota . During the 2010/11 season, the striker moved to the United States Hockey League , where he played for the Sioux Falls Stampede. In the summer of 2011 he enrolled at the University of Minnesota , for whose ice hockey team he played the following four seasons in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and Big Ten Conference , both divisions in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In addition to numerous individual awards, Rau and the Gophers team won the Big Ten Conference championship at the end of the 2014/15 season.

After the attacker had already been selected in the third round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in 91st position by the Florida Panthers from the National Hockey League , they signed him in March 2015. For the remainder of the 2014/15 season , they use the American with the San Antonio Rampage , their farm team in the American Hockey League . In seven missions he collected three scorer points . The season 2015/16 then spent Rau at Florida's new representative Portland Pirates in the AHL before he was appointed in February 2016 for the first time in the NHL squad Panthers. He maintained this place even after the preparation for the season, so that he was in Florida's squad at the beginning of the 2016/17 season . At the end of December Rau was then assigned to the Springfield Thunderbirds in the AHL.

After the 2016/17 season, his expiring contract in Florida was not extended, so Rau joined the Minnesota Wild as a free agent in July 2017 .

International

Rau played for his home country at the U20 World Junior Championship 2012 in Canada . He finished seventh with the Americans. The striker was used in all six tournament games and scored five points. There were three gates below.

Achievements and Awards

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
2010/11 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 11 4th 6th 10 15th 10 7th 5 12 4th
2011/12 University of Minnesota NCAA 40 18th 25th 43 29
2012/13 University of Minnesota NCAA 40 15th 25th 40 22nd
2013/14 University of Minnesota NCAA 41 14th 26th 40 16
2014/15 University of Minnesota NCAA 39 20th 21st 41 18th
2014/15 San Antonio Rampage AHL 7th 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
2015/16 Portland Pirates AHL 63 17th 14th 31 24 5 1 1 2 2
2015/16 Florida panthers NHL 9 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2016/17 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 48 10 14th 24 32 - - - - -
2016/17 Florida panthers NHL 24 2 1 3 4th - - - - -
2017/18 Iowa Wild AHL 69 23 27 50 16 - - - - -
2017/18 Minnesota Wild NHL 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2018/19 Iowa Wild AHL 69 26th 27 53 24 11 4th 2 6th 4th
2018/19 Minnesota Wild NHL 6th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2019/20 Iowa Wild AHL 51 14th 29 43 6th - - - - -
NCAA overall 160 67 97 164 85
AHL total 307 92 112 204 102 17th 5 3 8th 8th
NHL overall 42 2 3 5 6th 1 0 0 0 0

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2012 United States U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 3 2 5 4th
Juniors overall 6th 3 2 5 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Rough, Kyle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Eden Prairie , Minnesota