Mark Pysyk
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Date of birth | January 11, 1992 |
place of birth | Edmonton , Alberta , Canada |
size | 186 cm |
Weight | 85 kg |
position | defender |
number | # 3 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2010 , 1st round, 23rd position Buffalo Sabers |
Career stations | |
2008–2012 | Edmonton Oil Kings |
2012-2016 |
Buffalo Sabers Rochester Americans |
since 2016 | Florida panthers |
Mark Pysyk (born January 11, 1992 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player on the position of defender who has been under contract with the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League since June 2016 .
Career
Pysyk began his career in the youth leagues of the suburbs of his native Edmonton , where he stood on the ice with Joe Morrow, among others . In the Bantam Draft of the Western Hockey League (WHL), one of the three highest junior leagues in Canada, he was then selected in 2007 as the first player in the history of the newly formed Edmonton Oil Kings in third overall position. In his rookie season , as a 16-year-old, he already played more than 20 minutes per game.
In his second full season he was appointed assistant captain of the Oil Kings in 2009/10 and ended the season with 24 points from 48 games. Although he missed almost a third of the season with a foot injury, he was voted Most Valuable Player on his team. In the 2010 NHL Entry Draft , the Buffalo Sabers then selected him in the first round in 23rd position.
In the following two seasons Pysyk acted as captain of the Oil Kings and led them to win the title in the WHL in the 2011/12 season . With eight assists, he was the best assists among the defenders of his team in the play-offs .
For the 2012/13 season Mark Pysyk made his professional debut for the farm team of the Buffalo Sabers, the Rochester Americans , in the American Hockey League . In his rookie season, he was called up for the first time in the NHL squad of the Sabers and made his debut in March 2013 in the game against the Washington Capitals . By the end of the season, Pysyk played 19 games and scored five points scorer. He switched frequently between Buffalo and Rochester in the following two seasons before signing a new two-year deal with the Sabers in July 2015. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season he established himself alongside Jake McCabe . Both were praised for their high mobility and their overview of the game.
In June 2016, Pysyk was given two voting rights for the NHL Entry Draft 2016 to the Florida Panthers , who in return transferred Dmitri Kulikow to Buffalo.
International
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Mark Pysyk was appointed to the Canada Pacific squad for the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009 and won the silver medal with it. At the same time he won the gold medal with the Canadian selection at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2009 . Three years later he won the bronze medal with the Canadian national team at the U20 World Junior Championships in 2012 , which took place in Edmonton and Calgary .
Achievements and Awards
- 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2012 WHL East Second All-Star Team
- 2012 Ed Chynoweth Cup win with the Edmonton Oil Kings
International
- 2009 silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- 2009 gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
- 2012 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2007/08 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WHL | 14th | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008/09 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WHL | 61 | 5 | 15th | 20th | -5 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –9 | 2 | ||
2009/10 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WHL | 48 | 7th | 17th | 24 | -19 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2010/11 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WHL | 63 | 6th | 34 | 40 | +29 | 88 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6th | ||
2011/12 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WHL | 57 | 6th | 32 | 38 | +15 | 83 | 20th | 3 | 8th | 11 | +8 | 16 | ||
2012 | Edmonton Oil Kings | Memorial Cup | 4th | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 12 | ||||||||
2012/13 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 57 | 4th | 14th | 18th | +8 | 20th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | ||
2012/13 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 19th | 1 | 4th | 5 | –7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 31 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 14th | ||
2013/14 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 44 | 1 | 6th | 7th | –11 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 54 | 3 | 14th | 17th | -2 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 7th | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ± 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 55 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | Florida panthers | NHL | 82 | 4th | 13 | 17th | ± 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Florida panthers | NHL | 82 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -8th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Florida panthers | NHL | 70 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Florida panthers | NHL | 58 | 9 | 9 | 18th | +4 | 20th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | ||
WHL overall | 243 | 25th | 100 | 125 | +12 | 253 | 29 | 3 | 8th | 11 | -1 | 24 | ||||
AHL total | 145 | 8th | 39 | 47 | +11 | 82 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16 | ||||
NHL overall | 417 | 22nd | 66 | 88 | -20 | 126 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2009 | Canada Pacific | WHC |
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6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 6th | ||
2009 | Canada | Hlinka Memorial |
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4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2012 | Canada | U20 World Cup |
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6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 2 | |
Juniors overall | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 10 |
( 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mark Pysyk on the NHL Entry Draft website
- ↑ Sabers re-sign Pysyk: two years, $ 2.25 million , NBC Sports , July 14, 2015
- ↑ Sabers notebook: Pysyk, McCabe growing together on defense ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Buffalo News, Oct. 17, 2015
- ↑ Florida Panthers Acquire Mark Pysyk and 2016 Second Round Pick and Third Round Pick from Buffalo , Florida Panthers, June 25, 2016
Goalkeeper:
Sergei Bobrowski |
Chris Driedger
Defender:
Josh Brown |
Aaron Ekblad ( A ) |
Mike Matheson |
Mark Pysyk |
Anton Strålman |
MacKenzie Weegar |
Keith Yandle ( A )
attacker:
Noel Acciari |
Aleksander Barkov ( C ) |
Brian Boyle |
Brett Connolly |
Yevgeny Dadonov |
Erik Haula |
Mike Hoffman |
Jonathan Huberdeau ( A ) |
Dryden Hunt |
Colton Sceviour |
Dominic Toninato |
Frank Vatrano |
Lucas Wallmark
Head Coach: Joel Quenneville Assistant Coach : Andrew Brunette | Mike Kitchen | Derek MacKenzie General Manager: vacant
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pysyk, Mark |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Edmonton , Alberta |