Mathew Barzal
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Date of birth | May 26, 1997 |
place of birth | Coquitlam , British Columbia , Canada |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 83 kg |
position | center |
number | # 13 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2015 , 1st round, 16th position New York Islanders |
Career stations | |
2013-2017 | Seattle Thunderbirds |
since 2016 | New York Islanders |
Mathew Barzal (born May 26, 1997 in Coquitlam , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been with the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League since September 2015 . In 2018 he was honored with the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie in the NHL.
Career
Mathew Barzal played in his youth for the Burnaby Winter Club , the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs and the Coquitlam Express of the British Columbia Hockey League before the Bantam Draft 2012 Western Hockey League (WHL) in the first overall position of the Seattle Thunderbirds was selected . As a rookie , the attacker scored 54 points in 59 games in his first WHL season and then represented his home country at the U18 World Cup in 2014 , where he won the bronze medal with the team. In August of the same year, the gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2014 followed . In the following season 2014/15, his draft season, Barzal fell out for almost three months due to a patellar fracture with subsequent surgery and was nevertheless selected in 16th position by the New York Islanders in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft . He also won another bronze medal at the U18 World Championship .
The Flyers equipped Barzal with an entry-level contract in September 2015 , but sent him back to the WHL for the time being to allow him more match practice. There the attacker completed his best season so far with 27 goals and 61 assists, at the end of which he was elected to the First All-Star Team of the Western Conference of the WHL.
As part of the preparation for the 2016/17 season, Barzal earned a place in the Islanders squad and made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) in October 2016 . After another NHL mission, however, the Islanders sent him back to the Thunderbirds in the WHL to allow the Canadian more game practice. After finishing sixth at the U20 World Cup in 2016 , the attacker won the silver medal at the U20 World Cup in 2017 in his own country. With the Thunderbirds he won the playoffs for the Ed Chynoweth Cup at the end of the season and was also recognized as a WHL Playoff MVP and reelected to the First All-Star Team of the Western Conference.
At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Barzal established himself in the Islanders' squad and took the lead in the rookie scorer list around the middle of the season , so that he was named NHL Rookie of the Month for January. At the end of the season he was clearly leading all rookies in the league with 85 points, a mark that was last achieved among league beginners over ten years ago by Yevgeny Malkin (2006/07). Accordingly, he received the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie in the NHL at the NHL Awards 2018 and was also voted into the NHL All-Rookie Team .
After his first professional season, Barzal also made his debut for the senior national team of Canada as part of the 2018 World Cup , where he finished fourth with the team.
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 2014 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
- 2014 gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
- 2015 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
- 2017 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2013/14 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 59 | 14th | 40 | 54 | +3 | 20th | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6th | -1 | 4th | ||
2014/15 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 44 | 12 | 45 | 57 | +13 | 20th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 8th | +2 | 4th | ||
2015/16 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 58 | 27 | 61 | 88 | +22 | 58 | 18th | 5 | 21st | 26th | +2 | 16 | ||
2016/17 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 41 | 10 | 69 | 79 | +32 | 20th | 16 | 7th | 18th | 25th | +8 | 16 | ||
2017 | Seattle Thunderbirds | Memorial Cup | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 | ||
2016/17 | New York Islanders | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | New York Islanders | NHL | 82 | 22nd | 63 | 85 | +1 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | New York Islanders | NHL | 82 | 18th | 44 | 62 | -5 | 46 | 8th | 2 | 5 | 7th | +2 | 8th | ||
WHL overall | 202 | 63 | 215 | 278 | +70 | 118 | 49 | 17th | 48 | 65 | +11 | 40 | ||||
NHL overall | 166 | 40 | 107 | 147 | –6 | 82 | 8th | 2 | 5 | 7th | +2 | 8th |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2014 | Canada | U18 World Cup |
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7th | 3 | 1 | 4th | ± 0 | 6th | |
2014 | Canada | Hlinka Memorial |
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5 | 2 | 5 | 7th | +5 | 0 | |
2015 | Canada | U18 World Cup |
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7th | 3 | 9 | 12 | +2 | 0 | |
2016 | Canada | U20 World Cup | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ± 0 | 0 | |
2017 | Canada | U20 World Cup |
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7th | 3 | 5 | 8th | +4 | 4th | |
2018 | Canada | WM | 4th Place | 10 | 0 | 7th | 7th | +4 | 4th | |
Juniors overall | 31 | 13 | 21st | 34 | +11 | 10 | ||||
Men overall | 10 | 0 | 7th | 7th | +4 | 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 )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rory Boylen: Prospect of Interest: The 411 on Mathew Barzal. sportsnet.ca, June 19, 2015, accessed October 16, 2016 .
- ^ Barzal Agrees to Entry-Level Contract. nhl.com, September 10, 2015, accessed October 16, 2016 .
Goalkeeper:
Thomas Greiss |
Semyon Varlamov
Defender:
Johnny Boychuk |
Noah Dobson |
Andy Greene |
Nick Leddy |
Scott Mayfield |
Adam Pelech |
Ryan Pulock |
Devon Toews
attacker:
Josh Bailey ( A ) |
Mathew Barzal |
Anthony Beauvillier |
Derick Brassard |
Casey Cizikas |
Cal Clutterbuck ( A ) |
Jordan Eberle |
Ross Johnston |
Leo Komarov |
Tom Kühnhackl |
Anders Lee ( C ) |
Matt Martin |
Brock Nelson |
Jean-Gabriel Pageau
head coach: Barry Despite assistant coach: John Gruden | Jim Hiller | Lane Lambert General Manager: Lou Lamoriello
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Barzal, Mathew |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barzal, Matt; Barzal, Mat |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Coquitlam , British Columbia , Canada |