Matt Benning

Matt Benning
Date of birth	May 25, 1994
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	defender
number	# 83
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2012 , 6th round, 175th position Boston Bruins
Career stations
2010–2012	Spruce Grove Saints
2012-2013	Dubuque Fighting Saints
2013-2016	Northeastern University
since 2016	Edmonton Oilers

Matthew "Matt" Benning (born May 25, 1994 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Edmonton Oilers from the National Hockey League since August 2016 , playing there on the position of defender .

Career

Benning first spent his junior years between 2010 and 2012 with the Spruce Grove Saints in the Alberta Junior Hockey League , with whom he won the Rogers Wireless Cup in his rookie season . After his sophomore year there, he was selected in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round at 175th position by the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League . The defender then moved to the United States Hockey League for the Dubuque Fighting Saints for the 2012/13 season . Here, too, Benning and the team succeeded in winning the league championship in the form of the Clark Cup .

In the summer of 2013, the defender moved to Northeastern University , where he decided to continue his career in the US college sports system. Alternatively, there was the option of an engagement with the Kootenay Ice from the Western Hockey League . Benning played alongside his studies for three years for the university's ice hockey team in Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . At the end of the 2015/16 season - at the end of his college days - he also won the championship here.

With the Boston Bruins not hiring the defender for the next four years after the Entry Draft, Benning was able to test the open market as a free agent . Ultimately, in August 2016, he accepted an offer from the Edmonton Oilers in his hometown. He made his debut for the NHL franchise in early November after spending the previous month on the Bakersfield Condors farm team in the American Hockey League . As a result, Benning established himself in the Oilers' NHL squad and has been there regularly since then.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Rogers Wireless Cup win with the Spruce Grove Saints
• 2013 Clark Cup win with the Dubuque Fighting Saints
• 2016 Hockey East Championship with Northeastern University

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	Spruce Grove Saints	AJHL		43	0	7th	7th	65		13	0	1	1	20th
2011/12	Spruce Grove Saints	AJHL		44	4th	14th	18th	87		11	2	1	3	16
2012/13	Dubuque Fighting Saints	USHL		57	10	16	26th	73		11	1	1	2	6th
2013/14	Northeastern University	NCAA		33	3	10	13	28
2014/15	Northeastern University	NCAA		36	0	24	24	36
2015/16	Northeastern University	NCAA		41	6th	13	19th	37
2016/17	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		62	3	12	15th	29		12	0	3	3	12
2016/17	Bakersfield Condors	AHL		2	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		73	6th	15th	21st	49		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		70	5	12	17th	33		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		43	1	7th	8th	15th		4th	0	1	1	6th
2019/20	Bakersfield Condors	AHL		3	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
AJHL total				87	4th	21st	25th	152		24	2	2	4th	36
NCAA overall				110	9	47	56	101
AHL total				5	1	2	3	2		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				248	15th	46	61	126		16	0	4th	4th	18th

( 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 )

family

Benning's family is now represented in the third generation of the National Hockey League. His father Brian Benning was active in the league between 1985 and 1995 and played 616 games for five different franchises . His uncles Jim Benning , who played 617 games for two different NHL teams and, after having worked as a scout, is now the general manager of the Vancouver Canucks , and Mark Benning , who played for EC Bad Nauheim in Germany, also have an ice hockey background . Their father Elmer Benning has been working as an amateur scout for the Canadiens de Montréal since 2000 . Mark Benning's cousin Brandon Benning also works in the same position at the Vancouver Canucks under his father Jim.

Web links

• Player biography on the Edmonton Oilers website
• Matt Benning at eliteprospects.com (English)