Matt Calvert

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Matt Calvert
Date of birth December 24, 1989
place of birth Brandon , Manitoba , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
number # 11
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2008 , 5th round, 127th position
Columbus Blue Jackets
Career stations
2007-2010 Brandon Wheat Kings
2010-2018 Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2018 Colorado Avalanche

Matthew "Matt" Calvert (born December 24, 1989 in Brandon , Manitoba ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League since July 2018 . Previously, he spent eight years with the Columbus Blue Jackets .

Career

Matt Calvert began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Brandon Wheat Kings , for whom he was active from 2007 to 2010 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League . In the 2009/10 season he was elected to the second All-Star Team of the Eastern Conference of the WHL. In addition, he was awarded the election to the All-Star Team of the final tournament for the Memorial Cup , which was hosted by the Brandon Wheat Kings. During his junior years, the winger was selected in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round as a total of 127th player from the Columbus Blue Jackets . For the Blue Jackets, he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2010/11 season , scoring 20 points in 42 games, including eleven goals. At the same time he played 38 games for Columbus' farm team Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League , where he scored 25 points, including 13 goals. After two more seasons, alternating between AHL and NHL, Calvert established himself in the Blue Jackets line-up at the beginning of the 2013/14 season.

After eight years in Columbus, Calvert did not receive a new contract from the Blue Jackets at the end of the 2017/18 season, so he joined the Colorado Avalanche as a free agent in July 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

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
2007/08 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 72 24 40 64 +26 53 6th 1 2 3 +2 2
2008/09 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 58 28 39 67 +10 58 12 9 8th 17th +11 22nd
2009/10 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 68 47 52 99 +47 70 15th 9 7th 16 +2 15th
2010 Brandon Wheat Kings Memorial Cup 5 3 1 4th -8th 2
2010/11 Springfield Falcons AHL 38 13 12 25th -3 12 - - - - - -
2010/11 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 42 11 9 20th +3 12 - - - - - -
2011/12 Springfield Falcons AHL 56 17th 19th 36 -2 52 - - - - - -
2011/12 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 13 0 3 3 -5 16 - - - - - -
2012/13 Springfield Falcons AHL 34 10 11 21st +11 39 - - - - - -
2012/13 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 42 9 7th 16 –9 32 - - - - - -
2013/14 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 56 9 15th 24 -1 53 6th 2 2 4th +2 4th
2014/15 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 56 13 10 23 +1 28 - - - - - -
2015/16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 73 11 13 24 +1 51 - - - - - -
2016/17 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 65 10 5 15th -4 48 4th 1 1 2 +4 4th
2017/18 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 69 9 15th 24 -10 33 6th 3 1 4th +4 4th
2018/19 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 11 15th 26th -10 58 8th 0 4th 4th +3 18th
WHL overall 198 99 131 230 +83 181 33 19th 17th 36 +15 39
AHL total 128 40 42 82 +6 103 - - - - - -
NHL overall 498 83 92 175 -34 331 24 6th 8th 14th +13 30th

( 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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