Matt Calvert

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

• 2010 WHL East Second All-Star Team
• 2010 Memorial Cup All-Star Team

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 )

Web links

Commons : Matt Calvert  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Player biography on the Colorado Avalanche website
• Matt Calvert at eliteprospects.com (English)