Matt Generous

Matt Generous
Date of birth	May 4th 1985
place of birth	Cheshire , Connecticut , USA
size	191 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2005 , 7th round, 208th position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
2002-2005	New England Junior Falcons
2005-2009	St. Lawrence University
2009-2010	Portland Pirates
2010	Reading Royals
2010-2011	Lake Erie Monsters
2011-2014	Lukko Rauma
2014-2015	Vaasan Sport
2015-2017	HIFK Helsinki
2017-2018	EC Red Bull Salzburg
since 2018	Ilves Tampere

Matthew Generous (born May 4, 1985 in Cheshire , Connecticut ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with Ilves Tampere in the Finnish Liiga since May 2018 .

Career

Generous in the Helsingfors IFK jersey , October 2015

Generous began his junior career with the New England Junior Falcons before he was drawn in the seventh round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabers . However, Generous moved to St. Lawrence University . In the NCAA season 2008/09 Generous brought it on eight goals and 17 points as well as a plus-minus ratio of +5 in 35 games and was named the best defender in the league.

On April 1, 2009, Generous signed a one-year entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabers , but was only used in the farm team, the Portland Pirates .

After the training camp of the Buffalo Sabers Generous was sent again to the Portland Pirates in September 2009, where he spent the 2009/10 AHL season . In his first full professional season, he scored 2 goals and 11 assists in 61 games. At the end of the season, his contract ran out and Generous took part in the Providence Bruins training camp , but received no contract and then signed a one-year contract with the Reading Royals in the ECHL . In December of the same year he was loaned to the Lake Erie Monsters from the AHL.

In the summer of 2011, Generous decided to move to Europe and played for Rauman Lukko in the Liiga for the following three years . He then moved to the newly promoted Vaasan Sport for a year before being bartered to Helsingfors IFK in February 2015 . After the end of the 2016/17 season he left the HIFK and was signed by EC Red Bull Salzburg from the EBEL .

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 ECAC All-Academic Team
• 2008 ECAC All-Academic Team
• 2009 ECAC All-Academic Team
• 2009 ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman
• 2016 Finnish runner-up with HIFK Helsinki

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002/03	New England Jr. Coyotes	EJHL		49	3	7th	10	90		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	New England Jr. Coyotes	EJHL		34	4th	4th	8th	90		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	New England Jr. Falcons	EJHL		49	8th	16	24	105		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	St. Lawrence University	NCAA		34	4th	11	15th	34
2006/07	St. Lawrence University	NCAA		37	3	6th	9	34
2007/08	St. Lawrence University	NCAA		33	3	12	15th	31
2008/09	St. Lawrence University	NCAA		35	8th	9	17th	34
2008/09	Portland Pirates	AHL		4th	1	0	1	13		4th	0	0	0	0
2009/10	Portland Pirates	AHL		61	2	11	13	74		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Reading Royals	ECHL		22nd	1	4th	5	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL		40	1	4th	5	63		7th	0	0	0	2
2011/12	Rauman Lukko	SM-liiga		57	3	10	13	102		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Rauman Lukko	SM-liiga		60	1	6th	7th	38		13	1	1	2	14th
2013/14	Rauman Lukko	Liiga		52	1	6th	7th	47		15th	1	1	2	10
2014/15	Vaasan Sport	Liiga		45	1	3	4th	81		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Helsingfors IFK	Liiga		11	3	1	4th	45		7th	0	0	0	28
2015/16	Helsingfors IFK	Liiga		48	1	6th	7th	134		16	1	2	3	16
2016/17	Helsingfors IFK	Liiga		34	1	7th	8th	67		14th	0	1	1	38
2017/18	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		39	2	4th	6th	44		11	1	2	3	26th

( 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 Generous  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Matt Generous at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sabers sign Matt Generous. (No longer available online.) Buffalo Sabers, July 5, 2017, archived from the original on April 6, 2009 ; Retrieved July 5, 2017 . 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.  
2. ↑ Sabers assign 14 players to Portland. Buffalo Sabers, July 5, 2017, accessed July 5, 2017 . 
3. ^ Providence Bruins release 7 from Tryouts . oursportscentral.com. October 1, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
4. ^ Royals sign Defenseman Matt Generous . Reading Royals. October 1, 2010. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2010. 
5. ↑ Matt Generous loaned to Lake Erie . Reading Royals . December 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. 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. Retrieved December 20, 2010. 
6. ↑ The hardness of assembly . vaasansport.fi. April 17, 2014. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. 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. Retrieved April 17, 2014. 
7. ↑ Vaasan Sport ja Helsingin IFK vaihtavat pelaajia. In: japyh.com. February 3, 2015, accessed June 15, 2018 (Finnish). 
8. ↑ Red Bulls bring first new defender - Matt Generous comes to Salzburg from the Finnish league. In: ecrbs.redbulls.com. May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2018 .