Matt Grzelcyk

United States Matt Grzelcyk

Date of birth	5th January 1994
place of birth	Charlestown , Massachusetts , USA
size	175 cm
Weight	79 kg

position	defender
number	# 48
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2012 , 3rd round, 85th position Boston Bruins

Career stations

2010–2012	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2013-2016	Boston University
since 2016	Boston Bruins Providence Bruins

Matt Grzelcyk (born January 5, 1994 in Charlestown , Massachusetts ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League since April 2016 and plays for them in the position of defender .

Career

Matt Grzelcyk was born in Charlestown, a borough of Boston and attended Belmont Hill High School in Belmont in his youth , for whose ice hockey team he played in a regional high school league. In 2010, the defender moved to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP), the central talent factory of the US American Association USA Hockey . For their junior selections he played in the United States Hockey League (USHL), the highest junior league in the country, while the NTDP teams also acted as junior national teams and with them he won a silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 and the Won gold medal at the U18 World Cup in 2012 . After two years, the defender retired due to age from the program and was then selected in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in 85th position by the Boston Bruins from his hometown.

In the fall of 2012, Grzelcyk enrolled there at Boston University , with whose terriers he henceforth participated in the Hockey East in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations. As a freshman he scored 23 points scorer in 38 games and was consequently elected to the all-rookie team of Hockey East. During the 2013/14 season, in which he missed almost half of the games due to an injury, he represented the US U20 national team at the 2014 U20 World Cup and achieved fifth place with the team there. With the beginning of the 2014/15 season, Grzelcyk took over the position of team captain with the Terriers and promptly led them to the championship of Hockey East. In addition, he also significantly increased his personal statistics and was appointed to the Hockey East First All-Star Team in 2015 and 2016 .

In April 2016, Grzelcyk signed an entry contract with the Boston Bruins, who initially used the defender with their farm team , the Providence Bruins , in the American Hockey League (AHL). In December 2016, however, he was appointed to the Boston squad for the first time and subsequently made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL), with two games for the time being. In the course of the following season 2017/18 he then earned a regular place in the NHL squad of the Bruins and has been there regularly since then.

Achievements and Awards

2013 Hockey East All-Rookie Team
2015 Hockey East Championship with Boston University
2015 Hockey East First All-Star Team
2016 Hockey East First All-Star Team

International

2011 silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
2012 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship

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
2010/11	USA Hockey NTDP	USHL	36	1	9	10	+6	28	2	0	0	0	+1	2
2011/12	USA Hockey NTDP	USHL	24	1	10	11	+8	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Boston University	NCAA	38	3	20th	23	+12	26th
2013/14	Boston University	NCAA	19th	3	8th	11	–7	16
2014/15	Boston University	NCAA	41	10	28	38	+32	36
2015/16	Boston University	NCAA	27	10	13	23	+17	36
2016/17	Providence Bruins	AHL	70	6th	26th	32	+13	18th	17th	0	3	3	-2	8th
2016/17	Boston Bruins	NHL	2	0	0	0	± 0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Providence Bruins	AHL	14th	0	4th	4th	+4	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Boston Bruins	NHL	61	3	12	15th	+21	22nd	11	0	1	1	-2	4th
2018/19	Boston Bruins	NHL	66	3	15th	18th	+9	68	20th	4th	4th	8th	−3	6th
USHL total			60	2	19th	21st	+14	34	2	0	0	0	+1	2
NCAA overall			125	26th	69	95	+54	114
AHL total			84	6th	30th	36	+17	32	17th	0	3	3	-2	8th
NHL overall			129	6th	27	33	+30	90	31	4th	5	9	-5	10

International

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2011	United States	WHC		5	1	5	6th		2
2012	United States	U18 World Cup		6th	1	0	1	+5	2
2014	United States	U20 World Cup	5th place	5	2	4th	6th	+1	2
Juniors overall				16	4th	9	13		6th

( 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 )

Personal

In addition to the regional connection, Grzelcyk has had another connection with the Boston Bruins since childhood, as his father and brother worked in the Boston Garden and later in the TD Garden .

Web links

Player biography on the Boston Bruins website
Matt Grzelcyk at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Bruins Sign Matt Grzelcyk To An entry-level contract. nhl.com, April 1, 2016, accessed January 9, 2018 .
^ Bill Doyle: Finally, Charlestown's Matt Grzelcyk steps into TD Garden as a Bruin, not a fan. telegram.com, December 15, 2016, accessed on January 9, 2018 (English).

Squad of the Boston Bruins in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Grzelcyk, Matt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	5th January 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charlestown , Massachusetts , United States

[1] Bruins Sign Matt Grzelcyk To An entry-level contract. nhl.com, April 1, 2016, accessed January 9, 2018 .

[2] Bill Doyle: Finally, Charlestown's Matt Grzelcyk steps into TD Garden as a Bruin, not a fan. telegram.com, December 15, 2016, accessed on January 9, 2018 (English).