Matt Hendricks

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Matt Hendricks
Date of birth 17th June 1981
place of birth Blaine , Minnesota , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 94 kg
position center
number # 15
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 5th lap, 131st position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
2000-2004 St. Cloud State University
2004-2005 Florida Everblades
2005-2006 Rochester Americans
2006-2007 Hershey Bears
2007-2008 Providence Bruins
2008-2009 Lake Erie Monsters
2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche
2010-2013 Washington Capitals
2013-2014 Nashville Predators
2014-2017 Edmonton Oilers
2017-2018 Winnipeg Jets
2018-2019 Minnesota Wild
2019 Winnipeg Jets

Matthew "Matt" Hendricks (born June 17, 1981 in Blaine , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player . The center played over 600 games for six teams in the National Hockey League between 2009 and 2019 , most of them for the Washington Capitals and Edmonton Oilers . In addition, he led the USA national team as captain to the bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup .

Career

Hendricks in the Washington Capitals jersey

Matt Hendricks began his career as a hockey player on the St. Cloud State University team , for which he was active from 2000 to 2004. As a high school player, he was previously selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the fifth round as the 131st player of the Nashville Predators from the National Hockey League , but was not signed.

Instead, the attacker made his professional ice hockey debut in the 2003-04 season when he was on the ice in a game for the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League . In the following season he ran mainly for the Florida Everblades in the ECHL , but played in parallel for the Lowell Lock Monsters from the AHL. After a year with Rochester Americans , Hendricks got a contract with the then Calder Cup winner Hershey Bears for the 2006/07 season . With the Bears he also reached the finals for the championship of the AHL, but failed with his team in the best-of-seven series with 1: 4 at the Hamilton Bulldogs . He then signed a contract with the Boston Bruins as a free agent on July 9, 2007 , but was only used for their AHL farm team Providence Bruins .

On June 24, 2008, the Bruins gave him in exchange for Johnny Boychuk to the Colorado Avalanche . In the 2008/09 season , the American scored a total of 29 scorer points in 43 games for Colorado's AHL farm team, the Lake Erie Monsters . In his rookie year in the National Hockey League , he received 13 penalty minutes in four games. At the beginning of the 2009/10 season , Hendricks was appointed to the Colorado NHL squad. After the striker established himself in the league, he was signed by the Washington Capitals in the summer of 2010 . For the capital club he went on the ice in the following three seasons.

In July 2013, Hendricks signed a four-year deal worth $ 7.4 million with the Nashville Predators . The average annual salary was $ 1.85 million. In January 2014 Hendricks was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers , who in return gave goalkeeper Devan Dubnyk to Nashville. After the four-year contract expired in summer 2017, the American became a free agent again, whereupon he was signed by the Winnipeg Jets in August 2017 . As a result, his expiring contract was not renewed, so he signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Wild in July 2018 . In February 2019, the Jets brought the attacker back into the organization in exchange for a seven-round vote in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft . There he played four games by the end of the season and then declared his active career over. In total, the center had completed 646 NHL games and recorded 118 scorer points. At the same time it was announced that he was moving to the management of Minnesota Wild.

International

Hendricks made his international debut at the 2015 World Cup and won the bronze medal with the United States national team . At the 2016 World Cup , he was also part of Team USA and reached fourth place with the team. In both tournaments he led the team as captain .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2000/01 St. Cloud State University NCAA 36 3 9 12 23
2001/02 St. Cloud State University NCAA 42 19th 20th 39 +26 74
2002/03 St. Cloud State University NCAA 37 18th 18th 36 -10 64
2003/04 St. Cloud State University NCAA 37 14th 11 25th -13 32
2003/04 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
2004/05 Florida Everblades ECHL 54 24 26th 50 +8 94 4th 0 0 0 - 4th
2004/05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 15th 1 2 3 -1 10 - - - - - -
2005/06 Rochester Americans AHL 56 13 14th 27 +6 84 - - - - - -
2006/07 Hershey Bears AHL 65 18th 26th 44 +19 104 19th 8th 4th 12 -3 18th
2007/08 Providence Bruins AHL 67 22nd 30th 52 -4 121 10 0 3 3 -2 6th
2008/09 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 43 14th 15th 29 +1 71 - - - - - -
2008/09 Colorado Avalanche NHL 4th 0 0 0 +1 13 - - - - - -
2009/10 Colorado Avalanche NHL 56 9 7th 16 +1 74 6th 0 0 0 -2 0
2010/11 Washington Capitals NHL 77 9 16 15th -2 110 7th 0 0 0 -2 4th
2011/12 Washington Capitals NHL 78 4th 5 9 –6 95 14th 1 1 2 -1 6th
2012/13 Washington Capitals NHL 48 5 3 8th –6 73 7th 0 0 0 -2 0
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 44 2 2 4th -5 54 - - - - - -
2013/14 Edmonton Oilers NHL 33 3 0 3 –6 58 - - - - - -
2014/15 Edmonton Oilers NHL 71 8th 8th 16 -14 76 - - - - - -
2015/16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 68 5 7th 12 +2 82 - - - - - -
2016/17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 42 4th 3 7th -3 29 - - - - - -
2017/18 Winnipeg Jets NHL 60 5 8th 13 -1 39 5 0 0 0 ± 0 4th
2018/19 Minnesota Wild NHL 22nd 0 2 2 -2 19th - - - - - -
2018/19 Winnipeg Jets NHL 4th 0 1 1 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
NCAA overall 152 54 58 112 193
AHL total 247 68 87 155 +21 393 29 8th 7th 15th -5 24
NHL overall 607 54 62 116 -41 722 39 1 1 2 –7 14th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2015 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 10 2 1 3 +1 18th
2016 United States WM 4th Place 10 0 1 1 -3 6th
Men overall 20th 2 2 4th -2 24

( 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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personal data
SURNAME Hendricks, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hendricks, Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th June 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Blaine , Minnesota , USA