Matt Hunwick

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Matt Hunwick
Date of birth May 21, 1985
place of birth Warren , Michigan , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2004 , 7th round, 224th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
2001-2003 US National Team Development Program
2003-2007 University of Michigan
2007-2010 Boston Bruins
2010-2014 Colorado Avalanche
2014-2015 New York Rangers
2015-2017 Toronto Maple Leafs
2017-2018 Pittsburgh Penguins
2018-2020 Buffalo Sabers

Matthew John "Matt" Hunwick (* 21st May 1985 in Warren , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who last until the summer of 2020 with the Buffalo Sabers of the National Hockey League was under contract on them on the position of the defender played .

Career

Hunwick in the jersey of the Boston Bruins

Matt Hunwick began his career as a hockey player in 2001 with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , which competes in the North American Hockey League to promote young American players. From 2003, the American played for the University of Michigan ice hockey team for four years . During the NHL Entry Draft 2004 he was selected in the seventh round as a total of 224th player by the Boston Bruins . In the summer of 2007, the defender was added to the roster of the Providence Bruins , the Boston farm team from the American Hockey League . In the 2007/08 season he made his debut in professional ice hockey in the AHL , as well as on November 10, 2007 in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins in a home game against the Buffalo Sabers .

In November 2010 it was given to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Colby Cohen . After three years as a regular in Colorado, he was no longer part of the NHL squad at the beginning of the 2013/14 season and instead played for the farm team, the Lake Erie Monsters , in the AHL. After the 2013/14 season , he left the Avalanche after four years and joined the New York Rangers in July 2014 . There, his one-year contract was not renewed after the 2014/15 season, so he signed a new two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in July . Hunwick fulfilled this and joined the reigning Stanley Cup winner Pittsburgh Penguins in July 2017 . After a season in June 2018, they transferred him to the Buffalo Sabers together with Conor Sheary and received a conditional four-round vote in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft .

With the Sabers, however, Hunwick hardly got to play due to injury before he missed the entire 2019/20 season and his expiring contract was not extended.

International

At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki , Matt Hunwick was a member of the US national team and won the bronze medal with it. He also had the best plus / minus balance of all players.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2004 CCHA all rookie team
  • 2005 CCHA championship with the University of Michigan
  • 2005 CCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 2006 CCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 2007 CCHA First All-Star-Team
  • 2007 CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman
  • 2007 NCAA West Second All-American Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2001/02 USA Hockey NTDP NEAR 29 2 1 3 30th - - - - - -
2002/03 USA Hockey NTDP NEAR 8th 2 2 4th 23 - - - - - -
2003/04 University of Michigan NCAA 41 1 14th 15th +14 62
2004/05 University of Michigan NCAA 40 6th 19th 25th +15 60
2005/06 University of Michigan NCAA 41 11 19th 30th +15 70
2006/07 University of Michigan NCAA 41 6th 21st 27 +24 64
2007/08 Providence Bruins AHL 55 2 21st 23 +16 49 10 0 5 5 +4 8th
2007/08 Boston Bruins NHL 13 0 1 1 -1 4th - - - - - -
2008/09 Providence Bruins AHL 3 0 3 3 -3 0 - - - - - -
2008/09 Boston Bruins NHL 53 6th 21st 27 +15 31 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2009/10 Boston Bruins NHL 76 6th 8th 14th -16 32 13 0 6th 6th -1 2
2010/11 Boston Bruins NHL 22nd 1 2 3 +4 9 - - - - - -
2010/11 Colorado Avalanche NHL 51 0 10 10 -19 16 - - - - - -
2011/12 Colorado Avalanche NHL 33 3 3 6th -3 8th - - - - - -
2012/13 Colorado Avalanche NHL 43 0 6th 6th +4 16 - - - - - -
2013/14 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 52 10 21st 31 +4 33 - - - - - -
2013/14 Colorado Avalanche NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2014/15 New York Rangers NHL 55 2 9 11 +17 16 6th 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2015/16 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60 2 8th 10 -17 32 - - - - - -
2016/17 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 1 18th 19th +8 18th 6th 0 1 1 -3 2
2017/18 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 42 4th 6th 10 -4 21st - - - - - -
2018/19 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 1 1 +2 0 - - - - - -
2018/19 Buffalo Sabers NHL 14th 0 2 2 –7 4th - - - - - -
2019/20 Buffalo Sabers due to a neck injury without use
NAHL total 37 4th 3 7th 53 - - - - - -
NCAA overall 163 24 73 97 +68 256
AHL total 112 12 46 58 +19 82 10 0 5 5 +4 8th
NHL overall 535 25th 94 119 -19 207 26th 0 7th 7th -4 4th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2003 United States U18 World Cup 4th Place 6th 0 3 3 -2 6th
2004 United States U20 World Cup gold medal 6th 0 0 0 +2 0
2005 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 0 4th 4th -1 0
2013 United States WM Bronze medal 10 2 2 4th +9 2
Juniors overall 19th 0 7th 7th -1 6th
Men overall 10 2 2 4th +9 2

( 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 Hunwick  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ avalanche.nhl.com: "Tanguay Goals Seven Years in the Making" (English, October 12, 2013, accessed on October 22, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Hunwick, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunwick, Matthew John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Warren , Michigan , United States