Matt Tennyson

Matt Tennyson
Date of birth	April 23, 1990
place of birth	Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2007-2008	Texas tornadoes
2008-2009	Cedar Rapids Roughriders
2009–2012	Western Michigan University
2012-2014	Worcester Sharks
2014-2016	San Jose Sharks
2016-2017	Carolina Hurricanes Charlotte Checkers
2017-2019	Buffalo Sabers Rochester Americans
since 2017	New Jersey Devils Binghamton Devils

Matthew "Matt" Thomas Tennyson (born April 23, 1990 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League since July 2019 and with their farm team , the Binghamton Devils , is used in the American Hockey League .

Career

Tennyson began his career in the 2007/08 season with the Texas Tornados in the junior division of the North American Hockey League , before playing for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders in the United States Hockey League the following season. Between 2009 and 2012 he was on the ice for the university team of Western Michigan University in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference , which is part of the NCAA's game operations , and was able to increase his offensive statistics there annually.

March 2012 he then received a contract from the San Jose Sharks from the National Hockey League , but was mostly used in the 2012/13 season with their farm team Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League and played only four games in the top division of North America. In the following year he played exclusively in the AHL, but was able to recommend himself more often from the 2014/15 season , so that he completed 27 games for San Jose in the NHL and has been an integral part of the squad since the 2015/16 season .

After the 2015/16 season, however, Tennyson did not receive a new contract in San Jose and therefore joined the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent in July 2016 . In the same way, he moved to the Buffalo Sabers in July 2017 and to the New Jersey Devils in July 2019 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 CCHA Championship with Western Michigan University
• 2012 CCHA Second All-Star Team

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
2007/08	Texas tornado	NEAR		58	4th	10	14th	80		3	0	0	0	4th
2008/09	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	USHL		57	4th	6th	10	51		5	0	0	0	2
2009/10	Western Michigan University	NCAA		34	2	7th	9	30th
2010/11	Western Michigan University	NCAA		42	9	12	21st	38
2011/12	Western Michigan University	NCAA		41	11	13	24	28
2011/12	Worcester Sharks	AHL		7th	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Worcester Sharks	AHL		60	5	22nd	27	44		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	San Jose Sharks	NHL		4th	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Worcester Sharks	AHL		54	7th	14th	21st	33		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Worcester Sharks	AHL		43	4th	11	15th	30th		4th	0	0	0	0
2014/15	San Jose Sharks	NHL		27	2	6th	8th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	San Jose Sharks	NHL		29	1	3	4th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	2
2016/17	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		45	0	6th	6th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Charlotte Checkers	AHL		9	3	4th	7th	5		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		15th	0	0	0	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Rochester Americans	AHL		50	3	8th	11	40		3	0	0	0	6th
2018/19	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		4th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Rochester Americans	AHL		47	4th	17th	21st	42		3	0	0	0	0
2019/20	New Jersey Devils	NHL		20th	0	3	3	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Binghamton Devils	AHL		25th	1	8th	9	20th		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				117	22nd	32	54	96
AHL total				300	28	85	113	214		8th	0	0	0	8th
NHL overall				144	3	20th	23	38		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Player biography on the New Jersey Devils website
• Matt Tennyson at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sharks.nhl.com Sharks Sign Bay Area Native Matt Tennyson to Entry-Level Contract
2. ↑ csncalifornia.com Tennyson securing his spot on Sharks blue line