Morgan Klimchuk

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Morgan Klimchuk
Date of birth March 2, 1995
place of birth Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
number # 18
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 1st lap, 28th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
2011-2015 Regina Pats
2015 Brandon Wheat Kings
2015-2018 Stockton Heat
2018-2019 Toronto Marlies
since 2019 Ottawa Senators
Belleville Senators

Morgan Klimchuk (* 2. March 1995 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who since January 2019 when the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League is under contract and in parallel for their farm team, the Belleville senator , in the American Hockey League on the position of the left winger .

Career

Klimchuk was selected by the Regina Pats in fifth place in the first round of the 2010 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft . After another season for a junior team from Calgary , he moved to the Pats squad for the 2011/12 WHL season . In his first WHL season, the offensive player scored 18 goals and 18 assists in 67 games. In the 2012 WHL play-offs, the Pats were eliminated in the first round against the Moose Jaw Warriors . In the following season Klimchuk was able to improve his performances from the previous season significantly. The left-shooter completed all 72 games for the Regina Pats and scored a total of 76 points . However, the Pats missed the play-offs this season.

In the 2013 NHL Entry Draft , Morgan Klimchuk was selected in the first round in 28th position by the Calgary Flames . In the following season he was appointed assistant captain by the Pats and kept his points almost constant, although he played 15 games less than in the previous season. After the elimination of his team from the play-offs, he completed his first four appearances for the Abbotsford Heat in the American Hockey League (AHL). In January 2015, Klimchuk was transferred to league competitor Brandon Wheat Kings and finished the season with a total of 80 points from 60 games. He also scored at least 30 goals for the third time in a row.

For the 2015/16 AHL season , Klimchuk moved permanently to the farm team of the Calgary Flames, the Stockton Heat . In February 2018, the attacker finally made his debut for the Flames in the National Hockey League (NHL). In November 2018, however, Calgary gave it to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Andrew Nielsen . There he ran for almost two months for the Toronto Marlies before he was transferred to the Ottawa Senators in January 2019 and Toronto received Gabriel Gagné in return .

International

Morgan Klimchuk represented his home country with the Canadian national team for the first time at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2012 . In the Canadians' gold medal win, he was used in five games and scored one goal. Klimchuk made his second appearance for the Canadian selection at the U18 Junior World Championship in 2013 . The Canadians finished the tournament in first place after a final victory against the US team . Klimchuk scored three goals and five assists in seven games and was the Canadians' second-best scorer behind Connor McDavid .

Achievements and Awards

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
2008/09 Calgary bison AMBHL 32 13 22nd 35 10 - - - - - -
2009/10 Calgary bison AMBHL 28 33 19th 52 44 13 18th 13 31 12
2010/11 Calgary Buffaloes AMHL 32 27 23 50 12 2 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Regina Pats WHL 5 0 1 1 -1 0 - - - - - -
2011/12 Regina Pats WHL 67 18th 18th 36 +3 27 5 0 1 1 -2 2
2012/13 Regina Pats WHL 72 36 40 76 -1 20th - - - - - -
2013/14 Regina Pats WHL 57 30th 44 74 +26 27 4th 3 2 5 -3 2
2013/14 Abbotsford Heat AHL 4th 0 0 0 -2 4th - - - - - -
2014/15 Regina Pats WHL 27 14th 16 30th +13 12 - - - - - -
2014/15 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 33 20th 30th 50 +26 12 13 3 10 13 -2 2
2015/16 Stockton Heat AHL 55 3 6th 9 ± 0 10 - - - - - -
2016/17 Stockton Heat AHL 66 19th 24 43 +9 36 2 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2017/18 Stockton Heat AHL 62 19th 21st 40 +1 24 - - - - - -
2017/18 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2018/19 Stockton Heat AHL 17th 3 5 8th -2 8th - - - - - -
2018/19 Toronto Marlies AHL 13 2 0 2 -3 21st - - - - - -
2018/19 Belleville Senators AHL 8th 4th 1 5 +3 4th - - - - - -
2019/20 Belleville Senators AHL 49 12 14th 26th +10 14th - - - - - -
WHL overall 261 118 149 267 +66 98 22nd 6th 13 19th –7 6th
AHL total 274 62 71 133 +16 121 2 0 0 0 ± 0 0
NHL overall 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2012 Canada Pacific U17-WHC 5th place 5 2 4th 6th 0
2012 Canada HIMT 1st place, gold 5 1 0 1 4th
2013 Canada U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 3 5 8th 6th
Juniors overall 17th 6th 9 15th 10

( 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 Klimchuk, Morgan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Regina , Saskatchewan