Neal Pionk
Date of birth | July 29, 1995 |
place of birth | Hermantown , Minnesota , USA |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 86 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
2012-2015 | Sioux City Musketeers |
2015-2017 | University of Minnesota Duluth |
2017-2018 | Hartford Wolf Pack |
2018-2019 | New York Rangers |
since 2019 | Winnipeg Jets |
Neal Pionk (born July 29, 1995 in Hermantown , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League since June 2019 and plays there in the position of defender .
Career
Neal Pionk played in his youth for the Hermantown High ice hockey team in a regional high school league. During the 2012/13 season, the defender moved to the Sioux City Musketeers in the United States Hockey League (USHL), the highest junior league in the United States. In Sioux City, he significantly increased his personal statistics for the 2014/15 season, leading the defenders of the league in scorer points (48) and was therefore named Defender of the Year and voted into the USHL First All-Star Team . Then Pionk enrolled at the University of Minnesota Duluth and ran from then on for their Bulldogs in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), a league in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He also established himself as an attacking defender in Duluth and won the NCHC championship with the Bulldogs at the end of the 2016/17 season, while he was personally appointed to the NCHC Second All-Star Team .
Without previously being considered in an NHL Entry Draft , he signed an entry contract with the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League (NHL) in May 2017 . The Rangers initially used him on their farm team , the Hartford Wolf Pack , in the American Hockey League (AHL) before making his NHL debut in February 2018 and playing 28 games for New York by the end of the season. At the beginning of the 2018/19 season he established himself in the Rangers' squad, but was transferred to the Winnipeg Jets after the season together with a first-round right to vote in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft . In return, Jacob Trouba moved to New York. At the Jets, Pionk signed a new two-year deal in July 2019 that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 3 million. In his first season in Winnipeg he increased his personal statistics significantly, with 45 points scorer he became the strongest defensive player on his team.
International
At the international level, Pionk made his debut for the USA national team at the 2018 World Cup , where he won the bronze medal with the team.
Achievements and Awards
- 2015 USHL First All-Star Team
- 2015 USHL Defender of the Year
- 2017 NCHC Championship with the University of Minnesota Duluth
- 2017 NCHC Second All-Star Team
International
- 2018 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2012/13 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6th | +3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 54 | 2 | 21st | 23 | +18 | 93 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | ± 0 | 10 | ||
2014/15 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 53 | 7th | 41 | 48 | +23 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 10 | ||
2015/16 | University of Minnesota Duluth | NCAA | 40 | 4th | 13 | 17th | +11 | 44 | ||||||||
2016/17 | University of Minnesota Duluth | NCAA | 42 | 7th | 27 | 34 | +24 | 25th | ||||||||
2017/18 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 48 | 1 | 16 | 17th | –9 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | New York Rangers | NHL | 28 | 1 | 13 | 14th | -1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | New York Rangers | NHL | 73 | 6th | 20th | 26th | -16 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 71 | 6th | 39 | 45 | +10 | 32 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | –6 | 0 | ||
USHL total | 119 | 10 | 67 | 77 | +44 | 199 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 20th | ||||
NCAA overall | 82 | 11 | 40 | 51 | +35 | 69 | ||||||||||
NHL overall | 172 | 13 | 72 | 85 | –7 | 79 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | –6 | 0 |
International
Represented the USA at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2018 | United States | WM | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 4th | ||
Men overall | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 4th |
( 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
Individual evidence
- ^ Rangers Agree To Terms With Free Agent Defenseman Neal Pionk. nhl.com, May 1, 2017, accessed May 6, 2018 .
Goalkeeper:
Laurent Brossoit |
Connor Hellebuyck
Defender:
Nathan Beaulieu |
Anthony Bitetto |
Dylan DeMelo |
Dmitri Kulikov |
Josh Morrissey ( A ) |
Neal Pionk |
Tucker Poolman |
Luca Sbisa
Attacker:
Mason Appleton |
Gabriel Bourque |
Kyle Connor |
Andrew Copp |
Cody Eakin |
Nikolaj Ehlers |
Patrik Laine |
Mark Letestu |
Bryan Little |
Adam Lowry |
Mathieu Perreault |
Jack Roslovic |
Mark Scheifele ( A ) |
Logan Shaw |
Nick Shore |
Blake Wheeler ( C )
Head Coach: Paul Maurice Assistant Coach : Charlie Huddy | Jamie Compos | Todd Woodcroft General Manager: Kevin Cheveldayoff
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pionk, Neal |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1995 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hermantown , Minnesota , United States |