Paul Postma

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Paul Postma
Date of birth February 22, 1989
place of birth Red Deer , Alberta , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 89 kg
position defender
number # 4
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 7th round, 205th position
Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
2002-2005 Red Deer Chiefs
2005-2007 Swift Current Broncos
2007-2009 Calgary Hitmen
2009-2011 Chicago Wolves
2011-2013 St. John's IceCaps
2013-2017 Winnipeg Jets
2017-2018 Boston Bruins
Providence Bruins
2018-2019 Ak Bars Kazan
2019 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
since 2019 HC Lugano

Paul Edward Postma (born February 22, 1989 in Red Deer , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HC Lugano from the National League since November 2019 and plays there in the position of defender .

Career

Postma in the jersey of the Winnipeg Jets

Acting on the position of defender Paul Postma was initially active for a lower class Canadian junior team before he gained his first experience with the Swift Current Broncos from the Western Hockey League during the 2004/05 season . In the following season, his first full season in the Broncos jersey, the Canadian earned a regular place in defense and was used in 58 regular time games. In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the seventh round in a total of 205th position by the Atlanta Thrashers . Shortly after the start of the 2007/08 season , the Swift Current Broncos transferred him to the Calgary Hitmen . There, the right-handed shooter managed to double his point yield in the two years of play in the dress of the Calgary Hitmen, from 42 to 84 points scorer in the 2008/09 season . As a result, Postma was the defender with the highest points in the Western Hockey League and also won the WHL Plus-Minus Award with a plus / minus balance of +67 . With the Calgary Hitmen he reached the final of the WHL championship, but failed in the series in six games against the Kelowna Rockets . He was also nominated for the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the best defender in the league.

At the end of the season, his achievements were recognized with several appointments to the all-star teams of the Western Hockey League and the umbrella organization Canadian Hockey League . After signing a three-year entry - level contract with the Atlanta Thrashers, Postma was used for the first time in the following season 2009/10 with their farm team , the Chicago Wolves , in the American Hockey League , where he quickly established himself in his preferred role as an offensive defender. On March 9, 2011, he made his debut for the Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League , when the Canadian ran up in the game against the Carolina Hurricanes . After their relocation to Winnipeg and the renaming of the franchise to Winnipeg Jets in June 2011, Postma ran on the ice for both their new farm team, the St. John's IceCaps , and the Winnipeg Jets. It was only in the course of the 2012/13 season that he managed to firmly establish himself in the NHL squad of the Jets.

After a total of eight years in the Thrashers / Jets franchise , Postma joined the Boston Bruins after his contract expired in July 2017 . There he fulfilled a one-year contract, which was not extended in the summer of 2018. Then the defender moved to Europe for the first time by signing a one-year contract with Ak Bars Kazan from the Continental Hockey League (KHL). In the 2018/19 season , Postma showed improved offensive performances, scoring 8 goals and 20 assists in 57 games. On May 1, 2019, he signed a one-year contract with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , but was released in October of the same year. In November 2019, he signed a contract with HC Lugano with play in the National League until the end of the 2019/20 season .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2004/05 Swift Current Broncos WHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Swift Current Broncos WHL 58 2 9 11 6th 4th 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Swift Current Broncos WHL 70 5 19th 24 42 6th 0 1 1 0
2007/08 Swift Current Broncos WHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2007/08 Calgary Hitmen WHL 66 14th 28 42 30th 16 6th 4th 10 4th
2008/09 Calgary Hitmen WHL 70 23 61 84 28 18th 5 8th 13 10
2009/10 Chicago Wolves AHL 63 15th 14th 29 24 7th 0 2 2 0
2010/11 Chicago Wolves AHL 69 12 33 45 20th - - - - -
2010/11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2011/12 St. John's IceCaps AHL 56 13 31 44 32 15th 1 9 10 14th
2011/12 Winnipeg Jets NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 St. John's IceCaps AHL 27 7th 11 18th 16 - - - - -
2012/13 Winnipeg Jets NHL 34 4th 5 9 6th - - - - -
2013/14 St. John's IceCaps AHL 4th 1 5 6th 4th - - - - -
2013/14 Winnipeg Jets NHL 19th 0 2 2 8th - - - - -
2014/15 Winnipeg Jets NHL 42 2 4th 6th 16 - - - - -
2015/16 Manitoba mosses AHL 7th 1 2 3 2 - - - - -
2015/16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 26th 2 0 2 4th - - - - -
2016/17 Winnipeg Jets NHL 65 1 13 14th 15th - - - - -
2017/18 Providence Bruins AHL 13 1 8th 9 4th 4th 0 3 3 0
2017/18 Boston Bruins NHL 14th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2018/19 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 57 8th 20th 28 12 4th 2 1 3 0
2019/20 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL
WHL overall 270 44 117 161 108 44 11 13 24 14th
AHL total 239 50 104 154 102 26th 1 14th 15th 14th
NHL overall 204 9 25th 34 51 - - - - -
KHL total 57 8th 20th 28 12 4th 2 1 3 0

( 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 : Paul Postma  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Postma signs with Metallurg. In: metallurg.ru. May 1, 2019, accessed June 18, 2019 .
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Squad of HC Lugano in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Postma, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Postma, Paul Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Red Deer , Alberta , Canada