Reid Boucher

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Reid Boucher
Date of birth September 8, 1993
place of birth Grand Ledge , Michigan , USA
size 179 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 4th round, 99th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
2009-2011 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2011-2013 Sarnia Sting
2013-2016 New Jersey Devils
2016-2017 Nashville Predators
2017-2020 Utica Comets
since 2020 HK Awangard Omsk

Reid Boucher (* 8. September 1993 in Grand Ledge , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who since June 2020 when Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League is (KHL) under contract and there on the position of left winger plays . Before that, Boucher was only active in North America, where he played 133 games for the New Jersey Devils , Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Career

Boucher in the jersey of the Utica Comets

Boucher played between 2009 and 2011 in the US National Team Development Program of the US Hockey Association USA Hockey in the United States Hockey League (USHL). After he was eliminated in the summer of 2011 from the support program, he was selected in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in 99th place by the New Jersey Devils from the National Hockey League (NHL). The winger first moved to the Canadian Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and played the following two years for the Sarnia Sting junior team . After his rookie season, at the end of the 2011/12 season, on the basis of a trial contract, he got his first experience in the professional field with the Albany Devils , the New Jersey farm team from the American Hockey League (AHL). His second OHL season ended Boucher as the top scorer and fifth-best scorer in the league, which resulted in the election to the league's first all-star team.

After the American had signed a professional contract with the New Jersey Devils in March 2013, he completed the season end again in the spring of 2013 with the Albany Devils. With the beginning of the 2013/14 season he ran in the following three seasons for both New Jersey in the NHL and Albany in the AHL. In August 2016, his expired contract was extended by one year. However, when he was supposed to be sent to the AHL via the waiver again in November 2016 , he was signed by the Nashville Predators . After three NHL missions for the Predators and five more for their AHL farm team Milwaukee Admirals , Boucher found himself again on the waiver in early January 2017 and returned to New Jersey via the same. The next day the Devils also tried to send their former draft pick to the AHL, but lost Boucher again to the Vancouver Canucks via the waiver .

Eventually, the offensive player ended the season in the Canucks organization. In the following season 2017/18 he was then used in both the NHL in 20 games for Vancouver and in 45 games in the AHL for the Utica Comets . At the beginning of the 2018/19 season , the American was an integral part of Utica's squad and he only played one more NHL game by summer 2020. After he had, however, developed in the AHL one of the best players and at the end of the game year 2019/20 to the AHL First All-Star Team was called to Boucher decided in June 2020 of his career with the change for Avangard Omsk of the To give a new impetus to the Continental Hockey League (KHL). It was his first stop outside of the North American continent.

International

Boucher represented his home country at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2010 and the U18 Junior World Championship 2011 in Germany . He won the gold medal in both tournaments. With eight goals in six tournament games at the U18 World Cup and two other assists, he was instrumental in winning the US title.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2013 OHL First All-Star Team
  • 2018 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
  • 2019 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic

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
2009/10 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 24 10 4th 14th 22nd - - - - -
2010/11 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 24 14th 6th 20th 13 - - - - -
2011/12 Sarnia Sting OHL 67 28 22nd 50 19th 6th 2 1 3 4th
2011/12 Albany Devils AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Sarnia Sting OHL 68 62 33 95 53 4th 2 3 5 4th
2012/13 Albany Devils AHL 11 3 2 5 6th - - - - -
2013/14 Albany Devils AHL 56 22nd 16 38 10 4th 1 0 1 0
2013/14 New Jersey Devils NHL 23 2 5 7th 4th - - - - -
2014/15 Albany Devils AHL 62 15th 15th 30th 36 - - - - -
2014/15 New Jersey Devils NHL 11 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2015/16 Albany Devils AHL 34 19th 13 32 4th 11 4th 6th 10 4th
2015/16 New Jersey Devils NHL 39 7th 12 19th 6th - - - - -
2016/17 New Jersey Devils NHL 9 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2016/17 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 5 4th 1 5 0 - - - - -
2016/17 Nashville Predators NHL 3 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2016/17 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 5 2 7th 6th - - - - -
2017/18 Utica Comets AHL 45 25th 21st 46 35 3 3 0 3 0
2017/18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 20th 2 3 5 0 - - - - -
2018/19 Utica Comets AHL 56 31 31 62 16 - - - - -
2018/19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2019/20 Utica Comets AHL 53 34 33 67 45 - - - - -
USHL total 48 24 10 34 35 - - - - -
OHL total 135 90 55 145 72 10 4th 4th 8th 8th
AHL total 323 153 132 285 152 18th 8th 6th 14th 4th
NHL overall 133 20th 22nd 42 18th - - - - -

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2010 United States U17-WHC 1st place, gold 6th 2 5 7th 2
2011 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 8th 2 10 8th
Juniors overall 12 10 7th 17th 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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