Robert Thomas (ice hockey player)

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Robert Thomas (ice hockey player)
Date of birth July 2, 1999
place of birth Aurora , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 85 kg
position center
number # 18
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2017 , 1st round, 20th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
2015-2018 London Knights
2018 Hamilton Bulldogs
since 2018 St. Louis Blues

Robert Thomas (born July 2, 1999 in Aurora , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League since September 2017 . With the team he won the Stanley Cup in the 2019 playoffs .

Career

Robert Thomas played in his youth for the York Simcoe Express , among others , before he was selected in 2015 in the Priority Selection of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 25th position by the London Knights . As a result, at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, the center played in the highest-ranking junior league in its home province and promptly won the OHL playoffs for the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Knights at the end of the season . The team also made the subsequent participation in the Memorial Cup 2016 victorious. In his second year in London, the Canadian increased his personal statistics significantly to 66 scorer points from 66 games, so that he was considered in 20th place by the St. Louis Blues in the subsequent NHL Entry Draft 2017 . For now, however, he returned to the OHL for a final season, where he was given by the Knights in January 2018 as part of a larger swap to the Hamilton Bulldogs . With the Bulldogs, the center then won his second J. Ross Robertson Cup, while he led his team with 32 scorer points and was consequently awarded the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as MVP of the playoffs.

Thomas had already signed an entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues in September 2017 before he earned a place in their squad as part of the preparation for the 2018/19 season. He subsequently made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) in October 2018 . At the end of his first full NHL season, he won the Stanley Cup with the team in the 2019 playoffs .

International

Thomas gained his first international experience during the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2015 , where he won the gold medal with the Canada White team . At U18 level, he was subsequently not considered before the attacker represented the Canadian U20 national team at the U20 World Cup in 2018 and also won the gold medal there.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2015/16 London Knights OHL 40 3 12 15th -2 0 15th 1 4th 5 +3 2
2016 London Knights Memorial Cup 4th 0 1 1 ± 0 0
2016/17 London Knights OHL 66 16 50 66 +41 26th 14th 3 9 12 +1 6th
2017/18 London Knights OHL 27 20th 26th 46 +13 18th - - - - - -
2017/18 Hamilton Bulldogs OHL 22nd 4th 25th 29 +4 19th 21st 12 20th 32 +12 14th
2018 Hamilton Bulldogs Memorial Cup 4th 2 1 3 -1 0
2018/19 St. Louis Blues NHL 70 9 24 33 −2 14th 21st 1 5 6th −2 10
OHL total 155 43 113 156 +56 63 50 16 33 49 +16 22nd
NHL overall 70 9 24 33 −2 14th 21st 1 5 6th −2 10

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2015 Canada White WHC 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 0
2018 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 5 6th +2 0
Juniors overall 13 1 6th 7th 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hamilton Bulldogs acquire Robert Thomas from London. hamiltonbulldogs.com, January 8, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Chris Pinkert: Thomas agrees to three-year entry-level deal. nhl.com, September 28, 2017, accessed November 10, 2018 .
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personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Aurora , Ontario , Canada