Sam Bennett (ice hockey player)
Date of birth | June 20, 1996 |
place of birth | Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 82 kg |
position | center |
number | # 93 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2014 , 1st round, 4th position Calgary Flames |
Career stations | |
2012-2015 | Kingston Frontenacs |
since 2015 | Calgary Flames |
Samuel "Sam" Bennett-McDowell (born June 20, 1996 in Richmond Hill , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been with the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League since July 2014 . The Flames selected the center in fourth overall position in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft .
Career
Sam Bennett was born in Richmond Hill and grew up in neighboring Holland Landing . In his youth he played for the York Simcoe Express and the Toronto Marlboros before he was selected in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection in the first round by the Kingston Frontenacs . In his first season in one of the strongest junior leagues in Canada, Bennett had 40 points from 60 games. He decided in honor of Doug Gilmour for the shirt number 93 - Gilmour, who played over 1,400 NHL games and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame , also acts as General Manager of the Frontenacs. At the end of the season, he took part with the Canadian U18 national team in the U18 Junior World Championship 2013 in Sochi and won the gold medal there, as well as a little later at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2013 .
In the 2013/14 season, Bennett scored 41 goals and 59 assists in 64 games, drawing the attention of higher-class teams. As a result, he was ranked number one of the most promising talents in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft 2014 by the Central Scouting Service . However , he was unable to take part in the CHL Top Prospects Game due to a groin injury . In the actual Entry Draft, he was selected by the Calgary Flames in fourth place. As a result, the Flames signed him in July 2014.
Bennett underwent shoulder surgery in October 2014 and was five months out. The Flames then gave him to the Kingston Frontenacs to give him game practice. It was only shortly before the end of the regular season that he was recalled to the NHL squad. Therefore, he did not begin his first full season in the NHL until the 2015/16 season, where he scored four goals in January 2016 in the 6-0 victory of the Flames over the Florida Panthers . This made him the youngest player in franchise history to hit a hat trick and the first player to score four goals in a game since Jarome Iginla in February 2003.
In July 2019, Bennett signed a new two-year contract in Calgary for a total salary of $ 5.1 million.
Achievements and Awards
- 2013 OHL Second All-Rookie Team
- 2014 CHL Top Draft Prospect Award
- 2014 OHL Third All-Star Team
International
- 2013 gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
- 2013 gold medal at the U18 World Junior 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 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 60 | 18th | 22nd | 40 | -2 | 87 | 4th | 0 | 3 | 3 | –9 | 2 | ||
2013/14 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 57 | 36 | 55 | 91 | +34 | 118 | 7th | 5 | 4th | 9 | +2 | 18th | ||
2014/15 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 11 | 11 | 13 | 24 | +4 | 14th | 4th | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 4th | ||
2014/15 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4th | -3 | 8th | ||
2015/16 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 77 | 18th | 18th | 36 | –11 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 81 | 13 | 13 | 26th | -16 | 75 | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4th | ||
2017/18 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 11 | 15th | 26th | -18 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 71 | 13 | 14th | 27 | –6 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 5 | ± 0 | 16 | ||
2019/20 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 52 | 8th | 4th | 12 | -1 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8th | +4 | 10 | ||
OHL total | 128 | 65 | 90 | 155 | +36 | 219 | 15th | 5 | 10 | 16 | –11 | 24 | ||||
NHL overall | 364 | 63 | 65 | 128 | -53 | 300 | 30th | 11 | 8th | 19th | ± 0 | 38 |
International
Represented Canada to:
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013
- Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2013
- U18 Junior World Championship 2013
( 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
- ↑ thestar.com: "Kingston Frontenacs' Sam Bennett modern day Doug Gilmour: Feschuk" (English, January 22, 2014, accessed May 17, 2014)
- ↑ thewhig.com "Bennett tops NHL draft ranking" (English, January 13, 2014 accessed May 17, 2014)
- ^ Aaron Vickers: Bennett's four goals power Flames past Panthers. nhl.com, January 14, 2016, accessed January 14, 2016 .
Goalkeeper:
David Rittich |
Cam Talbot
Defender:
Rasmus Andersson |
TJ Brodie |
Derek Forbort |
Mark Giordano ( C ) |
Erik Gustafsson |
Travis Hamonic |
Noah Hanifin |
Oliver Kylington |
Michael Stone
attacker:
Mikael Backlund ( A ) |
Sam Bennett |
Austin Czarnik |
Dillon Dubé |
Johnny Gaudreau |
Mark Jankowski |
Elias Lindholm |
Milan Lucic |
Andrew Mangiapane |
Sean Monahan ( A ) |
Tobias Rieder |
Derek Ryan |
Matthew Tkachuk ( A )
Head coach: Geoff Ward Assistant coach: Martin Gélinas | Ryan Huska General Manager: Brad Treliving
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bennett, Sam |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bennett-McDowell, Samuel (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada |