Stephen Johns (ice hockey player)

Stephen Johns
Date of birth	April 18, 1992
place of birth	Ellwood City , Pennsylvania , USA
size	193 cm
Weight	104 kg
position	defender
number	# 28
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2010 , 2nd round, 60th position Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
2008-2010	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2010-2014	University of Notre Dame
2014-2015	Rockford IceHogs
2015-2016	Texas Stars
since 2016	Dallas Stars

Stephen Paul Johns (born April 18, 1992 in Ellwood City , Pennsylvania ) is an American ice hockey player who has been with the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League since July 2015 .

Career

Youth and University

Stephen Johns was born in Ellwood City and attended Lincoln High School there , but grew up in Wampum, a few miles away . In his youth, the defender played for the Pittsburgh Hornets , among others , before he was accepted into the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP) at the beginning of the 2008/09 season , the central talent factory of the US Association in Ann Arbor , Michigan . With the teams of the NTDP he took part in the game operations of the North American Hockey League and the United States Hockey League , the two highest junior leagues in the United States, in the following two years . In addition, the selections of the NTDP also act as junior national teams, so that he won the gold medal with the U18 of his home country at the U18 World Cup in 2010 .

After two years, Johns retired due to old age from the NTDP and was selected in the following NHL Entry Draft 2010 in 60th position by the Chicago Blackhawks . He then began studying at the University of Notre Dame in autumn 2010 , which he completed in 2014 with a degree in marketing . At the same time, he took part in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's ice hockey team, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish , and won the Central Collegiate Hockey Association championship with the team in 2013 . The year before, he had taken part in the 2012 U20 World Cup with the US U20 national team, but only finished seventh there. In his senior year the Fighting Irish changed the conference, so that he could be elected to the Second All-Star Team of Hockey East in 2014.

National Hockey League

As a result, Johns signed an entry-level contract with the Blackhawks in April 2014 , who use him until the end of the 2013/14 season with their farm team , the Rockford IceHogs , in the American Hockey League (AHL). The defender also spent the entire 2014/15 season in Rockford, in which he scored 21 points in 51 games and led the league (together with three other players) with plus / minus statistics of +30. Without having played a game for the Blackhawks, Johns and Patrick Sharp were handed over to the Dallas Stars in July 2015 , who in return sent Trevor Daley and Ryan Garbutt to Chicago.

The stars also sent Johns to their AHL farm team, the Texas Stars , but appointed him to their NHL squad for the first time in March 2016, so that he made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) a little later and made 27 appearances by the end of the season , 13 of them in the playoffs. As part of the preparation for the 2016/17 season, Johns was able to confirm his regular place in the stars' squad and has been there regularly since then. In June 2018, he signed a new three-year contract in Dallas that is expected to earn him an average annual salary of $ 2.35 million. However, he completely missed the following 2018/19 season due to a head injury.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 gold medal at the U18 World Championship
• 2013 CCHA championship with the University of Notre Dame
• 2014 Hockey East Second All-Star Team

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
2008/09	USA Hockey NTDP	NEAR		31	3	5	8th	+3	30th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	USA Hockey NTDP	USHL		23	1	7th	8th	+12	29		-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	University of Notre Dame	NCAA		44	2	11	13	–7	98
2011/12	University of Notre Dame	NCAA		37	4th	6th	10	-1	71
2012/13	University of Notre Dame	NCAA		41	1	13	14th	+12	62
2013/14	University of Notre Dame	NCAA		40	8th	12	20th	+5	69
2013/14	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		8th	1	4th	5	+2	4th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		51	4th	17th	21st	+30	44		8th	3	4th	7th	+4	4th
2015/16	Texas Stars	AHL		55	4th	20th	24	+7	43		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Dallas Stars	NHL		14th	1	2	3	–6	6th		13	0	0	0	± 0	6th
2016/17	Texas Stars	AHL		2	3	0	3	+2	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Dallas Stars	NHL		61	4th	6th	10	-10	36		-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Dallas Stars	NHL		75	8th	7th	15th	+10	41		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Dallas Stars	NHL		No action due to injury
NCAA overall				162	15th	42	57	+9	300
AHL total				116	12	41	53	+41	91	8th	3	4th	7th	+4	4th
NHL overall				150	13	15th	28	–6	83	13	0	0	0	± 0	6th

International

Represented the USA at:

• U18 World Cup 2010
• U20 World Cup 2012

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2010	United States	U18 World Cup			7th	0	3	3	+2	10
2012	United States	U20 World Cup	7th place		6th	1	1	2	± 0	2
Juniors overall					13	1	4th	5	+2	12

( 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

• Player biography on the Dallas Stars website
• Stephen Johns at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Stephen John's Bio :: Notre Dame Ice Hockey. und.com, accessed October 24, 2016 . 
2. ^ Blackhawks agree to terms with Johns. nhl.com, April 3, 2014, accessed October 25, 2016 . 
3. ^ Dallas Stars Acquire Forward Patrick Sharp and Defenseman Stephen Johns From The Chicago Blackhawks In Exchange For Defenseman Trevor Daley And Forward Ryan Garbutt. nhl.com, July 11, 2015, accessed October 25, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Stars sign defenseman Stephen Johns to three-year contract extension. nhl.com, June 22, 2018, accessed June 24, 2018 .