Steven Santini
Date of birth | March 7, 1995 |
place of birth | Bronxville , New York , USA |
size | 188 cm |
Weight | 94 kg |
position | defender |
number | # 3 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2013 , 2nd round, 42nd position New Jersey Devils |
Career stations | |
2010-2011 | New York Apple Core |
2011-2013 | US National Team Development Program |
2013-2016 | Boston College |
2016-2019 |
New Jersey Devils Binghamton Devils |
since 2019 |
Nashville Predators Milwaukee Admirals |
Steven Michael Santini (born March 7, 1995 in Bronxville , New York ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League since June 2019 and also for their farm team , the Milwaukee Admirals , in the American Hockey League plays on the position of defender .
Career
During his junior years between 2009 and 2011, Santini first played in New York State for the Brewster Bulldogs in the Empire Junior Hockey League and the New York Apple Core in the Eastern Junior Hockey League . For the 2011/12 season, the then 16-year-old moved to the National Team Development Program of the US Hockey Association USA Hockey , for which he played nationally in the United States Hockey League for the next two seasons , but also represented internationally. At the end of his two-year engagement there he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2013 in the second round in 42nd place by the New Jersey Devils from the National Hockey League . Initially, however, the defense attorney enrolled at Boston College and studied for the next three years. At the same time he played for the hockey team of the college in Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . There he found himself in the all-rookie team at the end of the 2013/14 season and was named the best defensive defender in the 2015/16 season.
A year before the end of his studies, Santini signed a professional contract with the New Jersey Devils in April 2016, ending his college career. During the rest of the 2016/17 game year , the defender made his debut for the Devils in the NHL. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season , Santini found himself in the roster of the Albany Devils farm team in the American Hockey League , before he was again ordered to the New Jersey Devils at the beginning of January 2017 and was then regularly used there. He also spent the 2017/18 season alternating between the NHL and the new AHL farm team, the Binghamton Devils , before his contract was extended by three years in the summer of 2018.
In June 2019, however, Santini was handed over to the Nashville Predators along with Jeremy Davies and a second-round vote for the 2019 and 2020 NHL Entry Drafts . In return, the Devils received PK Subban .
International
For his home country, Santini played in the junior division at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2012 as well as the U18 Junior World Championship 2013 and the U20 Junior World Championship 2014 . He was able to win the silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge and the U18 Junior World Championship. He was also able to conclude the U18 Junior World Championship with the award for the best defender of the tournament. The U20 Junior World Championship ended when they finished fifth.
Two years after his last international appearance, Santini made his debut as a new NHL player for the men's national team of the US boys at the 2016 World Cup in Russia . The defender played all ten tournament games, but did not score a scorer point . After losing in the semi-finals against Canada and in the game for third place against hosts Russia, it was not enough to win a medal .
Achievements and Awards
- 2014 Hockey East All-Rookie Team
- 2016 Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman
International
- 2012 silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- 2013 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
- 2013 Best Defender of 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 | ||
2011/12 | US National Team Development Program | USHL | 36 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2012/13 | US National Team Development Program | USHL | 25th | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | Boston College | Hockey East | 35 | 3 | 8th | 11 | 52 | |||||||
2014/15 | Boston College | Hockey East | 22nd | 1 | 4th | 5 | 20th | |||||||
2015/16 | Boston College | Hockey East | 41 | 1 | 18th | 19th | 50 | |||||||
2015/16 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | Albany Devils | AHL | 20th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Binghamton Devils | AHL | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 36 | 2 | 8th | 10 | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Binghamton Devils | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 39 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 54 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
USHL total | 61 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
NCAA overall | 98 | 5 | 30th | 35 | 122 | |||||||||
AHL total | 104 | 5 | 15th | 20th | 82 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
NHL overall | 116 | 5 | 16 | 21st | 55 | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented the USA at:
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2012
- U18 Junior World Championship 2013
- U20 Junior World Championship 2014
- World Championship 2016
( 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
- ↑ Predators defenseman PK Subban trade to Devils. sportsnet.ca, June 22, 2019, accessed on June 22, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Santini, Steven |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santini, Steven Michael (full name); Santini, Steve |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1995 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronxville , New York |