Steven Santini

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United StatesUnited States  Steven Santini Ice hockey player
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

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
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:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2012 United States U17-WHC 2nd place, silver 5 1 0 1 16
2013 United States U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 0 0 0 0
2014 United States U20 World Cup 5th place 5 1 0 1 4th
2016 United States WM 4th Place 10 0 0 0 2
Juniors overall 17th 2 0 2 20th
Men overall 10 0 0 0 2

( 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. ↑ Predators defenseman PK Subban trade to Devils. sportsnet.ca, June 22, 2019, accessed on June 22, 2019 .
personal data
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