TJ Oshie

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TJ Oshie
Date of birth December 23, 1986
place of birth Mount Vernon , Washington , USA
Nickname TJ
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
number # 77
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2005 , 1st lap, 24th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
2004-2005 Sioux Falls Stampede
2005-2008 University of North Dakota
2008-2015 St. Louis Blues
since 2015 Washington Capitals

Timothy Leif "TJ" Oshie junior (born December 23, 1986 in Mount Vernon , Washington ) is an American ice hockey player . The right winger has been under contract with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League since July 2015 and won the Stanley Cup with the team in the 2018 playoffs . Before that, he spent eight years in the organization of the St. Louis Blues .

Career

Oshie played for three years on the team at Warroad High School , Minnesota . There he came in 93 missions on 104 goals and 137 assists and led his team to two State Championships . The 2004/05 season he finished with the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League . There he was used in eleven games and was convincing with five scorer points. Its great potential brought him to the NHL Entry Draft in 2005 early from one of 30 good prospects NHL - franchises to be selected. Finally, the St. Louis Blues pulled him in the first lap in 24th position. After the summer break, the striker began his studies at the University of North Dakota , where he also played for the local ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In his rookie year , Oshie won the WCHA championship straight away with the team and was elected to the division's all-rookie team. He owed this mainly to his 45 points from 44 league games. In the following year, the American improved his offensive values ​​when he scored 52 points in 43 games. Although he did not receive a new nomination for one of the selection teams for this increase compared to the previous year, he was able to achieve this in his third year in the league. Oshie scored fewer points than last season, but his full game earned him nominations for both the WCHA First All-Star Team and the NCAA West First All-American Team.

Oshie in the
St. Louis Blues jersey

Before the start of the 2008-09 season , the St. Louis Blues brought the striker - whom they had signed his first professional contract on May 13, 2008 - into their organization, although he could have played another year at college . In the course of the pre-season training camp, Oshie managed to get a regular place in the squad of the team in transition. So he made his debut in the National Hockey League on October 10 at the season opener against the Nashville Predators . Three days later he posted his first scorer point against the Toronto Maple Leafs . Subsequently, an ankle injury forced Oshie to be on hiatus throughout November. After a two-game comeback in December, he dropped out again until the end of the month after the injury had reopened. At the beginning of 2009, the American was symptom-free again and found his form. In the remainder of the season he increased continuously, which in March led to the fact that he received the award for NHL rookie of the month and also had a significant role in the first playoff entry of the Blues since the 2003/04 season . In total, the center played 57 games in his first NHL season, in which he scored 39 points.

In the 2009/10 season he was able to establish himself in the team and brought it to another 76 games. The following season he broke his left ankle when Samuel Påhlsson fell unlucky on Oshie's leg in a duel.

After seven years in St. Louis, Oshie was transferred to the Washington Capitals in July 2015 . In return, St. Louis received Troy Brouwer , Pheonix Copley and a third-round vote in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft . After a season, the attacker signed a new eight-year contract in Washington, which should earn him an average annual salary of $ 5.75 million. He then won the Stanley Cup with the caps in the 2018 playoffs .

International

Oshie first represented the United States at the 2007 U20 World Youth Championship when he scored a goal in seven games. The team reached third place that year and won the bronze medal after failing in the semifinals in the penalty shootout at rivals Canada and defeating Sweden in the game for third place .

In the senior division, the striker received a nomination for the 2009 world title bouts in Switzerland after the early departure of the St. Louis Blues from the playoffs of the 2008/09 season . A year later he played at the World Cup in Germany .

At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki he was again part of the national team and won the bronze medal with it. In February 2014 he took part in the Winter Olympics in Sochi . In the game against Russia , he shot a total of six penalties in the penalty shootout and scored four goals. Since the other American shooters failed to score, Oshie was his team's only goalscorer, leading them single-handedly to victory over Russia. He was the first player to do this.

In September 2016 he represented his home country at the new World Cup of Hockey , but dropped out with the team in the group stage.

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
2004/05 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 11 3 2 5 6th - - - - -
2005/06 University of North Dakota NCAA 44 24 21st 45 33
2006/07 University of North Dakota NCAA 43 17th 35 52 30th
2007/08 University of North Dakota NCAA 42 18th 27 45 57
2008/09 St. Louis Blues NHL 57 14th 25th 39 30th 4th 0 0 0 2
2009/10 St. Louis Blues NHL 76 18th 30th 48 36 - - - - -
2010/11 St. Louis Blues NHL 49 12 22nd 34 15th - - - - -
2011/12 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 19th 35 54 50 9 0 3 3 6th
2012/13 St. Louis Blues NHL 30th 7th 13 20th 15th 6th 2 0 2 2
2013/14 St. Louis Blues NHL 79 21st 39 60 42 5 2 0 2 2
2014/15 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 19th 36 55 51 6th 1 1 2 0
2015/16 Washington Capitals NHL 80 26th 25th 51 34 12 6th 4th 10 11
2016/17 Washington Capitals NHL 68 33 23 56 36 13 4th 8th 12 4th
2017/18 Washington Capitals NHL 74 18th 29 47 31 24 8th 13 21st 31
2018/19 Washington Capitals NHL 69 25th 29 54 36 4th 1 1 2 4th
NCAA overall 129 59 83 142 120
NHL overall 734 212 306 518 376 83 24 30th 54 62

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2007 United States U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 1 0 1 10
2009 United States WM 4th Place 9 1 2 3 2
2010 United States WM 13th place 6th 4th 2 6th 2
2013 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 4th 1 0 1 2
2014 United States Olympia 4th Place 6th 1 3 4th 4th
2016 United States World cup 7th place 3 1 0 1 0
Juniors overall 7th 1 0 1 10
Men overall 28 8th 7th 15th 10

( 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

Commons : TJ Oshie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b www.vancouversun.com, Gross Misconduct Q&A with TJ Oshie
  2. TJ Oshie on fightingsioux.com
  3. Men's Prelim. Round - Group A
  4. Oshie shocks the Sbornaja
  5. Olympic hockey 2014, USA vs. Russia final score: TJ Oshie lifts Team USA past Russia in penalty shootout on February 15, 2014