TJ Sakaluk

TJ Sakaluk
Date of birth	April 27, 1983
place of birth	Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	center
number	# 27
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2002	Bramalea Blues Oakville Blades
2004-2006	State University of New York at Potsdam
2006-2007	Port Huron Flags Toledo Storm
2007-2008	Austin Ice Bats Manglerud Star Ishockey South Carolina Stingrays
2008-2009	Nijmegen Devils
since 2009	EHC Dortmund

Travis John "TJ" Sakaluk (born April 27, 1983 in Hamilton , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who is currently under contract with EHC Dortmund from the major league .

Career

Sakaluk began his career in 2001 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Junior Hockey League , where he was under contract with the Bramalea Blues. After he was able to achieve 28 scorer points in 30 games, he left the club and switched to league rivals Oakville Blades during the season. In the blades, the left-handed shooter ended the season and came up with another 19 points in 20 games. In the summer of 2004 Sakaluk began his studies at the State University of New York at Potsdam . For the local ice hockey team, he also played in the third division of the NCAA college association . In total, he was on the ice for the university for two years and was able to score 63 times in 50 games.

Sakaluk in the jersey of the EHC Dortmund

For the 2006/07 season he signed a contract with the Chicago Hounds from the United Hockey League , which he left after only three games and a little later joined the Port Huron Flags . Another station followed at the ECHL club Toledo Storm . The season 2007/08 Sakaluk also spent at three different clubs. After he first laced up his skates for the Austin Ice Bats from the Central Hockey League , he forced a move to Europe. There, the people in charge of the Norwegian club Manglerud Star Ishockey became aware of the offensive player and transferred him to Norway . After only four missions and six points scored, he ended his engagement in Europe again and returned to North America, where he was in the squad of the South Carolina Stingrays from the ECHL for the rest of the season .

In the summer of 2008, the center forward moved to the Dutch Eredivisie for the Nijmegen Devils . In Nijmegen , the native Canadian was one of the top performers and top scorers within his team. So he was able to achieve 35 goals and another 36 assists in 39 league games . After his contract expired at the end of the 2008/09 season, he followed his coach Frank Gentges and joined the EHC Dortmund from the league for the 2009/10 season .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	Bramalea Blues	OPJHL		30th	13	15th	28	12		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Oakville Blades	OPJHL		20th	9	10	19th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	State University of New York at Potsdam	NCAA		27	14th	16	30th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	State University of New York at Potsdam	NCAA		23	14th	19th	33	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Chicago Hounds	UHL		3	0	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Port Huron flags	UHL		12	2	3	5	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Toledo Storm	ECHL		26th	4th	4th	8th	8th		1	0	0	0	0
2007/08	Austin Ice Bats	CHL		3	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Manglerud Star Ishockey	NOR		4th	2	4th	6th	24		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL		4th	0	2	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Nijmegen Devils	E (NL)		39	35	36	71	61
2009/10	EHC Dortmund	OIL
OPJHL total				50	22nd	25th	47	18th		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				50	28	35	63	6th		-	-	-	-	-
UHL overall				15th	2	5	7th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
ECHL total				30th	4th	6th	10	10		-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• TJ Sakaluk at hockeydb.com (English)
• TJ Sakaluk at eurohockey.com