Thatcher Demko

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United StatesUnited States  Thatcher Demko Ice hockey player
Thatcher Demko
Date of birth December 8, 1995
place of birth San Diego , California , USA
size 193 cm
Weight 87 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 30
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2014 , 2nd round, 36th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
2011–2012 Omaha Lancers
2012-2013 US National Team Development Program
2013-2016 Boston College
since 2016 Vancouver Canucks
Utica Comets

Thatcher Demko (born December 8, 1995 in San Diego , California ) is an American ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League since April 2016 and for their farm team , the Utica Comets , in the American Hockey League is playing.

Career

Youth and college

Demko came to ice hockey through his father, who comes from the Canadian province of Ontario. He began his career in the junior leagues of his native San Diego in southern California and moved to the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League at the age of 15 . There he drew the attention of the US National Team Development Program , into which he was accepted that same season 2011/12. In the following season he was the goalkeeper of the U18 team and graduated from high school a year earlier than usual in order to move to Boston College as a 17-year-old .

Although Demko was the league's youngest player in his freshman year in Boston, he played more than half of his team's games in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He finished the 2013-14 season with a 91.9% catch rate and won the Hockey East division with Boston College . Prior to the 2014 NHL Entry Draft , the majority of scouts rated him the best goalkeeper in his class. The Vancouver Canucks finally selected him in the second round in a total of 36th position.

A year after the draft, it was revealed that Demko had played with a bilateral hip injury for four years. In April 2015, he therefore underwent an operation that also improved his ability to move on the ice. In his third year at Boston College, he set a new team record with ten shutouts in 2015/16 and was honored with the Mike Richter Award for best goalkeeper at the NCAA. In addition, Demko was nominated as one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award .

Vancouver Canucks

In April 2016, Thatcher Demko signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks and made his professional debut for their farm team, the Utica Comets , in the American Hockey League (AHL) in the 2016/17 season . As a regular goalkeeper before Richard Bachman , Demko was used in 45 games for the Comets. In the following season he improved his catch quota from 90.7 to 92.2 percent, qualified with the team for the play-offs and took part in the AHL All-Star Classic . He also made his NHL debut on March 31, 2018, when he was in the Canucks' goal for the full game in a 5-4 overtime against the Columbus Blue Jackets . This made him the second California-born goalkeeper after John Blue who came to use in the NHL.

International

During his time with the US National Team Development Program, Demko participated in several international tournaments, including the 2013 U18 World Junior Championship . In this he won the silver medal as a regular goalkeeper with the USA. At the U20 Junior World Championship two years later, he also played all appearances and finished the tournament with the third best catch rate from all goalkeepers, but failed with his team in the quarter-finals in the Russian selection. At the 2016 World Cup , Demko was appointed to the men's national team for the first time , but was not used as the third goalkeeper behind Mike Condon and Keith Kinkaid .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2014 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
  • 2014 Hockey East All-Rookie Team
  • 2016 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
  • 2016 Hockey East Player of the Year
  • 2016 Hockey East First All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

    Regular season   Play-offs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2011/12 Omaha Lancers USHL 15th 9 3 0 754 36 1 2.87 89.9 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 US National Team Development Program USHL 19th 15th 3 0 1059 39 1 2.21 90.2 - - - - - - - -
2013/14 Boston College NCAA 24 16 5 3 1446 54 2 2.24 91.9
2014/15 Boston College NCAA 35 19th 13 3 2107 77 1 2.19 92.5
2015/16 Boston College NCAA 39 27 8th 4th 2362 74 10 1.88 93.5
2016/17 Utica Comets AHL 45 22nd 17th 5 2555 114 2 2.68 90.7 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Utica Comets AHL 46 25th 13 7th 2781 113 1 2.44 92.2 5 2 3 312 14th 0 2.69 92.7
2017/18 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 1 0 0 61 4th 0 3.93 86.7 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Utica Comets AHL 16 8th 5 1 860 37 0 2.58 91.1 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 4th 3 1 534 25th 0 2.81 91.3 - - - - - - - -
USHL total 34 24 6th 0 1813 75 2 2.50 90.1 - - - - - - - -
NCAA overall 98 62 26th 10 5915 205 13 2.08 92.8
AHL total 107 55 35 13 6196 264 3 2.55 91.4 5 2 3 312 14th 0 2.69 92.7
NHL overall 10 5 3 1 595 29 0 2.92 90.9 - - - - - - - -

International

Represented USA at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2012 United States U17-WHC 2nd place, silver 2 1 0 110 2 0 1.09 94.9
2013 United States U18 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 3 3 428 16 1 2.24 89.9
2014 United States U20 World Cup 5th place Without any effort
2015 United States U20 World Cup 5th place 4th 2 2 242 7th 1 1.74 93.9
2016 United States WM 4th Place Without any effort
2019 United States WM 7th place 2 2 0 120 4th 0 2.00 92.0
Juniors overall 13 6th 5 780 25th 2 1.91 91.9
Men overall 2 2 0 120 4th 0 2.00 92.0

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Thatcher Demko  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chris Jenkins: NHL awaits Team USA, BC goalie from SD October 27, 2014, archived from the original on July 24, 2018 ; accessed on July 24, 2018 .
  2. ^ Mike G. Morreale: BC's Demko heavy favorite as top draft-eligible goalie. NHL.com, April 8, 2014, accessed July 24, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Anatoliy Metter: Thatcher Demko - The Next Ones: 2014 NHL Draft Prospect Profile. The Hockey Writers, May 28, 2014, accessed July 24, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Jason Botchford: The hip surgery did gave Thatcher Demko a new life. Vancouver Sun, September 15, 2016; accessed July 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Thatcher Demko on USA Hockey's website (accessed July 24, 2018)
Squad of the Vancouver Canucks in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Demko, Thatcher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , California , United States