Travis Boyd

Travis Boyd
Date of birth	September 14, 1993
place of birth	Hopkins , Minnesota , USA
size	180 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
number	# 72
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2011 , 6th round, 177th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
2008-2009	Hopkins High School
2009-2011	US National Development Team
2011-2015	University of Minnesota
since 2015	Hershey Bears
since 2017	Washington Capitals

Travis Boyd (born September 14, 1993 in Hopkins , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who is under contract with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) and at the same time for their farm team , the Hershey Bears , in American Hockey League (AHL) plays on the position of the center .

Career

Born in Hopkins, Minnesota, Boyd initially played for the local Hopkins High School as a youth before serving in the United States Hockey League (USHL) from 2009 to 2011 on the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP) .

In the 2011 NHL Entry Draft , Boyd was selected in the sixth round in 177th position by the Washington Capitals . He then played for the University of Minnesota in the leagues of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), from 2011 to 2013 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and from 2013 to 2015 in the Big Ten Conference (B1G). At the end of March 2015, he was awarded an entry level contract by the Capitals and transferred to the Capitals farm team, the Hershey Bears . There he scored a goal and an assist in the last two games of the 2014/15 AHL season . His contract with the Capitals was extended for another year in July 2017.

In December 2017, Boyd was named to the Washington Capitals squad and played his first game in the NHL on December 4, 2017 in the 4-1 home win of the Capitals against the San Jose Sharks . At the end of the 2017/18 season he won the Stanley Cup with the Capitals , but was not immortalized on the trophy because he had only played one game in the playoffs.

International

Travis Boyd represented his home country at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2010 and the U18 Junior World Championship 2011 in Germany . In both tournaments he was able to win the gold medal with Team USA.

Achievements and Awards

2013 WCHA All-Academic Team 2015 Big Ten Conference Championship with the University of Minnesota 2015 B1G Second All-Star Team

2017 AHL All-Star Classic 2017 AHL Second All-Star Team

International

• 2010 gold medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
• 2011 gold medal at the U18 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2009/10	US National Development Team	USHL		35	8th	10	18th	−12	18th		-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	US National Development Team	USHL		24	5	13	18th	+2	10		-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	University of Minnesota	NCAA		35	1	8th	9	+2	4th
2012/13	University of Minnesota	NCAA		40	3	11	14th	+2	8th
2013/14	University of Minnesota	NCAA		41	9	23	32	+4	18th
2014/15	University of Minnesota	NCAA		32	19th	22nd	41	+9	10
2014/15	Hershey Bears	AHL		2	1	1	2	± 0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Hershey Bears	AHL		76	21st	32	53	+6	24		21st	2	7th	9	+3	4th
2016/17	Hershey Bears	AHL		76	16	47	63	+19	16		12	1	7th	8th	−5	2
2017/18	Hershey Bears	AHL		61	15th	32	47	-24	12		-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Washington Capitals	NHL		8th	0	1	1	+2	2		1	0	0	0	± 0	0
2018/19	Hershey Bears	AHL		2	0	1	1	-2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Washington Capitals	NHL		53	5	15th	20th	+6	6th		1	0	0	0	± 0	0
USHL total				59	13	23	46	−10	28		-	-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				148	32	64	96	+17	40
AHL total				217	53	113	166	-3	54		33	3	14th	17th	−2	6th
NHL overall				61	5	16	21st	+8	8th		2	0	0	0	± 0	0

International

Represented the USA at:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2010
• U18 Junior World Championship 2011

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
2010	United States	U17-WHC			6th	1	2	3		0
2011	United States	U18 World Cup			6th	2	4th	6th	+5	2
Juniors overall					12	3	6th	9		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

• Player biography on the Washington Capitals website
• Travis Boyd at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Capitals Make Four Selections on Second Day of NHL Draft. In: Washington Capitals . June 26, 2011, accessed March 19, 2018 . 
2. ^ Capitals Sign Travis Boyd. In: Washington Capitals . March 31, 2015, accessed March 19, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Capital Re-sign Travis Boyd. In: Washington Capitals . July 5, 2017, accessed March 19, 2018 . 
4. ^ Capitals Recall Travis Boyd from Hershey. In: Washington Capitals . December 3, 2017, accessed March 19, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Sharks at Capitals preview. In: National Hockey League . December 4, 2017, accessed March 19, 2018 .