Tucker Poolman

United States Tucker Poolman


Date of birth	June 8, 1993
place of birth	Dubuque , Iowa , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	90 kg

position	defender
number	# 3
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2013 , 5th round, 127th position Winnipeg Jets

Career stations

2008-2011	East Grand Forks High School
2011–2012	Wichita Falls Wildcats
2012-2014	Omaha Lancers
2014-2017	University of North Dakota
2017-2019	Manitoba mosses
since 2017	Winnipeg Jets

Tucker Poolman (born June 8, 1993 in Dubuque , Iowa ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL) since March 2017 and plays for them in the position of defender .

Career

Tucker Poolman is in East Grand Forks ( Minnesota grew up), where he first for the East Grand Forks High School played. After a year with the Wichita Falls Wildcats in the North American Hockey League (NAHL), he moved to the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Due to his good performance with the Lancers , Poolman was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2013 in the fifth round in 127th position by the Winnipeg Jets .

From 2014 to 2017 he played for the University of North Dakota team , the Fighting Hawks , in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC). With the Fighting Hawks , he won the title of best team in the division in 2015 and 2016, followed by the national title of the NCAA . In the 2016/17 season he was also part of the NCHC's First All-Star Team. He was also named NCHC Best Defensive Defenseman in the 2016/17 season .

In March 2017 he signed an entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets and was active in the American Hockey League (AHL) for their farm team , the Manitoba Moose , for the first time at the start of the 2017/18 season .

He made his NHL debut in the jersey of the Jets on October 9, 2017 in a 5-2 away win at the Edmonton Oilers , his first goal in the NHL he scored in the 5-2 away defeat at the New York Islanders . After he had spent the following season 2018/19 exclusively in the AHL, he established himself in the NHL squad of the Jets for the 2019/20 season.

Achievements and Awards

2014 USHL All-Star Game
2014 USHL First All-Star Team
2014 USA Hockey Junior Player of the Year
2015 Penrose Cup win with the University of North Dakota
2016 Penrose Cup win with the University of North Dakota

2016 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of North Dakota
2017 NCHC All-Tournament Team
2017 NCHC Best Defensive Defenseman
2017 NCHC First All-Star Team
2017 NCAA West First All-American Team

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	Wichita Falls Wildcats	NEAR	59	7th	22nd	29	+5	29	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Omaha Lancers	USHL	64	14th	14th	28	−7	49	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Omaha Lancers	USHL	58	15th	26th	41	+20	23	4th	1	3	4th	+2	4th
2014/15	University of North Dakota	NCAA	40	8th	10	18th	+4	16
2015/16	University of North Dakota	NCAA	40	5	19th	24	+22	4th
2016/17	University of North Dakota	NCAA	38	7th	23	30th	+18	14th
2017/18	Manitoba mosses	AHL	17th	1	9	10	−2	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	24	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	0	+1	0
2018/19	Manitoba mosses	AHL	43	5	20th	25th	+4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	57	4th	12	16	-1	24	4th	0	0	0	± 0	2
USHL total			122	29	40	69	−5	72	4th	1	3	4th	+2	4th
NCAA overall			118	20th	52	72	+44	34
AHL total			60	6th	29	35	+2	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall			81	5	13	18th	+1	24	6th	0	0	0	+1	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 Winnipeg Jets website
Tucker Poolman at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

^ 5th round: 127th overall, Tucker Poolman. In: Winnipeg Jets . July 1, 2013, accessed March 9, 2018 .
^ Jets sign Tucker Poolman. In: Winnipeg Jets . March 30, 2017, accessed March 9, 2018 .

Squad of the Winnipeg Jets in the 2019/20 season

personal data
SURNAME	Poolman, Tucker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 8, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dubuque , Iowa

[1] 5th round: 127th overall, Tucker Poolman. In: Winnipeg Jets . July 1, 2013, accessed March 9, 2018 .

[2] Jets sign Tucker Poolman. In: Winnipeg Jets . March 30, 2017, accessed March 9, 2018 .