Matt White (ice hockey)
| Matt White | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 23, 1989 Whittier, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing/Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Milwaukee Admirals Augsburger Panther | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
Matt White (born August 23, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
In 2007 the native Californian began his junior career playing for the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League (USHL). In the 2009–10 USHL season he was named the Player of the year as well as the most successful goal scorer in the league.[1]
He went on to play NCAA hockey for the Omaha Mavericks from 2010 to 2013.
In 2013–14 season White played in the ECHL for the Ontario Reign. During his professional rookie season he earned with 57 points the most successful player from his team.
Within the same period White also played for the U. S. National Inline Team at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. He won a gold medal 2013 and a bronze medal 2014 and was named the most successful goal scorer in the 2014 tournament.
In 2014 he began playing for the Austrian Hockey League in the team of Ljubljana. After 11 games in Europe he again played for his previous ECHL-team Ontario Reign.[2]
He began the 2015–16 season in the ECHL with the Manchester Monarchs, on December 2, 2015, he was promoted to the American Hockey League (AHL) from the Milwaukee Admirals. He continued to play for the Admirals one more season.[3]
In the 2017–18 season White returned to Europe and signed a contract with the Augsburger Panther, a team of Germanys highest level hockey league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). During his first DEL season he ranked as one of the top 10 scorers of the entire league.[4]
After two seasons with the Augsburg in the DEL, White left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the KHL, on June 2, 2019.[5] In the following 2019–20 season, White adapted quickly to KHL play positing 15 goals and 34 points in 60 games to lead Neftekhimik in scoring.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2007–08 | Omaha Lancers | USHL | 38 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Omaha Lancers | USHL | 60 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Omaha Lancers | USHL | 57 | 35 | 47 | 82 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | Omaha Mavericks | WCHA | 39 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 10 | — | — | — | — | – | ||
| 2011–12 | Omaha Mavericks | WCHA | 38 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 14 | — | — | — | — | – | ||
| 2012–13 | Omaha Mavericks | WCHA | 37 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 71 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | EBEL | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 68 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 2015–16 | Manchester Monarchs | ECHL | 19 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 54 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 71 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 52 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 50 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 60 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 125 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| KHL totals | 60 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Awards and honors
| Awards | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| USHL | ||
| USHL-Champion (Omaha Lancers) | 2007–08 | |
| USHL Player of the Year | 2009–10 | |
| Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award | 2009–10 | |
| USHL All-Star Team | 2009–10 | |
| College | ||
| WCHA All-Academic Team | 2010–11 | |
| ECHL | ||
| ECHL Player of the Week | 2014–15 | [6] |
References
- ^ "Matt White named USHL Player of the Year". hockeysfuture.com. April 20, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Reign's White happy to be home". carubberhockey.com. October 1, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Fifteen with Matt White". admiralsroundtable.com. April 18, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Panther halten auch Matt White" (in German). Augsburger Panther. March 30, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ^ "Neftekhimik sign contract with Matt White". HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "White named Sher-Wood hockey ECHL Player of the Week". ECHL. April 7, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database