Quinton Byfield
| Quinton Byfield | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 19, 2002 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| OHL team | Sudbury Wolves | ||
| NHL draft | Eligible 2020 | ||
| Playing career | TBD–present | ||
Quinton Byfield (born August 19, 2002) is a Canadian junior ice hockey centre. He is currently playing for the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Byfield is considered a top prospect for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[1][2] He is of Jamaican descent from his father, Clinton.[3]
Playing career
Byfield was the first overall pick in the 2018 OHL Draft and won both OHL Rookie of the Year and CHL Rookie of the Year.[4] In 2018–19, he put up 29 goals and 61 points in 64 games.[5]
International play
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Canada
| ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
 |
2020 Czech Republic | |
Byfield won a silver medal at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.[6]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2017–18 | Newmarket Hurricanes | OJHL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 64 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 2019–20 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 45 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| OHL totals | 109 | 61 | 82 | 143 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Canada Black | U17 | 5th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2019 | Canada | HG18 | 
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2020 | Canada | WJC | 
|
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| OHL | ||
| Emms Family Award | 2018–19 | |
| CHL | ||
| CHL Rookie of the Year | 2018–19 | |
References
- ^ Button, Craig (November 9, 2018). "Lafreniere a cut above the class of 2020". TSN.ca. TSN. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ Kournianos, Steve. "NHL Draft 2020 prospect rankings: Preseason top 62 players on next year's big board". Sporting News. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ Wheeler, Scott. "Meet Quinton Byfield, hockey's latest and least likely..." The Athletic. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Kerr, Ben. "2020 NHL Draft – An Early Look and Rankings". Last Word on Hockey. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ Morreale, Mike. "Lafreniere headlines 2020 NHL Draft prospects". NHL. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ "Byfield scores, but Canada settles for silver at Hlinka". The Sudbury Star. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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