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Zach Aston-Reese
Aston-Reese with the Penguins in 2018.
Born (1994-08-10) August 10, 1994 (age 30)
Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 204 lb (93 kg; 14 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team		 Pittsburgh Penguins
WBS Penguins (AHL)
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2017–present

Zachary Aston-Reese (born August 10, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Zach began ice-skating at age 4 and started playing hockey in the Staten Island Sharks organization at age 5. At 10, he played one year of PeeWee hockey with the Bayonne Rangers Hockey Club, Bayonne, New Jersey, of the NJYHL and then played 2 years of PeeWee and 2 years of Bantam with the New Jersey Colonials in Morristown, NJ. He began his Junior career at age 15, playing one and a half seasons with the New Jersey Rockets of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League. He then played two and a half seasons with the Lincoln Stars, Lincoln, Nebraska, of the United States Hockey League.

Aston-Reese played four years of Division 1 collegiate hockey at Northeastern from 2013 to 2017. In 2016–17, Aston-Reese was a "Hat Trick" finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, marking him as one of the three best players in men's college hockey;[1] he was also named a Hockey East First-Team All-Star,[2] and won Hockey East Player of the Year.[3] His final NCAA accolade was being named First Team All-American.

Undrafted, Aston-Reese signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 14, 2017.[4]

Aston-Reese started the 2017–18 season with the Penguins AHL affiliate but he made his NHL debut on February 3, 2018 against the New Jersey Devils.[5] He recorded his first two NHL goals in a 6–3 win over the Ottawa Senators on February 13, 2018.[6] On February 28, 2018, it was announced that Aston-Reese would be out with a long term injury for an indefinite amount of time.[7] He returned to the lineup on March 27, 2018, to play in a 5–2 loss to the New Jersey Devils.[8] Aston-Reese made his NHL playoff debut on April 11, 2018 against the Philadelphia Flyers.[9] On April 18, he recorded his first career playoff point, assisting on a goal by Riley Sheahan.[10] During Game 3 of Round 2 against the Washington Capitals, Aston-Reese was checked by Washington's Tom Wilson resulting in a broken jaw and a concussion.[11] Wilson was suspended three playoff games for the hit.[12]

Prior to the beginning of the 2018–19 season, Aston-Reese was re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.[13]

Personal life

His father is William Sr. and his mother is Carolyn née Buckheit. He has two older siblings: a sister and a brother named William Jr.[14]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10 New Jersey Rockets AtJHL 36 13 20 33 31 4 3 0 3 12
2010–11 New Jersey Rockets AtJHL 25 9 20 29 65 – – – – —
2010–11 Des Moines Buccaneers USHL 2 0 0 0 2 – – – – —
2010–11 Lincoln Stars USHL 25 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 5
2011–12 Lincoln Stars USHL 35 5 10 15 69 8 1 2 3 8
2012–13 Lincoln Stars USHL 60 9 21 30 113 5 2 3 5 4
2013–14 Northeastern University HE 35 8 11 19 22 – – – – —
2014–15 Northeastern University HE 31 13 10 23 60 – – – – —
2015–16 Northeastern University HE 41 14 29 43 28 – – – – —
2016–17 Northeastern University HE 38 31 32 63 72 – – – – —
2016–17 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 10 3 5 8 7 – – – – —
2017–18 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 41 9 20 29 49 – – – – —
2017–18 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 16 4 2 6 2 9 0 1 1 4
NHL totals 16 4 2 6 2 9 0 1 1 4

Awards and honors

Award Year
USHL
USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game 2012
College
HE Second All-Star Team 2016 [15]
HE All-Tournament Team 2016
HE First All-Star Team 2017 [16]
HE Player of the Year 2017
New England MVP 2017 [15]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2016–17 [17]

References

  1. ^ "NCAA hockey: Hobey Baker Memorial Award announces Hat Tricks Finalists". March 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Hockey East Honors 2016–17 All-Star Teams". Hockey East. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Zach Aston-Reese Honored as League's Best Player". Hockey East. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Mackey, Jason (March 14, 2017). "Penguins sign coveted college free agent Zach Aston-Reese to two-year deal". Philadelphia: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Penguins Recall Forward Zach Aston-Reese". NHL.com. Pittsburgh Penguins. February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "Guentzel and Aston-Reese lead Pens past Sens". cbc.ca. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  7. ^ "Penguins rookie Zach Aston-Reese out with 'longer-term' injury". sportsnet.ca. February 28, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  8. ^ Kasan, Sam (March 27, 2018). "Snap Shots: Red Wings 5, Pens 2". NHL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Lesko, Ty (April 26, 2018). "Many Pens debuted in Wednesday's Game 1 victory". NHL.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "pit-vs-phi gamecenter". nhl.com. April 18, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  11. ^ Sachdeva, Sonny (May 1, 2018). "Capitals' Wilson knocks Penguins' Aston-Reese out of Game 3 with high hit". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  12. ^ "Capitals' Tom Wilson gets 3 games for hit on Penguins' Aston-Reese". CBC.ca. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  13. ^ "Penguins Assign Aston-Reese and Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton". NHL.com. October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  14. ^ Crechiolo, Michelle (August 9, 2017). "Getting to Know: Zach Aston-Reese". NHL.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Zach Aston-Reese". gonu.com. Northeastern Huskies. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  16. ^ "ZACH ASTON-REESE HEADLINES 2017 HOCKEY EAST HONORS". gonu.com. Boston: Northeastern Huskies. March 16, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  17. ^ "2016–2017 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Hockey East Player of the Year
2016–17 		Succeeded by
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