Jeff Skinner
| Jeff Skinner | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Skinner with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2011 | |||
| Born |
May 16, 1992 Markham, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes | ||
| National team |
 | ||
| NHL Draft |
7th overall, 2010 Carolina Hurricanes | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Jeffrey Scott Skinner (born May 16, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Carolina Hurricanes for eight seasons, and was an alternate captain of the Hurricanes in the 2017–18 season. Selected seventh overall by the Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft,[1] Skinner was the youngest player in the NHL during the 2010–11 season and is the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All Star Game, as well as any All-Star game within the four major North American sports leagues. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy for best rookie in the 2010–11 NHL season at age 18, the first person to do so at that age since Tom Barrasso won it in 1983–84 as a member of the Buffalo Sabres.
Early life
Skinner was born to lawyers Andrew Skinner and Elisabeth Campin. He has five siblings, each of whom either are or have been involved with hockey. He is the second-youngest among those siblings,[2] four of which are sisters: Jennifer (a former Harvard Crimson forward); Andrea (a former Cornell Big Red forward and lawyer at Bay Street law firm Aird & Berlis); Erica (current Carleton Ravens defence[3]); and the youngest of the Skinner family, Jillian (currently a defenceman wearing the number 25 for the Mercyhurst Lakers[4]). He also has one brother, Benjamin, who was in the Kitchener Rangers system, but now plays for the Dundas Real McCoys.
Skinner attended William Armstrong Public School and then Markham District High School. Involved in both ice hockey and figure skating growing up, he won a bronze medal in the juvenile division at the 2004 Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Championships.[5] Soon after, he made the decision to focus solely on hockey. Skinner played his minor hockey with the Toronto Jr. Canadians and Toronto Young Nationals of the GTHL and the Markham Waxers of the OMHA. He grew up cheering for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Playing career
Junior
Skinner was drafted 20th overall in the 2008 OHL Draft by the Kitchener Rangers from the Toronto Young Nationals, where he played on the wing with future Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog . After leading the Rangers in goal scoring in his rookie season, Skinner participated in the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, scoring 6 goals for 6 points, while winning the gold medal with Team Canada. In his second OHL season, Skinner scored 50 goals and led all CHL draft-eligible forwards in goal scoring. He became the first Ranger in 23 years to reach the 50-goal milestone.[6]
Despite leading the league in goals at the time, Central Scouting ranked Skinner as the 47th best North American skater during their midterm rankings, and only 34th during the final rankings. This contrasted ratings from other organizations such as ISS and TSN's Bob McKenzie who had him much higher. During the 2010 NHL Draft, he was taken 7th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes.
Professional
Carolina Hurricanes
During his first NHL training camp, he signed a three-year, entry level contract with the Hurricanes on September 21, 2010, worth $2.7 million.[7] On October 7, Skinner made his NHL debut with the opening roster in the Hurricanes' 4–3 win against the Minnesota Wild during the NHL Premiere Series in Helsinki, Finland. In 16 minutes of ice time, he had two shots.[8] The following day, Skinner recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Tuomo Ruutu's goal. He also scored the game winning shootout goal to become the third-youngest player in NHL history to score a shootout goal.[9] On October 20, Skinner scored his first NHL career goal against Jonathan Bernier of the Los Angeles Kings in his fifth game of the season.[10]
Midway through his rookie campaign, Skinner was named to the 2011 All-Star Game roster as an injury replacement for Sidney Crosby, making him the first member of the 2010 draft class to be named to the All-Star Game, and the first 18-year-old NHL All-Star since Steve Yzerman.[11] He was chosen by fellow Hurricane Eric Staal, captain of Team Staal. He was later named January 2011's NHL Rookie of the Month.[12]
At the NHL Awards ceremony on June 22, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Skinner was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, beating-out fellow rookies Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks and Michael Grabner of the New York Islanders. At that time, he was the NHL's youngest player as well as the first Hurricanes player to ever win the Calder.[13][14]
On December 7, 2011, Skinner was diagnosed with a concussion after a game in Edmonton. He returned to the Hurricanes lineup after missing 16 games on January 5, 2012.[15] Skinner was suspended for two games after kicking Scott Nichol of the St. Louis Blues during a game on March 15, 2012.[16][17]
On August 7, 2012, Skinner extended his contract to a six-year, $34.4 million deal.[18]
On February 14, 2013 Skinner was diagnoised with a upper body injury, later deemed a consusion, after a game in Toronto.[19] On December 4, 2013 Skinner earned his first career hat trick against the Nashville Predators.[20]
On October 6, 2014, Skinner sustained a concussion on a hit from Washington Capitals defenceman Matt Niskanen.[21]
On December 11, 2015, Skinner got his second hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks in a 5-1 victory.[22] Three games later, on December 15, 2015, he got another hat trick, this time against the Philadelphia Flyers.[23]
Skinner was named alternate captain of the Hurricanes for the 2016–17 season.[24]
Buffalo Sabres
On August 2, 2018 Skinner, after eight seasons with the Hurricanes, was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Cliff Pu, a second round selection in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft and a third and sixth round pick in the 2020 Draft.[25]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2007–08 | Toronto Young Nats | GTHL | 50 | 62 | 35 | 97 | 137 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 63 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 64 | 50 | 40 | 90 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 14 | ||
| 2010–11 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 64 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 42 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 71 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 77 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 79 | 37 | 26 | 63 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 82 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 579 | 204 | 175 | 379 | 268 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Championships | ||
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International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Canada Ontario | U17 |  |
6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2010 | Canada | IH18 | |
4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | |
| 2011 | Canada | WC | 5th | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2012 | Canada | WC | 5th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2013 | Canada | WC | 5th | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Canada | WC |  |
10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | |
| Junior totals | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| Senior totals | 33 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 41 | ||||
Achievements and awards
- Named to play in the 2011 All-Star Game; youngest All-Star selection ever in the four major North American sports (baseball, basketball, American football, ice hockey) (18 years, 259 days)
- Calder Trophy winner as best NHL rookie during the 2010–11 season.
- First Carolina Hurricanes player to win the Calder Memorial Trophy
- Named Sporting News Rookie of The Year
- Named The Hockey News Rookie of the Year
References
- ↑ "2010 NHL Entry Draft". NHL. 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ↑ Jeff Hicks (2010-09-22). "Jeff Skinner and the $2.7M 'light breakfast'". Kitchener Record. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "Women's hockey roster". Archived from the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Mercyhurst University Women's Ice Hockey Roster". Retrieved 2014-11-18.
- ↑ 2004 BMO Skate Canada Junior Nationals - Juvenile Men Results Archived January 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Skinner gets No. 50". The Record.com. 2010-03-13. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Chris Robinson (September 21, 2010). "Hurricanes Sign Skinner to Entry-Level Contract". NHL.com.
- ↑ Kimelman, Adam (2010-10-07). "Six from 2010 Draft class make opening-night cut". NHL.com. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ↑ Martin Jones (November 11, 2010). "Carolina Hurricanes Report: Skinner, Staal Lead Sudden Goal-Scoring Explosion". Bleacher Report.
- ↑ "Canes' Skinner gets first NHL goal". NHL.com. October 21, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Hurricane's Jeff Skinner sets mark as youngest-ever All-Star". The Mercury News. January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Preston, Ken (February 2, 2011). "Skinner Named NHL Rookie of the Month for January". NHL.com. Carolina Hurricanes. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner claims Calder Trophy as rookie of the year". NHL.com. June 22, 2011.
- ↑ Ken Preston (June 22, 2011). "Canes Forward Jeff Skinner Wins Calder Trophy". NHL.com.
- ↑ "Carolina's Jeff Skinner activated after missing 16 games with concussion". NHL.com. January 5, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ Sean Leahy (March 16, 2012). "Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner given 2-game suspension for kicking Scott Nichol". Yahoosports.
- ↑ Michael Smith (March 16, 2012). "Skinner Suspended for Two Games". NHL.com.
- ↑ "Skinner, 'Canes agree on 6-year extension". NHL.com. August 8, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Carolina says forward Jeff Skinner has concussion, lists him as day to day". NHL.com. February 20, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Jeff Skinner records first career hat trick". theScore.com. December 5, 2013.
- ↑ Peters, Chris (October 6, 2014). "Jeff Skinner sidelined indefinitely with concussion". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Jeff Skinner nets a hat trick, Hurricanes beat Ducks". Sportsnet. December 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Hurricanes winger Jeff Skinner earns second hat trick in three games". Sports Illustrated. December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Skinner leading candidate to be Hurricanes' next captain". NHL.com. September 22, 2017.
- ↑ Williams, Terrell (August 2, 2018). "Canes Deal Skinner to Sabres for Picks, Prospect". NHL.com. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Philippe Paradis |
Carolina Hurricanes first round draft pick 2010 |
Succeeded by Ryan Murphy |
| Preceded by Tyler Myers |
Winner of the Calder Trophy 2011 |
Succeeded by Gabriel Landeskog |