Mat Bodie

Mathew Bodie
Born (1990-03-07) March 7, 1990
East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams		 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Hartford Wolf Pack
Rochester Americans
Syracuse Crunch
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present

Mathew Bodie (born March 7, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

As a member of the Winnipeg Thrashers midget hockey team, he was named the Most Valuable player and top defenceman at the 2008 Telus Cup. The Thrashers captured the silver medal.

Bodie played collegiate hockey for the Union Dutchmen in the a NCAA Men's Division I ECAC Hockey conference. In his sophomore year, Bodie's outstanding play was recognized when he was selected to the 2011–12 ECAC Hockey First Team.[1]

Undrafted, Bodie was signed by the New York Rangers to a one-year entry-level contract on April 15, 2014, after Union won the NCAA Championship.[2]

On April 20, 2016, Bodie was recalled by the New York Rangers from the team's AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, but he did not play for the team.[3]

During the 2016–17 season, while captaining the Wolf Pack, Bodie was dealt by the Rangers at the trade deadline to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Daniel Catenacci on February 28, 2017.[4] He played out the season in the AHL with the Rochester Americans, producing 9 points in 17 games.

On July 1, 2017, Bodie as a free agent signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.[5] After attending the Lightning's 2017 training camp, he was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch for the duration of the 2017–18 season. Assuming a role as the Crunch's top pairing defenseman, Bodie responded with a professional high 31 assists and 37 points in 74 games.

As a free agent from the Lightning, Bodie opted to halt his North American career, agreeing to an initial one-year deal with Russian club, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL on July 20, 2018.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Powell River Kings BCHL 53 1 41 42 41 18 2 12 14 20
2009–10 Powell River Kings BCHL 51 8 34 42 37 23 9 22 31 23
2010–11 Union College ECAC 40 6 26 32 18 — — — — —
2011–12 Union College ECAC 39 8 21 29 32 — — — — —
2012–13 Union College ECAC 35 6 18 24 32 — — — — —
2013–14 Union College ECAC 40 8 31 39 57 — — — — —
2014–15 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 75 5 27 32 42 15 3 4 7 6
2015–16 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 76 7 29 36 38 — — — — —
2016–17 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 45 8 22 30 47 — — — — —
2016–17 Rochester Americans AHL 17 2 7 9 8 — — — — —
2017–18 Syracuse Crunch AHL 74 6 31 37 36 5 0 2 2 6
AHL totals 287 28 116 144 171 20 3 6 9 12

Awards and honours

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing Canada Canada West
World Junior A Challenge
2009 Summerside
Award Year
Telus Cup
Most Valuable Player 2007–08
Top Defenceman 2007–08
College
ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 2010–11
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2011–12 [7]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2011–12
All-ECAC Hockey Third Team 2012–13
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2013–14 [8]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2013–14
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 2014 [9]
NCAA All-Tournament Team 2014

References

  1. ↑ Schott, Ken (2012-03-15). "Union coach Bennett wins Tim Taylor Award; goalie Grosenick wins Ken Dryden Award (Final)". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Rangers agree to terms with Free Agent Mat Bodie". New York Rangers. 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
  3. ↑ "New York Rangers Recall Seven Players from Hartford Wolf Pack". Archived from the original on May 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sabres trade Catenacci to Rangers for defenseman Mat Bodie". Yahoo! Sports. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  5. ↑ "Lightning sign defenseman Mat Bodie to one-year contract". Tampa Bay Lightning. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  6. ↑ "Ashton moves to Severstal" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  7. ↑ "ECAC Announces Regular-Season Awards". ECAC Hockey. 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  8. ↑ "All-Conference All-Rookie Team". ECAC Hockey. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  9. ↑ "All-Tournament Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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