Matt Calvert

Matt Calvert
Born (1989-12-24) December 24, 1989
Brandon, Manitoba
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Colorado Avalanche
Columbus Blue Jackets
NHL Draft 127th overall, 2008
Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career 2010–present

Matthew Dean Calvert (born December 24, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the fifth round, 127th overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Junior

Calvert began his junior career with a brief stint for the Winkler Flyers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, during which he accumulated 15 penalty minutes in his only game with the club. The following year was his first of three seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was named alternate captain for the Wheat Kings in his second season with the team.[1]

After being drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Calvert opted to return to the Wheat Kings for a third season and a chance to win the 2010 Memorial Cup, which was being hosted by Brandon.[2] He was named captain of the Wheat Kings for the 2009–10 season,[1] during which he earned Second-Team Eastern Conference All-Star[3] and Memorial Cup All-Star[4] honours.

Calvert is also noted for scoring a natural short-handed hat-trick against the Calgary Hitmen in the 2010 WHL Eastern Conference Finals. With this feat, Calvert tied the WHL record for most short-handed goals in one game[5] and became the only player in WHL history to score three short-handed goals in one period in the playoffs.[6]

Professional

Columbus Blue Jackets

Calvert began the 2010–11 season with the Blue Jackets' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Springfield Falcons. Calvert was later called up to Columbus on January 6, 2011, and made his NHL debut two days later in a 6–0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. He would score his first career NHL goal one game later against goaltender Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings. The Blue Jackets would assign Calvert to Springfield for the duration of the 2011 NHL All-Star Break before bringing him back up when they resumed regular season play.[7]

On February 25, 2011, Calvert scored a natural hat-trick for the Blue Jackets in a 5–3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes. It was the first hat-trick of Calvert's NHL career and the 19th hat-trick in Blue Jackets franchise history.[8]

On April 19, 2014, Matt Calvert helped the Blue Jackets earn their first Stanley Cup playoff win by scoring a short-handed goal in the second period and the eventual game-winning goal in their 4–3 double overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Three years later, during the 2017 playoffs, Calvert was disciplined by the league for an on-ice attack on Tom Kühnhackl of the Pittsburgh Penguins.[9][10]

In the 2017–18 season, Calvert proved his versatility throughout the lineup, registering 9 goals and 15 assists for 24 points in 69 games, matching career highs in assists and points while leading the team with two short-handed tallies. He produced 4 points in 6 postseason contests.

Colorado Avalanche

Having left the Blue Jackets as a free agent after 8 seasons, Calvert was signed to a three-year, $8.4 million contract with the Colorado Avalanche on July 1, 2018.[11]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07Winkler FlyersMJHL 100015 —————
2007–08Brandon Wheat KingsWHL 7224406453 61232
2008–09Brandon Wheat KingsWHL 5828396758 12981722
2009–10Brandon Wheat KingsWHL 6847529970 15971615
2010–11Springfield FalconsAHL 3813122512 —————
2010–11Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 421192012 —————
2011–12Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 1303316 —————
2011–12Springfield FalconsAHL 5617193652 —————
2012–13Springfield FalconsAHL 3410112139 —————
2012–13Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 42971632 —————
2013–14Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 569152453 62244
2014–15Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 5613102328 —————
2015–16Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 7311132451 —————
2016–17Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 651051548 41124
2017–18Columbus Blue JacketsNHL 699152433 63144
NHL totals 416 72 77 149 273 16 6 4 10 12

Awards and honours

Award Year
WHL
East Second All-Star Team 2010 [3]
CHL Memorial Cup All-Star Team 2010 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eliteprospects.com - Matt Calvert". Elite Hockey Prospects. 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  2. ↑ "Calvert is Brandon Bound". Our Sports Central. 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. 1 2 Best of the East Saluted by WHL, Saskatoon Homepage, 2010-03-18, retrieved 2011-02-25
  4. ↑ Martin Jones And Jimmy Bubnick Honored At 2010 Mastercard Memorial Cup, Our Sports Central, 2010-05-24, retrieved 2011-02-25
  5. ↑ The WHL Official Website - Single Game Records, The Western Hockey League, 2003-09-20, retrieved 2011-02-26
  6. ↑ Mastercard Memorial Cup Preview, Sportsnet.ca, 2010-05-11, retrieved 2011-02-26
  7. ↑ Puck-Rakers Blog: January 2011 Archives, The Columbus Dispatch, 2011-01-31, retrieved 2011-02-26
  8. ↑ Game No. 60 (Puck-Rakers Blog), The Columbus Dispatch, 2011-02-25, retrieved 2011-02-26
  9. ↑ "Blue Jackets' Matt Calvert gets 1 game for cross-check that broke stick". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  10. ↑ Payne, Marissa (2017-04-15). "Blue Jackets' Matt Calvert suspended for Game 3 against Penguins after violent cross check". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  11. ↑ "Avalanche signs Matt Calvert". Colorado Avalanche. 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  12. ↑ "Memorial Cup All-Star Teams". Memorial Cup. 2010-05-06. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
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