Zach Aston-Reese
| Zach Aston-Reese | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Aston-Reese with the Penguins in 2018. | |||
| Born |
August 10, 1994 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
- ↑ "NCAA hockey: Hobey Baker Memorial Award announces Hat Tricks Finalists". March 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Hockey East Honors 2016–17 All-Star Teams". Hockey East. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ↑ "Zach Aston-Reese Honored as League's Best Player". Hockey East. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Penguins Recall Forward Zach Aston-Reese". NHL.com. Pittsburgh Penguins. February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Guentzel and Aston-Reese lead Pens past Sens". cbc.ca. February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Penguins rookie Zach Aston-Reese out with 'longer-term' injury". sportsnet.ca. February 28, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ Kasan, Sam (March 27, 2018). "Snap Shots: Red Wings 5, Pens 2". NHL.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ↑ Lesko, Ty (April 26, 2018). "Many Pens debuted in Wednesday's Game 1 victory". NHL.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ↑ "pit-vs-phi gamecenter". nhl.com. April 18, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ↑ Sachdeva, Sonny (May 1, 2018). "Capitals' Wilson knocks Penguins' Aston-Reese out of Game 3 with high hit". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Capitals' Tom Wilson gets 3 games for hit on Penguins' Aston-Reese". CBC.ca. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Penguins Assign Aston-Reese and Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton". NHL.com. October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ↑ Crechiolo, Michelle (August 9, 2017). "Getting to Know: Zach Aston-Reese". NHL.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- 1 2 "Zach Aston-Reese". gonu.com. Northeastern Huskies. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ↑ "ZACH ASTON-REESE HEADLINES 2017 HOCKEY EAST HONORS". gonu.com. Boston: Northeastern Huskies. March 16, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ↑ "2016–2017 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Kevin Boyle Thatcher Demko |
Hockey East Player of the Year 2016–17 |
Succeeded by Adam Gaudette |