Cal Clutterbuck
Cal Clutterbuck ( born November 18, 1987 in Welland, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since June 2013 with the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
Clutterbuck played during his junior time in the Ontario Hockey League for the Toronto St. Michael's Majors and Oshawa Generals. He participated in the 2004 U18 Junior World Cup and 2005 at the U18 World Youth Championship in the Czech Republic, where he won the silver medal with the Canadian national team. In 2006 he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in the third round and 72nd overall by the Minnesota Wild.
On 27 May 2007, he signed a contract with the Minnesota Wild. First he came for the Houston Aeros, the farm team of the game, in the American Hockey League action. After an injury of Pavol Demitra he was appointed to the cadre of the game and completed on October 28, 2007 against the Colorado Avalanche their first game in the NHL. In the wild, however, he was able to prevail until the following season. On November 24, 2008 against the Washington Capitals, he scored his first goal in the NHL.
Clutterbuck held for three seasons the collected since 2005 NHL record for most hits in a season. With 356 body checks he excelled in the season 2008 /09 the existing best value by Dustin Brown. In the 2011/12 season, however, surpassed Matt Martin Clutterbucks record with 374 hits.
End of June 2013 he was transferred together with a third-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2013 in exchange for Nino Niederreiter to the New York Islanders.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 CHL Top Prospects Game
Internationally
- 2004 Gold Medal at the World U -17 Hockey Challenge
- 2005 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World U -17 Hockey Challenge 2004
- U18 World Junior Championships 2005
- World Cup 2011
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )