Matt Moulson
Matthew Moulson ( born November 1, 1983 in North York, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since March 2014 at the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League contract.
Career
Matt Moulson started his career as a hockey player with the Springfield Spirit, for the American Hockey League, he was active in the American Junior League North in the 2001/ 02 season. Then the attacker played four years for the team from Cornell University, with which he in 2003 and 2005 won the championship of the ECAC Hockey. During his time at university the links gunman was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in the ninth round in 2003 when a total of 263 players from the Pittsburgh Penguins, for which, however, he never played.
Instead signed Moulson on 1 September 2006 as a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Kings, for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 2007/ 08 season after last year exclusively for Los Angeles farm team, the Manchester Monarchs had been from the American Hockey League on the ice. As the Canadians in the NHL squad the Kings could not prevail, he played in the 2008/ 09 season once again almost exclusively for the Manchester Monarchs in the AHL.
On July 6, 2009 Moulson signed as a free agent contract with the New York Islanders. After four seasons and 118 goals in 304 games for the Islanders Moulson was delivered to the Buffalo Sabres in October 2013 in exchange for Thomas Vanek. The Sabres also received two draft picks, one for the first round in 2014 and a. During his NHL debut for the Sabres on the following day Moulson directly two goals for the second round in 2015 with the 3:4 defeat against Dallas.
A few months later, on March 5, 2014, Moulson was submitted along with Cody McCormick to the Minnesota Wild, in return, received the Sabres Torrey Mitchell as well as one second-round draft pick in 2014 and 2016.
Awards and achievements
- 2003 ECAC Championship with Cornell University
- 2005 ECAC Championship with Cornell University
- 2005 ECAC First All -Star Team
- 2005 NCAA East Second All-American Team
- 2006 ECAC Second All-Star Team
NHL stats
(End of season 2012/ 13)