Tommy Wingels
Tommy Wingels ( born April 12, 1988 in Evanston, Illinois ) is an American professional ice hockey player who since June 2010, with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League and their farm team, the Worcester Sharks in the American Hockey League on the position the Center plays.
Career
Wingels began his junior career in 2006 at the Cedar Rapids Roughriders in the United States Hockey League. There, he played as a 18 -year-old a solid first season with 28 points in 47 games. For the following season the Americans moved to college and started at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for college. In parallel, he played at the University of the University of Miami RedHawks team, who were in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, one of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division, home. In his first season at the College Wingels recorded 29 points scorer in 42 encounters. Similar figures he followed in the second year, after he was selected in the summer of 2008 in the sixth round to 177th place out of the San Jose Sharks in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008. Meanwhile, managed the team for the first time ever in the final championship of the NCAA Division I, where it narrowly lost to the Boston University with 3:4 in overtime. In his third and final year at Miami University Wingels led the team finally as team captain on ice and was one of a quartet of four players that scored more than 40 points scorer. At the end of the season the team won the league title since 2006, the CCHA for the first time. Wingels was also awarded as the best defensive forward and was nominated for the CCHA Second All-Star team after he was appointed in the spring of 2009 to the Frozen Four All- Tournament team of the NCAA.
At the end of the season the Centre on 1 June 2010 received a contract offer from the San Jose Sharks over two years, which he signed. His performances in the season preparatory training camp impressed the coaches so much that he stood at the start of the NHL season 2010/11 in the squad of the Sharks and made his debut in the National Hockey League. In addition, he came to the farm team of San Jose, the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League action.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 NCAA Frozen Four All- Tournament Team
- 2010 CCHA Championship with the Miami University
- 2010 CCHA Best Defensive Forward
- 2010 CCHA Second All-Star Team
Career Stats
( 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 )