Braden Holtby
Braden Holtby ( born September 16, 1989 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since 2009 with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League contract.
Career
Braden Holtby began his career as a hockey player in his hometown junior team in Lloydminster Blazers, for which he was active in the 2004/05 season in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Then the goalkeeper from 2005 to 2009 played for the Saskatoon Blades in the Canadian top junior Western Hockey League and was elected in his final year at the blades in the All-Star team in the Eastern Conference of the WHL. During his time in Sakatoon he was also selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2008 in the fourth round as a total of 93 players from the Washington Capitals. For their farm team, the Hershey Bears, he was in the 2009/10 season his debut in the senior professional field and won with his team immediately the Calder Cup. He also came in the same year to twelve appearances for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.
The 2010/11 season began Holtby at the Hershey Bears in the AHL before he made his debut for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League on 5 November 2010 in the home game against the Boston Bruins. In the following years he came as third goalkeeper behind the Czech Michal Neuvirth, Semyon Varlamov and the Russians regularly to another ice age in the NHL, while still standing in parallel for Hershey in the AHL between the posts.
Internationally
For Canada Holtby took part in the U18 World Youth Championship 2007, where he finished fourth with his team. During the tournament, he came to use one.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 WHL East First All-Star Team
- 2010 Calder Cup win with the Hershey Bears
- 2010 ECHL All-Star Game
- 2011 AHL All- Star Classic