T. J. Oshie
Timothy Leif " T. J. " Oshie ( born December 23, 1986 in Mount Vernon, Washington ) is an American professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League on the position of the center.
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Career
Oshie played three years in the crew of Warroad High School in Minnesota. There he came in 93 missions on 104 goals and 137 assists and led his team to two State Championships. The 2004/05 season he finished with the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League. There came in eleven games for use and was able to convince scorer with five points. Its great potential brought him to be selected early on by one of the 30 NHL franchises for the NHL Entry Draft 2005 good prospects. Finally, it attracted the St. Louis Blues in the first round to 24th position. After the summer break, the striker began his studies at the University of North Dakota, where he ran aground at the same time for the local ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, a division in the game operation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In his rookie year Oshie won with the team right away the championship of the WCHA and was elected to the All- Rookie team in the division. This he owed especially his 45 points from 44 league games. The following year, the American improved his offensive values than get him 52 points scorer in 43 games. Although he received for this increase over the previous year, no nomination again in one of the selection team, but that he could achieve in his third year in the league. While Oshie recorded fewer points than the previous season, but his complete game earned him a nomination for both the WCHA First All -Star Team and the NCAA West First All-American Team.
Before the start of season 2008/ 09, the St. Louis Blues brought the striker - they had brought for signing his first professional contract on 13 May 2008 - in their organization, although he could have played another year at college. In the course of the season preparatory training camps succeeded Oshie, to fight for a place in the squad in transition team. Thus he gave on October 10 for the season opener against the Nashville Predators made his debut in the National Hockey League. Three days later he recorded his first point scorer against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Subsequently forced Oshie an ankle injury to pause the whole of November. After a two- games -lasting comeback in December he fell again until the end of the month, that the injury was broken again. At the beginning of 2009, the Americans was symptom free again and found his form. In the remainder of the season, he continually rose, which resulted in March that he received the award for the NHL rookie of the month and also contributed significantly to the first playoff collect the Blues since the 2003/ 04 season had. Overall, the center played in his first NHL season 57 games in which he scored 39 points.
In the 2009/10 season he was able to establish himself in the team and put it in another 76 games. In the following season, he broke his left ankle when Samuel Påhlsson unhappy fell in a duel on Oshies leg.
Internationally
Oshie represented the U.S. for the first time at the U20 World Youth Championship in 2007, when he was able to score a goal in seven games. The team reached this year in third place and won the bronze medal after they had failed in the semifinals only in the shootout on rivals Canada and was defeated in the match for third place Sweden.
In the senior level, the striker received after the early withdrawal of the St. Louis Blues from the playoffs of the 2008/09 season was nominated for the World Championships 2009 in Switzerland. A year later he played in the World Cup in Germany.
At the World Championships in 2013 in Stockholm and Helsinki, he was again part of the national team and won the bronze medal with this. In February 2014 he took part in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. In the match against Russia, he scored in the shootout total of six penalties, scoring four goals. Since the other shooters of Americans not met, Oshie was the only scorer of his team, which he led them to victory over Russia alone. He was the first player to have managed this.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 Broadmoor Trophy win with the University of North Dakota
- 2006 WCHA All- Rookie Team
- 2008 WCHA First All -Star Team
- 2008 NCAA West First All-American Team
- 2009 NHL Rookie of the Month March
Internationally
- 2007 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2013 bronze medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 2007
- World Cup 2009
- World Cup 2010
( 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 )