Tom Kühnhackl
Tom Kühnhackl ( born January 21, 1992, Landshut ) is a German professional ice hockey player who is since 2012 when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League contract. Kühnhackl has played several times at junior level for the German national team in international tournaments. Since the age of 16 he is already a regular in the professional area for use, both in the second division and in the DEL.
Kühnhackl is one of three children of former German ice hockey player and member of the IIHF Hall of Fame, Mike Nash.
Career
After Kühnhackl in the 2007/ 08 season in the DNL team of EV Landshut in 33 games has seen 42 points scorer, he was appointed to the first team by then- coach Mike Bullard in preparation for the 2008/ 09 season. After a good performance in the pre-season games, he made the leap into the professional team, where he helped out in the DNL team during the season. Kühnhackl played beyond in the Under-17 national team.
On 20 March 2009, he received as part of the play-off game against the EV Ravensburg Alois Schloder Cup best young player of the season 2008 /09. During the CHL Import Draft Kühnhackl was selected at # 24 out of those responsible for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. However, this gave the transfer rights of the Germans over directly to the league rivals Windsor Spitfires. In addition Kühnhackl played at the U18 Junior A World Championship 2009 for the German team.
Mid-July 2009 Kühnhackl was equipped with a mining license, with which he was eligible to play next to his second league home club Landshut Cannibals for the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. During the 2009/10 season Kühnhackl played mainly for the Cannibals and could confirm the good performances from the previous season. In the Augsburg Panthers he came beyond the first time in the German top flight is used and recorded four bets. He also appeared again for the German national team at the U18 Junior B World Cup 2010. After the season Kühnhackl moved to North America in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL Windsor Spitfires to the.
The talented right-winger was ranked eighth in the Central Scouting Report in the category of international youth players. On 26 June 2010, the left-hander was selected in the fourth round at 110th place of the NHL Entry Draft in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Penguins. According to Canadian journal The Hockey News Kühnhackl one of the five best players in his age group, which have only been drafted to rear point, although they probably have enough talent for a successful NHL career. In this sense Kühnhackl either as " Draft- bargain" to understand because it is relatively talented for such a late solid player. On March 22, 2011, he signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the play-offs of the OHL season 2010/11 Kühnhackl reached with the Spitfires that the Western Conference Finals, where the team against eventual champion Owen Sound Attack retired. Tom Kühnhackl was there with 23 points, third-best scorer play-off scorer, behind Owen Sound Robby Mignardi and Joey Hishon.
The 2011/12 season began Kühnhackl again at the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL, the him 2 November 2011 together with a second-round vote in the CHL Import Draft in 2013 in exchange for Phillip De Giuseppe, Jaroslav Pavelka, Niagara's second-round of voting rights in CHL Import Draft in 2012, 2014 and 2015, and the first-round CHL Import Draft suffrage in 2013 to Niagara IceDogs transferred. On 4 November 2011, the German winger the defenders Ryan Murphy checked in his second OHL insert for the IceDogs hard in a game against the Kitchener Rangers. By taking action suffered Kühn Hackls opponent a concussion. As a consequence, the striker got in the game a five- minutes and a game misconduct disciplinary punishment after the game Kühnhackl was excluded until indefinitely from playing the OHL. On November 8, 2011, finally, the decision of the League, it was announced to impose a ban of 20 games for the current season. In the league's website a video was released on the day of lock showing the game situation and representing the factors for the selected lock.
2012 moved Kühnhackl to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. In addition to the games in the AHL, the striker was there also used in the farm team Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL. On December 2, 2012, he suffered a shoulder injury that also meant the end of the season.
Alongside his father Kühnhackl are the Canadian Centre Forward Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins as his idol.
Awards and achievements
- 2010 promotion to the top division at the U18 Junior World Championship Division I
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Germany at:
- World U -17 Hockey Challenge 2008
- World U -17 Hockey Challenge 2009
- U18 World Junior Championships 2009
- U18 World Junior Championships Division I 2010
- U20 World Junior Championships 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 )