Tom McCollum

Thomas McCollum (* December 7, 1989 in Sanborn, New York) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who stands since 2008 with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League under contract and currently the for their farm team, the Grand Rapids Griffins, in American Hockey League.

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Career

Thomas McCollum played since 1994 for his home team, before he moved to the Guelph Storm Wheatfield Blades in 2006 in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL. There he was immediately goalkeeper and played 55 of the 68 season games, of which he won 26. Even during the season, he received his first honor when he was invited to the OHL All-Star Game. After the season he was also appointed to the Third All-Star Team in the OHL All- Rookie Team and. To this end, he was still nominated for the OHL Goaltender of the Year Award and was set up with five shutouts in one season a new franchise record.

Shortly after the end of the season McCollum was appointed to the U.S. junior national team that took part in the U18 World Youth Championship. McCollum stood in the opening game against Russia on the ice that the United States but with 3:5 lost, whereupon Josh Unice took over the post as goalkeeper. Finally, they were able to win the silver medal after they were inferior to the Russian selection again in the final.

At the beginning of the 2007/ 08 McCollum was unable to match the achievements of the previous year, stabilized in the course of the season but again and was awarded in December for the OHL goaltender of the month. He also played in the CHL Top Prospects Game, an All- Star Game of the big three Canadian junior leagues with the greatest talents of the vintage for the NHL Entry Draft. The further the season advanced the more he rose and in the playoffs McCollum was one of the best players in the Storm, as he conceded less than two goals per game on average. The team retired but still made ​​already in the second round.

Due to its good performance, the NHL Scouting Central led him as the most promising North American goalkeeper talent of his year and in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft in 2008, incorporating the Detroit Red Wings selected him out at position 30. A few months later, in October 2008, signed in Detroit an entry contract for three years.

For the season 2008/ 09 at the Guelph Storm and was halfway through the season on the best goalkeepers in the league. Due to his good performances he was at the U20 World Cup during the New Year for the U.S. squad selection. McCollum went as a goalkeeper in the tournament and had a good start, as the first three games of the group phase could be obtained with only five goals against. However, the last group match was clearly with 4:7 against Canada and lost in the quarterfinals separated the United States with 3:5 against Slovakia from. Shortly after his return from the World Cup, he was transferred within the OHL Guelph Storm from the Brampton Battalion. He helped the team to second place in the regular season in the Eastern Conference, and went with the Battalion to a playoff final, where they, however, the Windsor Spitfires documents.

In autumn 2009, he moved to the pros and sat in the competition for the second goalkeeper place at the Grand Rapids Griffins, the AHL farm team of Detroit, against Jordan Pearce by. In Grand Rapids, he shared the first deployment times with goalkeeper Daniel Larsson and had a good performance in the first month of the season. Thereafter, however, he played significantly weaker and became the Toledo Walleye, the ECHL farm team of the Red Wings and Griffins, sent in January 2010.

The 2010/11 season he joined the Grand Rapids Griffins and came in 17 games for use before McCollum was sent again to the Toledo Walleye in the ECHL.

Awards and achievements

• 2007 OHL All-Star Game
• 2007 OHL First All - Rookie Team
• 2007 OHL Third All-Star Team
• 2007 OHL All- Academic Team
• 2007 OHL Goalie of the Month December

• 2008 CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2008 OHL Third All-Star Team
• 2009 OHL Goalie of the Month January
• 2009 OHL Second All-Star Team
• 2013 Calder Cup win with the Grand Rapids Griffins

Internationally

• 2007 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship

Career Stats

Internationally

Represented the U.S. at:

• U18 World Junior Championships 2007
• U20 World Junior Championships 2009

( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )