Travis Hamonic
Travis Hamonic ( born August 16, 1990 in Saint- Malo, Manitoba ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Since 2010 he plays for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League on the position of the defender. In his junior time played between 2006 and 2010 he for the Moose Jaw Warriors and Wheat Kings Brandon of the Western Hockey League. With the Wheat Kings he reached the finals of the Memorial Cup in 2010. At international level, Hamonic earned along with the Canadian national team, among others, at the U18 World Youth Championship 2008, the gold medal.
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Career
Western Hockey League
Travis Hamonic was the Bantam Draft of the Western Hockey League ( WHL) in the ninth round of the Moose Jaw Warriors selected. In the WHL season 2006/ 07 he made his debut for the Warriors in the WHL. In his second WHL season, he reached with the Moose Jaw Warriors for the first time the play-offs, where the team in the first round of the Calgary Hitmen defeated. A little later he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft, an annual event in which teams of the National Hockey League can secure the rights to promising young players from the New York Islanders in the second round by a total of 53 positions.
According to the draft of the right shooter completed two more seasons in the WHL junior league. The season 2009/10 was measured at the points achieved Scorer personally successful season of the defender. In 41 matches played Hamonic scored 11 goals and 33 assists for a total of 44 points. This season he was transferred from the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for the player Dallas Ehrhardt and several draft rights to the Brandon Wheat Kings in January 2010, shortly before the transfer deadline. Hamonic completed after the change still ten games for the Wheat Kings and was appointed following the regular season 2009/10 in the WHL Eastern Conference All- Star team.
The Brandon Wheat Kings qualified for the playoffs and defeated there in the first two rounds of the Swift Current Broncos and the Saskatoon Blades. In the third round, the Conference Finals, the team defeated the Calgary Hitmen in the best- of-seven series with 1:4 games. Despite the defeat, the Brandon Wheat Kings took part in the Memorial Cup in 2010, as they qualified automatically as hosts of the tournament. The Wheat Kings played their way in this competition to the finals, where they eventually Windsor Spitfires the subject. Travis Hamonic was elected to the finals in the All- Star team of the tournament after. Four days after the final defeat of the Canadians signed a three-year entry-level contract with the New York Islanders.
National Hockey League
His career as a professional player began Travis Hamonic in the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the Islanders farm team of the American Hockey League ( AHL ). After 19 games for the Sound Tigers in the AHL, where he was most successful defender of the team with seven achieved points scorer, the defender was appointed Islanders in the roster of New York. On 24 November 2010 the Canadians finally made his debut for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League ( NHL) with a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Canadians then spent the entire rest of the NHL season 2010/11 at the Islanders. Overall, he came into this season to 62 NHL inserts, in which he scored 26 points scorer.
Internationally
Travis Hamonic represented his native Canada for the first time at the U18 World Youth Championship in 2008. Together with the Canadian national team, he won at this tournament after a final victory against the Russian team the gold medal. His second outing in an international tournament was the defending champion at the U20 Junior World Cup 2010, where the team after a final defeat by the U.S. selection earned the silver medal.
Awards and achievements
- 2010 WHL East Second All- Star Team
- 2010 Memorial Cup All- Star team
Internationally
- 2008 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2010 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
( 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 )