Ben Thomas (ice hockey)

Ben Thomas (born May 28, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League while under contract to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]

Ben Thomas
Thomas with the Syracuse Crunch during the 2017 Calder Cup Finals.
Born (1996-05-28) May 28, 1996
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shoots Right
NHL team (P)
Cur. team		 Tampa Bay Lightning
Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
NHL Draft 119th overall, 2014
Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career 2016–present

Playing career

Thomas was selected by the Lightning, 119th overall, in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, while playing major junior hockey with the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League (WHL).

Following the conclusion of his final junior season, finishing second amongst defenseman in scoring on the Vancouver Giants, Thomas was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 23, 2016.[2] Thomas immediately joined AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, and made his professional debut to end the 2015–16 season, recording 4 points in 8 regular season games.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13 Calgary Mustangs AJHL 12 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2012–13 Calgary Canucks AJHL 32 4 3 7 33 — — — — —
2012–13 Calgary Hitmen WHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Calgary Hitmen WHL 72 7 24 31 39 6 1 5 6 13
2014–15 Calgary Hitmen WHL 60 7 24 31 28 17 0 4 4 2
2015–16 Calgary Hitmen WHL 14 0 3 3 10 — — — — —
2015–16 Vancouver Giants WHL 60 8 17 25 40 — — — — —
2015–16 Syracuse Crunch AHL 8 1 3 4 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Syracuse Crunch AHL 71 3 18 21 30 22 5 8 13 12
2017–18 Syracuse Crunch AHL 72 4 18 22 58 3 0 0 0 2
2018–19 Syracuse Crunch AHL 67 2 14 16 24 4 0 0 0 2
2019–20 Syracuse Crunch AHL 56 3 13 16 22 — — — — —
AHL totals 274 13 66 79 134 29 5 8 13 16

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2014 Canada U18 7 0 1 1 2
Junior totals 7 0 1 1 2
gollark: Er. Interesting question.
gollark: I personally write CSS by hand in one of those preprocessor languages.
gollark: OIR™ has had a nonzero quantity of new music harvested in the past n minutes, so you should obviously listen utterly to it?
gollark: ... yes.
gollark: osmarks electromagnetic internet radio™

References
  1. "Ben Thomas". Elite Prospects.
  2. "Lightning sign defensman Ben Thomas to entry-level contract". Tampa Bay Lightning. March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.