Taylor Beck (ice hockey)

Taylor Beck (born May 13, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Previously, Beck had played with the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, and Nashville Predators organizations, with the latter having originally drafted him in 2009.

Taylor Beck
Channel One Cup (2017)
Born (1991-05-13) May 13, 1991
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams		 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Nashville Predators
New York Islanders
Edmonton Oilers
New York Rangers
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Kunlun Red Star
Avangard Omsk
NHL Draft 70th overall, 2009
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2011–present

Playing career
Beck as a member of the Guelph Storm in 2010

Beck was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 70th overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He was signed to a three-year entry level contract with the Predators on August 25, 2010.[1]

During the lock-out shortened 2012–13 season, Beck received his first recall from the Milwaukee Admirals and made his NHL debut with the Predators in a 4–3 defeat to the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 19, 2013.[2] In his third game with Nashville, also against the Blue Jackets, Beck scored his first NHL goal in a multi-point game victory on March 23, 2013.[3]

Following the 2014–15 NHL season Beck became a restricted free agent under the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Nashville Predators made him a qualifying offer to retain his NHL rights and, on July 5, 2015, Beck filed for Salary Arbitration.[4] On July 12, 2015, Beck's rights were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for forward Jamie Devane. He would sign a one year contract with the club the following day.[5] On the eve of the Maple Leafs training camp, on September 17, 2015, Beck was again traded, along with a group of prospects, to the New York Islanders in exchange for Michael Grabner.[6]

Beck was later assigned by the Islanders to begin the 2015–16 season in the AHL with affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.[7] After a month in Bridgeport, Beck was recalled by the Islanders on October 31 made later made his debut with the club in a 2–1 defeat to the Boston Bruins on November 8, 2015.[8] Beck remained on the Islanders roster for a month appearing in only 1 further game before he was re-assigned to the Sound Tigers on November 26, 2015. Beck added to the Bridgeport offence with 33 points in 46 games before he was dealt by the Islanders, for the third time within the year, to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Marc-André Cliche on February 29, 2016.[9] He was directly assigned to remain in the AHL with the San Antonio Rampage.

At the conclusion of the season as a restricted free agent, Beck was not tendered a qualifying offer to remain with the Avalanche.[10] As a free agent, Beck agreed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers on July 3, 2016.[11] Assigned to affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors to begin the 2016–17 season, Beck led the team and was amongst the AHL scoring leaders before he was recalled to the Oilers. Beck appeared in 3 scoreless games with the Oilers before he was returned to the Condors. He amassed 50 points in just 40 games before he was dealt at the NHL trade deadline by the Oilers to the New York Rangers in exchange for Justin Fontaine on March 1, 2017.[12] Beck continued scoring at a point-per-game pace with affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, and featured in 2 regular season games with the Rangers to end the season. With 76 points in 56 games, Beck was selected to the AHL's First All-Star Team.[13]

As an impending free agent, on June 13, 2017, Beck signed a one-year deal with Russian club, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[14]

During the 2018–19 season, while in his second season with Kunlun Red Star, Beck continued his scoring pace with the club in notching 9 goals and 22 points through 39 games before he was traded to Avangard Omsk in exchange for the rights to Axel Holmström on December 27, 2018.[15]

On June 4, 2020, during the off-season, Beck was traded by Omsk to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in exchange for Ilya Kablukov and Alexei Bereglazov.[16]

Career statistics
Beck during his tenure with the Predators.

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08Guelph StormOHL56714214370004
2008–09Guelph StormOHL672236583640002
2009–10Guelph StormOHL613954935453362
2010–11Guelph StormOHL6242539560635810
2010–11Milwaukee AdmiralsAHL4011082022
2011–12Milwaukee AdmiralsAHL741624403230112
2012–13Milwaukee AdmiralsAHL501130412820112
2012–13Nashville PredatorsNHL163472—————
2013–14Milwaukee AdmiralsAHL651732493830002
2013–14Nashville PredatorsNHL70006—————
2014–15Nashville PredatorsNHL6288161850002
2015–16Bridgeport Sound TigersAHL4616173330—————
2015–16New York IslandersNHL20002—————
2015–16San Antonio RampageAHL41012—————
2016–17Bakersfield CondorsAHL4013375018—————
2016–17Edmonton OilersNHL30004—————
2016–17Hartford Wolf PackAHL16610166—————
2016–17New York RangersNHL20000—————
2017–18Avtomobilist YekaterinburgKHL203478—————
2017–18Kunlun Red StarKHL21491312—————
2018–19Kunlun Red StarKHL399132220—————
2018–19Avangard OmskKHL1710616816416206
2019–20Avangard OmskKHL561422363260336
NHL totals 92 11 12 23 32 5 0 0 0 2
KHL totals 153 40 54 94 80 22 4 19 23 12

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Canada Ontario U17 3 0 1 1 0
Junior totals 3 0 1 1 0

Awards and honours
Award Year
OHL
CHL Top Prospects Game 2009
All-Star Game 2010
Second All-Star Team 2010
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy 2010
AHL
All-Star Game 2017 [17]
First All-Star Team 2017 [13]

References
  1. "Preds sign '09 draftee Taylor Beck". Nashville Predators. August 25, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  2. "Jackets extend team record points streak to 11 games". CBS Sports. March 19, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  3. "Predators blow past Blue Jackets". CBS Sports. March 23, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  4. "Salary arbitration filed cases announced". National Hockey League. July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  5. "Maple Leafs sign forward Beck to one-year contract". NHL. July 13, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  6. "Islanders acquire five players for Grabner". New York Islanders. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  7. "Islanders loan 10 to Bridgeport". New York Islanders. September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  8. "Spooner, Bergeron lift Bruins over Islanders". CBS Sports. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  9. "Avalanche acquires Beck from Islanders". Colorado Avalanche. February 29, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  10. "Avalanche qualify Siemens, let 10 walk". bsndenver.com. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  11. "Oilers sign Beck". Edmonton Oilers. July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  12. "Rangers Acquire Forward Taylor Beck". National Hockey League. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  13. "2016–17 American Hockey League First and Second All-Star Teams Named". OurSports Central.com. April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  14. "Пятым легионером "Автомобилиста" станет канадец Тейлор Бек". www.hc-avto.ru (in Russian). June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  15. "December 27 transactions". Kontinental Hockey League. December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  16. "Taylor Beck at Metallurg!" (in Russian). Metallurg Magnitogorsk. June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  17. "Rosters set for 2017 All-Star Classic". American Hockey League. January 14, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
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