Bud Holloway
Birth dateMarch 1, 1988 (age 38)
Birth placeWapella, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height6 ft
Height in1
Weight lb200
PositionRight wing
ShootsRight
LeagueBSHL
TeamMoosomin Rangers
Former teamsSkellefteå AIK
SC Bern
Montreal Canadiens
CSKA Moscow
EC Red Bull Salzburg
Draft (2006)86th overall
Draft teamLos Angeles Kings
Career start2008
Career end2020

George Edward Holloway III[1][2] known as Bud Holloway (born March 1, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 3rd round (86th overall) of the 2006 NHL entry draft.[3]

Playing career

Holloway played for the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League from 2004 to 2008. He then split the 2008–09 campaign between AHL's Manchester Monarchs and ECHL's Ontario Reign.[4] After two more years with the Monarchs, he took his game to Sweden. On July 25, 2011, Holloway was signed as a free agent by Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[5][6] He was acquired by Skellefteå around the same time as fellow Manchester Monarchs' player Oscar Möller. Holloway won the Swedish National Championship with Skellefteå AIK in 2013 and 2014, and received the Golden Helmet Award as the league's Player of the Year following the 2012–13 season.

In the SHL playoffs, Holloway holds the record for the most points in a single playoff year (23 points: 10 G, 13 A), which he set in the 2011–12 season, surpassing Espen Knutsen's 21 points in the 1999–2000 season. The following season, Holloway became only the second player in SHL history (after Håkan Loob in 1982–83) to score over 70 points in a single SHL regular season; he scored 20 goals and 51 assists for a total of 71 points.[7]

On May 17, 2014, Holloway left the SHL after three seasons and signed as a free agent to a two-year contract with Swiss club SC Bern of the NLA.[8] He won the Swiss cup competition with SCB. He saw the ice in 53 NLA contests, tallying 17 goals and 28 assists. Holloway parted company with SC Bern following the 2014–15 season.[9]

On July 1, 2015, Holloway signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Montreal Canadiens for the 2015–16 season.[10] On November 27, 2015, Holloway made his NHL debut, and his only NHL appearance to date, in a game against the New Jersey Devils.[11] He spent most of the season with Montreal's AHL affiliate, the St. John's IceCaps. One of his most notable plays that year came during a game against the Binghamton Senators when he made a diving mid-air stick save to prevent an empty-net goal.[12] Holloway played a further three seasons with Skellefteå AIK before leaving following the conclusion of the 2018–19 season. On June 6, 2019, Holloway signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with Austrian outfit EC Red Bull Salzburg of the EBEL.[13]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2003–04Yorkton Harvest AAASMHL4315213622—————
2003–04Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL20000—————
2004–05Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL674111527120110
2005–06Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL722113341873254
2006–07Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL7127386550113368
2007–08Seattle ThunderbirdsWHL70434083551255104
2008–09Manchester MonarchsAHL3875126—————
2008–09Ontario ReignECHL23148228759148
2009–10Manchester MonarchsAHL75192847261677149
2010–11Manchester MonarchsAHL78283361587471110
2011–12Skellefteå AIKSEL5521284932191013234
2012–13Skellefteå AIKSEL55205171361345918
2013–14Skellefteå AIKSHL5310233326113586
2014–15SC BernNLA4213243724114484
2015–16Montreal CanadiensNHL10000—————
2015–16St. John's IceCapsAHL7019426114—————
2016–17CSKA MoscowKHL123696—————
2016–17Skellefteå AIKSHL26111122071234
2017–18Skellefteå AIKSHL39814228142248
2018–19Skellefteå AIKSHL521115261062020
2019–20EC Red Bull SalzburgAUT461216282233140
AHL totals261731081811042311142519
SHL totals280811422231127022274940
NHL totals10000—————

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2005Canada WesternU1760002
Junior totals60002

References

  1. ^ "WHL Notebook Cheers for Holloway travel far". seattletimes.nwsource.com.
  2. ^ "Reign Player Q&A". ontarioreign.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11..
  3. ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
  4. ^ "Interview with Monarchs 'Man of the Year' Bud Holloway". mayorsmanor.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  5. ^ National Hockey League (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2012. Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
  6. ^ "Kanadensisk forward klar". skellefteaaik.se. Archived from the original on 2011-09-24..
  7. ^ "Player statistics for the 2012–13 season". Swedish Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
  8. ^ "Bud Holloway for SCB" (in German). SC Bern. 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  9. ^ "SC Bern: Holloway wechselt nach Montreal". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  10. ^ "One-year, two-way contract for George "Bud" Holloway". Canadiens.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "Montreal Canadiens at New Jersey Devils". Canadiens.com. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  12. ^ Goffenberg, Daniel (21 February 2016). "Forward Bud Holloway makes an incredible mid-air save". SportsNet.ca. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Red Bull announce next signing". EC Red Bull Salzburg. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2019-06-06.