{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 2004)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | name = Cameron Lund | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|6|7}} | birth_place = Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 195 | position = Forward | shoots = Right | league = NHL | team = San Jose Sharks | prospect_league = AHL | prospect_team = San Jose Barracuda | former_teams = | draft = 34th overall | draft_year = 2022 | draft_team = San Jose Sharks | career_start = 2025 }} '''Cameron Lund''' (born June 7, 2004) is an American professional ice hockey player for the San Jose Barracuda in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect under contract with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey at Northeastern.
==Early life== Lund was born on June 7, 2004, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cameron Lund – Stats, Contract, Salary & More |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/603638/cameron-lund |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=www.eliteprospects.com |language=en}}</ref> Lund went to high school at Cushing Academy where he played for one season.<ref name=":1" /> While there, he played on a line with Collin Graf, who would go on to play for the San Jose Sharks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wheeler |first=Scott |date=August 22, 2023 |title=Sharks prospect Cam Lund is ‘always a threat’ on the ice — and he’s on the rise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4781434/2023/08/22/cam-lund-san-jose-sharks-northeastern/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Junior=== During the 2021–22 season, Lund recorded 25 goals and 25 assists in 62 games for the Green Bay Gamblers in the United States Hockey League (USHL).<ref name=":0" />
For the 2022–23 season, Lund enrolled at Northeastern University where he played for three seasons. In his junior year at Northeastern, he received Hockey East Third All-Star Team honors.<ref name=":2" />
===Professional=== Lund was drafted 34th overall, by the San Jose Sharks, in the 2022 NHL entry draft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Sharks sign 2022 second-round pick to entry-level contract |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/21/san-jose-sharks-cameron-lund-northeastern/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Cargill |first=Grace |date=January 27, 2025 |title=As his third Beanpot approaches, Cam Lund looks to dominate the ice close to home |url=https://huntnewsnu.com/83098/sports/as-his-third-beanpot-approaches-cam-lund-looks-to-dominate-the-ice-close-to-home/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=The Huntington News}}</ref> Lund signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Sharks on March 21, 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Sharks sign forward Cameron Lund to entry-level contract {{!}} San Jose Sharks |url=https://www.nhl.com/sharks/news/sharks-sign-forward-cameron-lund-to-entry-level-contract |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2025 |title=As Sharks usher in more prospects, others could soon be shown the door |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/22/as-sharks-usher-in-more-prospects-others-could-soon-be-shown-the-door/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2025 |title=Cam Lund Signs With San Jose Sharks |url=https://nuhuskies.com/news/2025/3/21/mens-ice-hockey-cam-lund-signs-with-san-jose-sharks.aspx |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=Northeastern University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> Lund played his first NHL game less than one week later, on March 27, in a 6–5 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Jose Sharks – Toronto Maple Leafs – Mar 27, 2025 {{!}} NHL.com |url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/sjs-vs-tor/2025/03/27/2024021152/boxscore |access-date=March 28, 2025 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Sharks winger on verge of career-first after scoring twice vs. Maple Leafs |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/27/san-jose-sharks-toronto-maple-leafs-auston-matthews-tyler-toffoli/ |access-date=March 28, 2025 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref> He scored his first NHL goal in just his second NHL game, on March 29, against the New York Rangers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Rangers – San Jose Sharks – Mar 29, 2025 {{!}} NHL.com |url=https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-sjs/2025/03/29/2024021168/boxscore |access-date=March 30, 2025 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2025 |title=Slow start, sloppy play dooms Sharks in loss to desperate Rangers |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/29/san-jose-sharks-new-york-rangers-artemi-panarin-cam-lund/ |access-date=March 30, 2025 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2020–21 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |-bgcolor=f0f0f0 | 2020–21 | Boston Junior Bruins | NCDC | 40 || 17 || 17 || 34 || 30 | 6 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 |- | 2021–22 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 62 || 25 || 25 || 50 || 49 | — || — || — || — || — |-bgcolor=f0f0f0 | 2022–23 | Northeastern University | HEA | 35 || 7 || 16 || 23 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2023–24 | Northeastern University | HEA | 35 || 11 || 19 || 30 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |-bgcolor=f0f0f0 | 2024–25 | Northeastern University | HEA | 37 || 18 || 22 || 40 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2024–25 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 11 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 11 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 4 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ! colspan="3"|College |- | All-Hockey East Third Team |2025 |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/articles/2025/03/hockey-east-names-2024-25-mens-all-star-teams.php|title=Hockey East Names 2024–25 Men's All-Star Teams |publisher=Hockey East|date=March 14, 2025 |access-date=March 15, 2025}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist|50em}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}}
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