{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=June 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Mark Pysyk | image = Mark Pysyk - Buffalo Sabres.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Pysyk with the Buffalo Sabres in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|01|11}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 201 | position = Defence / right wing | shoots = Right | league = Czech | team = Sparta Prague | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | former_teams = SaiPa<br />Buffalo Sabres<br />Florida Panthers<br />Dallas Stars | draft = 23rd overall | draft_year = 2010 | draft_team = Buffalo Sabres | career_start = 2012 }} '''Mark Alexander Terrance Pysyk'''<ref name="Annicchiarico">{{cite news|last1=Annicchiarico|first1=Mario|title=A day in the life of 17-year-old Oil King blue-liner Mark Pysyk |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20090209/282084862697844 |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=February 9, 2009 |via=Pressreader}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛ|s|ɪ|k}} {{respell|PESS|ik}}; born January 11, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for HC Sparta Prague in the Czech Extraliga. Pysyk was originally selected in the first round, 23rd overall, in the 2010 NHL entry draft by the Buffalo Sabres.<ref name = "Top Prospect">{{cite web | url = https://whl.ca/seven-whl-players-selected-in-1st-round-of-2010-nhl-draft | title = Seven WHL players selected in 1st round of 2010 NHL draft | publisher = Western Hockey League | date = June 25, 2010 | access-date = June 23, 2023}}</ref> He has also previously played for the Florida Panthers and the Dallas Stars.
==Playing career==
===Amateur=== While competing in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League (AMBHL) for the 2006–07 season with the Strathcona Warriors, Pysyk recorded 15 goals and 49 points in 33 games and was the co-recipient of the league's top defenceman award.<ref name="grow">{{cite news |last1=Petersen |first1=Scott |title=Pysyk will grow into Oil Kings jersey |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72925360/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=May 5, 2007|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> At the age of 15, Pysyk became the first-ever draft pick of the current incarnation of the Edmonton Oil Kings when he was selected third overall in the 2007 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft.<ref name="O'Leary">{{cite news |last1=O'Leary |first1=Chris |title=Pysyk in good position for learning experience |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72924610/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=September 18, 2008|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Due to his age, he would only be able to play with the team as an affiliate player for the 2007–08 season.<ref name="grow"/> He began the season with the AMBHL but was told by Oil Kings head coach Steve Pleau he would make his WHL debut after the Christmas break. Pysyk subsequently made his debut on December 28, 2007, against the Red Deer Rebels.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tait |first1=Cam |title=Pysyk primed for junior debut |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72925340/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=December 28, 2007|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In his second game since being called up from Midget AAA, Pysyk was working with the power play unit and recorded his first WHL assist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tait |first1=Cam |title=Oil Kings strike early, often against Raiders |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72925464/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=December 31, 2007|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
Pysyk recorded his first career WHL goal on March 8, 2008, in a 4–1 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings, helping the team maintain their 20–37-4 record.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oil Kings trumped by Wheat Kings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72929559/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=March 9, 2008}}</ref> After concluding his first full season with the Oil Kings, Pysyk was the recipient of two team end-of-year awards: Rookie of the Year and Defenceman of the Year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kings Crowned |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72929381/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=March 31, 2009|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
Pysyk returned to the Oil Kings for the 2009–10 season, where the team had the second-fewest points in the league. He played 48 games before being sidelined with a broken foot but still ended the season eighth on the team in scoring. His efforts were recognized by Oil Kings GM Bob Green, who said: "He carried our team on his back a lot of nights this winter, and the fact that he played on a broken foot for a couple of games before he was forced to end his season early shows how much character he's developed."<ref>{{cite web |title=Pysyk Shouldered the Load for Oil Kings |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/pysyk-shouldered-the-load-for-oil-kings/c-532837 |website=nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=March 7, 2021 |date=June 25, 2010}}</ref> At the end of the season, Pysyk was ranked seventh among North American skaters for the 2010 NHL entry draft by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morreale |first1=Mike G. |title=Seguin tops CSS's final rankings; Hall second |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/seguin-tops-csss-final-rankings-hall-second/c-524284 |website=nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=March 7, 2021 |date=April 7, 2010}}</ref> He was eventually selected in the first round, 23rd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matherson |first1=Jim |title=Pysyk waited so long, he needed a (bathroom) break |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72924244/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |date=June 26, 2010|page=41 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Following his draft, Sabres' director of amateur scouting proposed Pysyk would need three years before making his NHL debut due to his small stature and light weight.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vogl |first1=John |title=Sabres make Pysyk first pick Defenseman has ability to skate and pass NHL Draft: Broken foot allows good prospect to fall to 23rd pick overall |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/sabres-make-pysyk-first-pick-defenseman-has-ability-to-skate-and-pass-nhl-draft-broken/article_85fad9fa-4e27-5f37-bb9f-28b82d01f4e3.html |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Buffalo News |date=June 26, 2010}}</ref> After being returned to his junior team by the Sabres after training camp, Pysyk was named the captain of the Oil Kings on September 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Leary |first1=Chris |title=Oil Kings name Pysyk new captain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72924757/mark-pysyk/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=September 29, 2010|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
On May 13, 2012, Pysyk, along with the rest of the Edmonton Oil Kings, won game 7 of the WHL Finals, against the Portland Winter Hawks with a score of 4–1, to win the Ed Chynoweth Cup. They went on to the Memorial Cup in Shawinigan Quebec, and came in fourth.
===Professional=== thumb|left|Pysyk with the Sabres in October 2013 In his debut professional season in 2012–13, he marked his first professional game by scoring a goal with the Sabres' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, on October 12, 2012. After 57 games with the Americans, Pysyk received his first NHL call-up by Buffalo midway into the shortened season. He played his first NHL game on March 17, 2013 against the Washington Capitals.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theahl.com/sabres-recall-pysyk-p182621 | title = Sabres recall Pysyk | publisher = American Hockey League | date = 2013-03-17 | access-date = 2013-03-17 | archive-date = August 13, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160813084558/http://theahl.com/sabres-recall-pysyk-p182621 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Pysyk scored his first NHL goal against Henrik Lundqvist in an 8–4 loss to the New York Rangers on April 19, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/400443129 |title=Brad Richards' first career hat trick leads Rangers' rout |work=ESPN |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref> Pysyk spent the following two seasons split between Buffalo and Rochester. Buffalo re-signed Pysyk to a two-year contract on July 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/nhl/sabres/sabres-sign-mark-pysyk-to-two-year-deal/71-313675771 |title=Sabres Sign Mark Pysyk to Two-Year Deal |work=WGRZ |date=July 14, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref>
Again in the 2015–16 season, Pysyk had trouble establishing himself at the NHL level, suffering a lower body injury that sidelined him for 22 games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/14549925/buffalo-sabres-recall-defenseman-mark-pysyk-conditioning-stint |title=Sabres recall defenseman Mark Pysyk after conditioning stint |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=January 11, 2016 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref> He split the season between Buffalo and Rochester. On June 25, 2016, Pysyk was traded, along with picks 38 and 89 in the 2016 NHL entry draft to the Florida Panthers in exchange for pick 33 in the 2016 draft and defenceman Dmitri Kulikov.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/16505798/buffalo-sabres-acquire-defenseman-dmitri-kulikov-deal-florida-panthers | title=Sabres acquire defenseman Dmitri Kulikov in deal with Panthers | work=ESPN |last=LeBrun |first=Pierre | date = 2016-06-25 |access-date=2016-06-25}}</ref> In the 2019–20 season, Pysyk began the season on the blueline often in a bottom pairing role. With the depth on the Panthers defense, he was also used at the right wing at times throughout the season and responded offensively scoring his first NHL hat trick, tallying three goals on three shots to rally the Panthers to victory from a 3–1 deficit on February 3, 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/panthers-mark-pysyk-records-first-career-hat-trick/ | title = Panthers' Mark Pysyk: Records first career hat trick| work = CBS Sports | date = February 3, 2020 | access-date = February 3, 2020}}</ref> He set career highs by posting nine goals and 18 points in 58 regular season games played for Florida.<ref name="dallas">{{cite web | url = https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-sign-defenseman-mark-pysyk-to-a-one-year-contract/c-319418108 | title = Stars sign defenseman Mark Pysyk to a one-year contract | publisher = Dallas Stars |via=NHL.com | date = October 11, 2020 | access-date = October 11, 2020}}</ref>
On October 11, 2020, Pysyk signed a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Dallas Stars.<ref name="dallas"/> In the pandemic-delayed 2020–21 season, Pysyk played on the third pairing with either Andrej Sekera and Joel Hanley.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/stars/2021/02/21/stars-defenseman-mark-pysyk-gears-up-for-weird-return-to-florida/ |title=Stars defenseman Mark Pysyk gears up for 'weird' return to Florida |work=The Dallas Morning News |last=DeFranks |first=Matthew |date=February 21, 2021 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref> He recorded just three goals and four points through 36 games in the shortened season.<ref name="buffalo2">{{cite web | url = https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/buffalo-sabres-sign-defenseman-mark-pysyk/c-325855096 | title = Pysyk rejoins Sabres on a one-year contract |last=LaBarber |first=Jourdon | publisher = Buffalo Sabres |via=NHL.com | date = July 28, 2021 | access-date = July 28, 2021}}</ref>
Leaving the Stars after one season, Pysyk returned to his original club, the Buffalo Sabres, agreeing to a one-year, $900,000 contract on July 28, 2021.<ref name="buffalo2"/> During the 2021–22 season he recorded three goals and nine assists in 68 games for the Sabres.<ref name="redwings">{{cite web | url = https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/red-wings-sign-mark-pysyk-to-one-year-contract/c-334980688 | title = Red Wings sign Mark Pysyk to one-year contract | publisher = Detroit Red Wings |via=NHL.com | date = July 14, 2022 | access-date = July 14, 2022}}</ref>
On July 14, 2022, Pysyk signed a one-year, $850,000 contract with the Detroit Red Wings.<ref name="redwings"/> Shortly after he was acquired by the Red Wings, the club announced that he would miss the beginning of the 2022–23 season after he suffered an Achilles tendon tear and underwent surgery with a recovery timetable of four to six months.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/detroit-red-wings-mark-pysyk-injury-buffalo-sabres-1.1829137 | title = Wings' Pysyk (Achilles) out 4-6 months | work = TSN | date = July 25, 2022 | access-date = July 25, 2022}}</ref> Pysyk was unable to make a competitive return throughout the season, failing to make his debut with the Red Wings.<ref name="penguins">{{cite news| url = https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins/news/pittsburgh-penguins-sign-two-defensemen-ptos | title = Penguins sign two defenseman to PTO's |last=Horwat |first=Nick | newspaper = The Hockey News | date = August 30, 2023 | access-date = August 30, 2023}}</ref>
Pysyk left the Red Wings at the completion of his contract and was later signed as a free agent to a professional tryout deal (PTO) with the Pittsburgh Penguins on August 30, 2023.<ref name="penguins"/> After attending training camp, Pysyk was released from his tryout with Pittsburgh, remaining unsigned into the 2023–24 season. He was later signed a PTO with Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, on November 2.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.wbspenguins.com/2023/11/02/penguins-sign-defenseman-mark-pysyk-to-pto/ | title = Penguins sign defenseman Mark Pysyk to PTO | publisher = Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | date = November 2, 2023 | access-date = November 2, 2023}}</ref> He went scoreless in eight appearances with the Penguins before he was released from his tryout on November 28.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins/latest-news/pittsburgh-penguins-release-mark-pysyk-ahl-pto |title=Penguins Release Defenseman from AHL PTO |work=The Hockey News |last=Horwat |first=Nick |date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref>
On December 2, 2023, Psysk was signed to a one-year, two-way contract by the Calgary Flames. He was later placed on waivers, and on December 3, Pysyk was assigned to the Flames' AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flames-sign-defenceman-mark-pysyk | title = Flames sign defenceman Mark Pysyk | publisher = Calgary Flames |via=NHL.com | date = December 2, 2023 | access-date = December 2, 2023}}</ref> He remained with the Wranglers for the completion of the {{nhly|2023}} season, posting 4 assists through 29 regular season games. The Wranglers made the 2023 Calder Cup playoffs and he appeared in six games for the Wranglers.<ref name="daily">{{cite web| url = https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/anaheim-ducks-to-bring-mark-pysyk-boris-katchouk-and-gustav-lindstrom-to-camp-on-pto | website = Dailyfaceoff.com | title = Ducks to bring Pysyk, Katchouk and Lindstrom to camp on PTO | date = September 12, 2024 | access-date = September 12, 2024 }}</ref>
As a free agent from the Flames, Pysyk for the second consecutive year went un-signed over the off-season before he accepted an invitation to attend the Anaheim Ducks training camp for the {{nhly|2024}} season on a professional tryout on September 12, 2024.<ref name="daily"/> However, he was released from his tryout on October 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/mark-pysyk-released-from-pto/ |title=Mark Pysyk: Released from PTO |work=CBS Sports |date=October 4, 2024 |access-date=November 14, 2024}}</ref>
On November 14, 2024, Pysyk signed as a free agent to play the remainder of the 2024–25 season with SaiPa in the Finnish Liiga.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thehockeynews.com/international/latest-news/former-sabres-first-rounder-signs-in-finland | work=The Hockey News |last=O'Brien |first=Derek | title = Former Sabres First-Rounder Signs In Finland | date = November 14, 2024 | access-date = November 14, 2024 }}</ref>
After helping SaiPa reach the Liiga finals, Pysyk signed a one-year contract with HC Sparta Prague of the Czech Extraliga on May 22, 2025.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thehockeynews.com/international/latest-news/former-sabres-first-rounder-signs-with-sparta-prague | work=The Hockey News |last=O'Brien |first=Derek | title = Former Sabres First-Rounder Signs With Sparta Prague | date = May 22, 2025 | access-date = May 22, 2025 }}</ref>
==International play== {{MedalTableTop|name = no|Mark Pysyk WJC12 press conference.jpg|200px|Pysyk as a member of Team Canada at the 2012 World Junior Championships}} {{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Canada|}} {{MedalCompetition|Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament}} {{MedalGold|2009 Slovakia|}} {{MedalBottom}} Pysyk played Team Canada at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. He was invited to take part in Canada's 2011 National Junior Team selection camp, but did not make the final roster.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chl.ca/whl-oilkings/pysyk-picked-for-canada-s-world-junior-selection-camp/ |title=Pysyk Picked For Canada's World Junior Selection Camp |publisher=Edmonton Oil Kings |date=November 29, 2010 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2010/12/15/ryan-murphy-cut-from-wjc-team/ |title=Ryan Murphy Cut From WJC Team |work=CityNews |date=December 15, 2010 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref> The following year, he was named to the team for the 2012 World Junior Championships, held in Alberta.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-oil-kings-captain-makes-team-canada-1.1022268 |title=Edmonton Oil Kings captain makes Team Canada |work=CBC Sports |date=December 14, 2011 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref> Canada won bronze at the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/canada-beats-finland-for-world-junior-bronze-1.1248293 |title=Canada beats Finland for world junior bronze |work=CBC Sports |agency=The Canadian Press |date=January 5, 2012 |access-date=February 2, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pysyk was born on January 11, 1992,<ref name="EP">{{cite web |title=Mark Pysyk |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/23154/mark-pysyk |website=eliteprospects.com |publisher=Elite Prospects |access-date=March 7, 2021}}</ref> to Ukrainian parents Sherry and Terry. His mother is a nurse at University of Alberta Hospitals and his father is a vice-principal.<ref name="Annicchiarico"/> Born in Edmonton, Pysyk and his family moved to Sherwood Park while he was in the third grade. As such, Pysyk played his minor career in the Sherwood Park program.<ref name="Snow">{{cite web |last1=Snow |first1=Kevin |title=#Blueprint Series: Mark Pysyk |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/blueprint-series-mark-pysyk/c-682879 |via=NHL.com |publisher=Buffalo Sabres |access-date=March 7, 2021 |date=September 17, 2013}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;" |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- style="background:#e0e0e0;" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2007–08||Sherwood Park Kings AAA||AMHL||34||10||10||20||60||2||1||0||1||16 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08||Sherwood Park Crusaders||AJHL||1||0||1||1||0||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2007–08||Edmonton Oil Kings||WHL||14||1||2||3||8||—||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09||Edmonton Oil Kings||WHL||61||5||15||20||27||4||0||0||0||2 |- | 2009–10||Edmonton Oil Kings||WHL||48||7||17||24||47||—||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11||Edmonton Oil Kings||WHL||63||6||34||40||88||4||0||0||0||6 |- | 2011–12||Edmonton Oil Kings||WHL||57||6||32||38||83||20||3||8||11||16 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13||Rochester Americans||AHL||57||4||14||18||20||3||0||0||0||2 |- | 2012–13||Buffalo Sabres||NHL||19||1||4||5||0||—||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14||Buffalo Sabres||NHL||44||1||6||7||16||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2013–14||Rochester Americans||AHL||31||1||11||12||28||5||0||0||0||14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15||Rochester Americans||AHL||54||3||14||17||32||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2014–15||Buffalo Sabres||NHL||7||2||1||3||2||—||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16||Buffalo Sabres||NHL||55||1||10||11||32||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2015–16||Rochester Americans||AHL||3||0||1||1||2||—||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17||Florida Panthers||NHL||82||4||13||17||10||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2017–18||Florida Panthers||NHL||82||3||13||16||20||—||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19||Florida Panthers||NHL||70||1||10||11||26||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2019–20||Florida Panthers||NHL||58||9||9||18||20|| 4||0||0||0||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2020–21||Dallas Stars||NHL||36||3||1||4||20||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2021–22||Buffalo Sabres||NHL||68||3||9||12||16||—||—||—||—||— |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2023–24||Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins||AHL||8||0||0||0||4||—||—||—||—||— |- | 2023–24||Calgary Wranglers||AHL||29||0||4||4||10||6||0||0||0||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024-25||SaiPa||Liiga||36||2||7||9||12||20||3||5||8||8 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 521 ! 28 ! 76 ! 104 ! 162 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="centre" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2009 | Canada Pacific | U17 | {{silver2}} | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009 | Canada | IH18 | {{gold1}} | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- | 2012 | Canada | WJC | {{bronze3}} | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=4 | Junior totals ! 16 ! 1 ! 5 ! 6 ! 10 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Zack Kassian | title = Buffalo Sabres first-round draft pick | years = 2010 | after = Joel Armia}} {{s-end}}
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