Travis Oleksuk

Travis Oleksuk
Born (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989
Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
EBEL team
Former teams		 HC Bolzano
Worcester Sharks
Hartford Wolf Pack
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present

Travis Oleksuk (born February 3, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with HCB South Tyrol of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

Playing career

Oleksuk attended the University of Minnesota Duluth where he played four seasons (2008-2012) of NCAA college hockey with the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs, scoring 45 goals and 70 assists for 155 points, and earning 75 penalty minutes, in 133 games played.

On March 30, 2012, the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League signed Oleksuk as an unrestricted free agent to an entry level contract,[1] and he was assigned to play the 2012–13 season with the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League.[2]

After three seasons within the Sharks organization, Oleksuk left as a free agent to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack, an affiliate of the New York Rangers on September 2, 2015.[3] In the 2015–16 season with the Wolf Pack, Oleksuk appeared in 67 games recording 7 goals and 22 points in securing a regular role amongst the checking line.

As a free agent in the following off-season, Oleksuk opted to pursue a European career, agreeing to a one-year contract with Italian based HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the Austrian EBEL on July 28, 2016.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 56 6 16 22 35 7 0 2 2 0
2007–08 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 60 14 30 44 27 4 1 2 3 2
2008–09 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 18 0 5 5 10 — — — — —
2009–10 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 33 10 14 24 24 — — — — —
2010–11 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 42 14 19 33 33 — — — — —
2011–12 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 41 21 32 53 6 — — — — —
2012–13 Worcester Sharks AHL 60 3 10 13 12 — — — — —
2013–14 Worcester Sharks AHL 74 19 21 40 20 — — — — —
2014–15 Worcester Sharks AHL 69 10 17 27 18 4 0 1 1 2
2015–16 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 67 7 15 22 20 — — — — —
AHL totals 270 39 63 102 70 4 0 1 1 2

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-WCHA Third Team 2011–12

References

  1. ↑ "Sharks Sign Center Travis Oleksuk to Entry-Level Contract". San Jose Sharks. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Sharks Assign Sixteen Players to Worcester". San Jose Sharks. 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  3. ↑ "Forward Travis Oleksuk signs with Wolf Pack". Hartford Wolf Pack. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Top center for first-line signs" (in Italian). HCB South Tyrol. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
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