Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) Playing career Shoots Right Name Alex DeBrincat | Positions Forward NHL Draft Eligible 2016 | |
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Born December 18, 1997 (age 26) Farmington Hills, MI, USA ( 1997-12-18 ) Weight 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb) | ||
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Alexander DeBrincat (born December 18, 1997) is an American ice hockey player. He plays with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He was selected with the 39th overall pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Erie Otters (2014–present)
DeBrincat signed with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League as a free agent on April 29, 2014, and joined the club for the 2014–15 season.
He appeared in his first career OHL game on September 24, 2014, and scored his first goal against Nikita Serebryakov of the Saginaw Spirit in a 7–1 win. On November 7, DeBrincat scored his first career hat trick in a 5–2 win over the Sarnia Sting. In his final regular season game on March 22, DeBrincat scored a goal and added five assists for a six-point game as the Otters defeated the Niagara IceDogs 8–7. DeBrincat finished the season with 51 goals and 104 points in 68 games, and led all OHL rookies in goals, assists and points. In the post-season, he had nine goals and 16 points in 20 games, as the Otters lost to the Oshawa Generals in the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals. DeBrincat won the Emms Family Award, which is awarded to the OHL Rookie of the Year, and was named the CHL Rookie of the Year. DeBrincat also was named to the OHL First All-Rookie Team, and the OHL Second All-Star Team.
In the 2016–17 season, DeBrincat led the OHL with a high of 65 goals along with 62 assists and a plus-minus rating of plus-60. In May 2017, he was named the 2016–17 recipient of the Red Tilson Trophy which is awarded to the most outstanding player in the OHL.