Shoots Left Height 1.73 m NHL Draft Undrafted Weight 79 kg | Name Joe Hicketts Positions Defenseman Role Ice hockey player | |
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Born May 4, 1996 (age 27)
Kamloops, BC, CAN ( 1996-05-04 ) NHL team (P)
Cur. team Detroit Red Wings
Victoria Royals (WHL) | ||
Steven hodges vs dominic turgeon apr 10 2014 joe hicketts vs derrick pouliot apr 10 2014
Joe Hicketts (born May 4, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Contents
- Steven hodges vs dominic turgeon apr 10 2014 joe hicketts vs derrick pouliot apr 10 2014
- Summer spotlight joe hicketts
- Junior
- Professional
- International play
- References
Summer spotlight joe hicketts
Junior
Hicketts was drafted 12th overall by the Victoria Royals in the WHL Bantam Draft.
During the 2012–13 season, Hicketts played in 67 of 72 regular season games for the Royals, where he recorded six goals and 18 assists in his first season.
During the 2013–14 season, Hicketts was an assistant captain for the Royals in his second season. Hicketts recorded six goals and 18 assists in 36 regular season games for the Royals, before missing three months after undergoing surgery for an upper-body injury in October 2013.
Hicketts spent the majority of the 2014–15 season with the Victoria Royals of the WHL, where he ranked second among WHL defensemen in scoring with 12 goals and 52 assists in 62 games. In 165 career games with the Royals from 2012–15, Hicketts has recorded 24 goals and 88 assists. Following an outstanding season with the Royals, Hicketts was named to the 2014–15 WHL Western Conference Second All-Star Team. On April 23, 2015, Hicketts was reassigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League.
During the 2015–16 season, Hicketts recorded eight goals, and 53 assists in 59 games. He finished the season tied for second in the WHL for assists by a defenceman, with 53, and seventh in scoring, with 61 points. Earlier this season, Hicketts set the Royals' all-time franchise record for most career points by a defenceman (173) and powerplay assists (70). Following an outstanding season, Hicketts was named to the 2015–16 WHL Western Conference First All-Star Team, and was named the Western Conference Top Defenceman, and Western Conference Player of the Year. He was also nominated for the WHL's Four Broncos Memorial Trophy, as the league's player of the year.
Professional
Hicketts was undrafted in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft and was signed as a free agent by the Detroit Red Wings on September 24, 2014 to a three year entry-level contract.
On April 24, 2016, Hicketts was assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL).
International play
Hicketts captained Canada's Winter Youth Olympic team to bronze in 2012, and captained Team Pacific at the 2013 World U-17 Hockey Challenge. Hicketts represented Canada at the 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he recorded one goal and three assists in seven games, and won a bronze medal. Hicketts also represented Canada at the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, where he recorded three assists in seven games, and won a gold medal. Hicketts represented Canada at the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he recorded one goal and two assists in five games, and finished in sixth place.