Shoots Left Role Ice hockey player Salary 570,000 USD (2014) Name John Kurtz Career start 2010 | Playing career Weight 93 kg NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.88 m Position Left wing, Winger | |
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Born May 16, 1989 (age 35) Oakville, ON, CAN ( 1989-05-16 ) AHL teamFormer teams Free AgentSyracuse CrunchNorfolk Admirals Number 12 (Norfolk Admirals / Left wing) | ||
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John Kurtz (born May 16, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Kurtz currently plays for the Belfast Giants in the UK EIHL. He previously played with the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League (AHL).
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Playing career
Prior to turning professional, Kurtz played four seasons of major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Windsor Spitfires and Sudbury Wolves. For his play during the 2009–10 OHL season, Kurtz was unanimously selected to receive the Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy as the “OHL team captain that best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice, with a passion and dedication to the game of hockey and his community”.
Immediately following the conclusion of his final OHL season, Kurtz began his professional career with the Syracuse Crunch, joining the AHL team for their closing games of the 2009–10 AHL season. Kurtz was later signed to a one-year entry level contract with NHL affiliate, the Anaheim Ducks on April 10, 2013.
After two seasons within the Ducks organization, Kurtz left as a free agent and later accepted an invitation to the Vancouver Canucks training camp on a professional try-out contract on September 11, 2015. On February 23, 2016, Kurtz signed a professional tryout contract with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL, where he played out the season with 4 points in 14 games.
Un-signed over the following summer, Kurtz belatedly signed a contract for the 2016–17 season, in agreeing to a return with the Norfolk Admirals, now of the ECHL on November 10, 2016. He appeared in 26 games with 14 points before he was signed to a professional try-ou deal in a second stint with the Syracuse Crunch. On March 18, 2017, Kurtz was signed by the Crunch to a standard playing contract for the remainder of the campagin.
On 30 August 2017, Kurtz agreed to move to the Belfast Giants on a one-year deal.