Kent Hulst

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Kent Hulst

| played_for = Flint Spirits
Newmarket Saints
New Haven Nighthawks
Portland Pirates
Providence Bruins

| position = Centre

| image = {{CSS image crop|Image = Ahlstar0239 (31610241706).jpg|bSize = 600|cWidth = 220|cHeight = 340|oTop = 40|oLeft = 212|Location = center}}

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 195

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|04|08}}

| birth_place = St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 69th overall

| draft_year = 1986

| draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs

| career_start = 1989

| career_end = 2001

}}

Kent Hulst (born April 8, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the fourth round, 69th overall, of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

Hulst most notably played with the Portland Pirates from the team's inaugural season in Portland, Maine, claiming the Calder Cup, in 1993 until leaving the team in his final professional season for the post-season with the Providence Bruins in 2001–02.

In 2002, Hulst was inducted into the Portland Pirates Hall of Fame.{{cite web | url = http://www.portlandpirates.com/hof_hulst.asp | title = Portland Pirates - Hall of Fame | publisher = Portland Pirates | date = 2002-11-02 | accessdate = 2006-07-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927081754/http://www.portlandpirates.com/hof_hulst.asp | archive-date = 2011-09-27 | url-status = dead }}

Career statistics

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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

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| 1985–86

| Belleville Bulls

| OHL

| 43

| 6

| 17

| 23

| 20

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1985–96

| Windsor Compuware Spitfires

| OHL

| 17

| 6

| 10

| 16

| 9

| 16

| 5

| 8

| 13

| 13

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| 1986–87

| Windsor Compuware Spitfires

| OHL

| 37

| 18

| 20

| 38

| 49

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1986–87

| Belleville Bulls

| OHL

| 27

| 13

| 10

| 23

| 17

| 6

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 0

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| 1987–88

| Belleville Bulls

| OHL

| 66

| 42

| 43

| 85

| 48

| 6

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 7

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| 1988–89

| Belleville Bulls

| OHL

| 45

| 21

| 41

| 62

| 43

| 5

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 4

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| 1988–89

| Flint Spirits

| IHL

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1998–89

| Newmarket Saints

| AHL

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 2

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| 1989–90

| Newmarket Saints

| AHL

| 80

| 26

| 34

| 60

| 29

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1990–91

| Newmarket Saints

| AHL

| 79

| 28

| 37

| 65

| 57

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1991–92

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 80

| 21

| 39

| 60

| 59

| 5

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| SC Lyss

| NLB

| 27

| 7

| 11

| 18

| 49

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1993–94

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 72

| 34

| 33

| 67

| 68

| 17

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 14

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 29

| 10

| 17

| 27

| 80

| 7

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 2

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| 1995–96

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 75

| 25

| 47

| 72

| 122

| 24

| 11

| 16

| 27

| 30

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| 1996–97

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 48

| 19

| 31

| 50

| 60

| 5

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 4

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| 1997–98

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 77

| 24

| 23

| 47

| 74

| 10

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 72

| 16

| 23

| 39

| 52

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1999–00

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 53

| 13

| 26

| 39

| 24

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

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| 2000–01

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 47

| 6

| 13

| 19

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2000–01

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 23

| 4

| 12

| 16

| 16

| 10

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 735

! 226

! 335

! 561

! 677

! 84

! 26

! 33

! 59

! 62

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

!

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| colspan="3" | AHL

Calder Cup (Portland Pirates)

| 1994

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All-Star Game

| 2001

| {{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1005940 | title = Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10 | publisher = American Hockey League | date = 2001-01-15 | accessdate = 2019-02-01}}

Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award

| 2001

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References

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