Matthew Halischuk

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Matt Halischuk

| image = matthalischuk.jpg

| caption = Halischuk with the Nashville Predators in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|1}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 180

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| played_for = New Jersey Devils
Nashville Predators
Winnipeg Jets
Iserlohn Roosters

| ntl_team =

| draft = 117th overall

| draft_year = 2007

| draft_team = New Jersey Devils

| career_start = 2008

| career_end = 2017

| image_size = 230px

}}

Matthew "Matt" Halischuk (born June 1, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils, Nashville Predators and Winnipeg Jets. Halischuk is of Ukrainian descent.

Playing career

Halischuk was drafted 117th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. He was drafted from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) where he played for the Kitchener Rangers and the Toronto St. Michael's Majors. He was selected to Team Canada for the 2008 IIHF World U20 Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/51949/la_id/1/season_id/207/team_id/647/ss_id/21712.htm |title=Canada 2008 World Championship roster | publisher =hockeycanada.com | date = 2008-01-01 | access-date = 2008-11-10}} At the Under-20 Championship, he scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the gold medal game.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/11728/la_id/1/ss_id/21712/game_id/1232.htm?|title=Halischuk's overtime goal gives Canada gold medal at World Juniors | publisher =hockeycanada.com | date = 2008-01-14 | access-date = 2008-11-10}}

Halischuk made his professional debut in the 2008–09 season with the Lowell Devils, the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the New Jersey Devils. He played his first NHL game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 29, 2008, at the Prudential Center and recorded an assist before returning to Lowell for the remainder of the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20081029_TOR@NJ?tag=pageRow;pageContainer |title= In seesaw game, Maple Leafs top Devils on Hagman's shootout tally | work =CBS Sports | date = 2008-10-29 | access-date = 2010-06-20}} In the following season, 2009–10, Halischuk scored his first NHL goal, against José Théodore in a 5–2 victory over the Washington Capitals on November 14, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gamecenter/recap/NHL_20091114_WAS@NJ?tag=pageRow;pageContainer|title=Devils tally five straight to beat Caps; win 1,000th game in team history | work =CBS Sports | date = 2008-11-14 | access-date = 2010-06-20}}

On June 19, 2010, Halischuk was traded by the Devils (along with a second round draft pick) to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Predators' captain Jason Arnott.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532100|title=Predators trade Arnott back to Devils | website =NHL | date = 2010-06-19 | access-date = 2010-06-19}} On April 30, 2011, Halischuk scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime of Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinal series against the Vancouver Canucks to even the series at 1–1. It was Nashville's first ever win in the second round of the playoffs.

On July 7, 2011, Halischuk signed a two-year contract with the Predators.{{Cite web| url = http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/07/predators-continue-to-work-through-rfa-offer-sheet-mess-sign-four-players/ | title = Predators continue to work through RFA offer sheet mess, sign four players | publisher = NBC Sports | date = 2011-07-07 | access-date = 2011-07-07}} After the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, Halischuk was not given a qualifying offer by the Predators, releasing him as a free agent. On July 11, 2013, he signed a one-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets.{{cite web| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427514 | title = Jets sign free agent forward Halischuk | publisher = The Sports Network | date = 2013-07-11 | access-date = 2013-07-11}} On July 1, 2015, Halischuk resigned with the Jets with a one-year, $750,000 contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/jets-retain-adam-pardy-matt-halischuk-bring-back-alex-burmistrov-1.3134673|title=Jets retain Adam Pardy, Matt Halischuk, bring back Alex Burmistrov|publisher=CBC Sports|date=July 1, 2015}} On December 17, 2015 Halischuk was recalled to the Winnipeg Jets.

On October 29, 2016, Halischuk signed a contract with the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Germany's top league.{{Cite web|url=http://iserlohn-roosters.de/2016/10/29/roosters-ergaenzen-kader-fuer-aktuelle-saison/|title=Iserlohn Roosters|last=gmbh|first=aliaz werbeagentur|access-date=2016-10-29}} He made 23 appearances for the Roosters, tallying four goals and six assists, before parting ways with the team on January 23, 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://iserlohn-roosters.de/2017/01/23/matt-halischuk-verlaesst-iserlohn-roosters/|title=Iserlohn Roosters|last=gmbh|first=aliaz werbeagentur|access-date=2017-01-23}}

Personal life

Halischuk is married to Erin Pryde of London, Ontario. Their marriage took place on July 12, 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.erinandmatt2014.com/view/login.aspx?uid=7219146569836125&pId=38694782 |title=Our Wedding |publisher=The Knot |access-date=2013-11-06 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! 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

ALIGN="center"

| 2004–05

| Toronto St. Michael's Majors

| OHL

| 30

| 3

| 6

| 4

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| St. Michael's Buzzers

| OPJHL

| 32

| 10

| 15

| 25

| 4

| 17

| 5

| 11

| 16

| 8

ALIGN="center"

| 2005–06

| Toronto St. Michael's Majors

| OHL

| 61

| 13

| 18

| 31

| 16

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Kitchener Rangers

| OHL

| 67

| 33

| 66

| 20

| 9

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 10

ALIGN=" center"

| 2007–08

| Kitchener Rangers

| OHL

| 40

| 13

| 46

| 59

| 16

| 20

| 16

| 32

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Lowell Devils

| AHL

| 47

| 14

| 15

| 29

| 10

| —

ALIGN=" center"

| 2008–09

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 20

| 1

| 2

| —

ALIGN=" center"

| 2009–10

| Lowell Devils

| AHL

| 32

| 11

| 22

| 2

| 1

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Milwaukee Admirals

| AHL

| 37

| 11

| 12

| 23

| 12

| 1

| 2

| 0

ALIGN=" center"

| 2010–11

| Nashville Predators

| NHL

| 27

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 2

| 12

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Nashville Predators

| NHL

| 73

| 15

| 13

| 28

| 27

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| 2012–13

| Nashville Predators

| NHL

| 36

| 5

| 6

| 11

| 10

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Milwaukee Admirals

| AHL

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 0

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2013–14

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 46

| 5

| 10

| 6

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 47

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 6

| 1

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| 2015–16

| Manitoba Moose

| AHL

| 39

| 6

| 12

| 18

| 6

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Winnipeg Jets

| NHL

| 30

| 0

| 3

| 4

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2016–17

| Iserlohn Roosters

| DEL

| 23

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 6

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 280

! 33

! 42

! 75

! 57

! 18

! 2

! 1

! 3

! 4

{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada}}

=International=

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2005

| Canada Ontario

| U17

| 4th

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 2

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008

| Canada

| WJC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 2

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 13

! 2

! 4

! 6

! 4

Awards and honours

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | OHL

First All-Star Team

| 2008

| {{cite web | title=OHL Announces All-Star Teams| publisher=OHL.com | url=http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/news/index.php?sub=&id=5386 | access-date=June 2, 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Memorial Cup George Parsons Trophy

| 2008