Quinton Howden

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = 2021-10-10 Eisbären Berlin gegen Kölner Haie (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2021-22) by Sandro Halank-027.jpg

| caption = Howden with Kölner Haie in 2021

| image_size = 230px

| league = HA

| former_teams = Florida Panthers
Winnipeg Jets
Dinamo Minsk
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HC Vityaz
Malmö Redhawks
Kölner Haie

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 183

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|01|21}}

| birth_place = Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada

| draft_year = 2010

| draft_team = Florida Panthers

| draft = 25th overall

| ntl_team = Canada

| career_start = 2012

}}

Quinton Howden (born January 21, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who plays for Västerviks IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, 25th overall.{{cite web|title=2010 NHL Entry Draft|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftsearch.htm?year=2010&round=1&team=FLA&supl=N|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=2010-06-26}} He was also selected to play in the 2011 and 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Canada.{{cite web| url = http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/75136/la_id/1/player_id/121439/profile_id/183010/season_id/170838/ss_id/56000/ | title = Quinton Howden player profile | publisher = Hockey Canada | date = 2011-05-06 | access-date = 2011-05-06}}

Playing career

Howden started playing minor hockey when he was five. Before starting to play hockey, he broke his femur in a bicycle accident, and had to spend two months in a cast from chest to toe. As a result of the injury, his doctors doubted he would be a very good athlete.{{cite web|title=Howden, Quinton|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/quinton-howden-8475769|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=2010-06-26}}{{cite web|title=Quinton Howden|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/quinton-howden/|website=olympic.ca|date=11 January 2018 |access-date=March 17, 2018}}

Howden was the first overall choice in the 2007 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft by the Moose Jaw Warriors. After weighing his options between National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) hockey and the WHL, Howden chose to sign with the Warriors shortly after the draft.{{cite web|title=Warriors sign deal with Howden|url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=2a0882dd-70b4-422b-8336-b22f655e643f|work=Regina Leader Post|date=2010-08-24|access-date=2010-06-26}} Howden played five games with the Warriors as an affiliate player during the 2007–08 season, before joining the club full-time for the 2008–09 season.{{cite web|title=Quinton Howden (LW)|url=http://www.whl.ca/stats/player.php?id=25113|publisher=Western Hockey League|access-date=2010-06-26}} He had a relatively quiet rookie season, but really came out in his sophomore season setting a point-per-game pace.

After a 65-point season with Moose Jaw, Howden was drafted in the first round, 25th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers.{{cite web | url = https://whl.ca/seven-whl-players-selected-in-1st-round-of-2010-nhl-draft | title = Seven WHL players selected in 1st round of 2010 NHL draft | publisher = Western Hockey League | date = June 25, 2010 | accessdate = June 23, 2023}} In 2011, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Florida but was sent back to Moose Jaw for his final year of junior. In the 2012–13 season, he split time between Florida and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate; in 18 games with Florida, he had no points.

After four seasons within the Panthers' organization, Howden failed to receive a qualifying offer and therefore left as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Winnipeg Jets on July 1, 2016.{{cite web| url = http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888293 | title = Jets agree to terms with Quinton Howden | publisher = Winnipeg Jets | date = 2016-07-01 | access-date = 2016-07-01}}

After spending the majority of the 2016–17 season with the Jets' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, Howden failed to receive a qualifying offer.

As a free agent, Howden signed with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on August 18, 2017.{{cite web|title=Куинтон Хауден – в ХК "Динамо-Минск"|url=https://hcdinamo.by/news/sobytiya/kuinton-khauden-v-khk-dinamo-minsk/|website=hcdinamo.by|access-date=January 31, 2018|language=ru|date=August 17, 2017}}{{cite news|title=Manitoba Moose forward signs with HC Dynamo Minsk|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/manitoba-moose/manitoba-moose-forward-signs-with-hc-dynamo-minsk-441035183.html|access-date=January 31, 2018|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|date=August 19, 2017}}

After two seasons in Belarus with Dinamo Minsk, Howden left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract to continue in the KHL with Russian outfit, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on August 6, 2019.{{cite web | url = http://www.hctorpedo.ru/15678-kuinton-hauden-v-torpedo.html | title = Quinton Howden at Torpedo | publisher = Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | date = August 6, 2019 | access-date = August 6, 2019 | language = ru | archive-date = March 28, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220328075925/https://www.hctorpedo.ru/15678-kuinton-hauden-v-torpedo.html | url-status = dead }} In the 2019–20 season, Howden posted 7 goals and 13 points in 36 games before he was traded by Torpedo to HC Vityaz on December 23, 2019.{{cite web| url = http://www.hctorpedo.ru/15994-kuinton-hauden-pokidaet-torpedo.html | title = Quinton Howden leaves Torpedo | publisher = Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | date = December 23, 2019 | access-date = December 23, 2019}} In the second half of the season, Howden in a top 6 scoring role contributed with 4 goals and 7 points in 19 games. He made his KHL playoff debut with Vityaz, finishing as the club's leading goalscorer with 2 goals in a 4 games series sweep defeat to SKA Saint Petersburg.

International play

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Howden was invited to take part in Canada's 2011 National Junior Team selection camp {{cite web |url=http://hockeycanada56.prismx.net/index.php?ci_id=75137&la_id=1&season_id=151418&team_id=82853&profile_id=151420&ss_id=EVENT/%C9VENEMENT |title=Hockey Canada Selection Camp: Team Profile |publisher=Hockey Canada |date=2011-04-17 |access-date=2013-06-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323054815/http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/329/3h%20-%20Hobbys%20Yards%20Heritage%20Items.pdf.aspx |archive-date=2015-03-23 }} He then participated at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo, New York, winning the silver medal; and the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Canada, winning bronze. In 2018, Howden won a bronze medal after he was chosen to represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Howden's younger brother is 2023 Stanley Cup Champion Brett was drafted 27th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web|last1=Burns|first1=Bryan|title=Lightning select Brett Howden with No. 27 pick at NHL Draft|url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/lightning-select-brett-howden-with-no-27-pick-at-nhl-draft/c-887211|website=NHL.com|access-date=January 31, 2018|date=June 25, 2016}}

Howden married Cassandra Tremblay on August 10, 2017.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
2007–08	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	5	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2008–09	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	62	13	17	30	22	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	65	28	37	65	44	2	0	2	2	2
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2010–11	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	60	40	39	79	43	6	5	2	7	2
2011–12	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	52	30	35	65	16	14	5	10	15	6
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2011–12	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	—	—	—	—	—	4	0	0	0	2
2012–13	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	57	13	17	30	24	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2012–13	Florida Panthers	NHL	18	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	59	10	17	27	26	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2013–14	Florida Panthers	NHL	16	4	2	6	10	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	33	3	15	18	16	3	0	1	1	2
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2015–16	Florida Panthers	NHL	58	6	5	11	18	—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Manitoba Moose	AHL	58	13	11	24	10	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2016–17	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	56	17	15	32	34	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2018–19	Dinamo Minsk	KHL	58	12	16	28	24	—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	36	7	6	13	39	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2019–20	HC Vityaz	KHL	19	4	3	7	4	4	2	0	2	2
2020–21	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	11	0	3	3	12	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2021–22	Kölner Haie	DEL	45	7	11	18	20	—	—	—	—	—
2022–23 \|Brûleurs de Loups \|France \|16 \|1 \|7 \|8 \|4 \|12 \|0 \|3 \|3 \|4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2022–23	Mikkelin Jukurit	Liiga	10	0	1	1	10	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 97 ! 10 ! 7 ! 17 ! 30 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! —
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| KHL totals ! 169 ! 40 ! 40 ! 80 ! 101 ! 4 ! 2 ! 0 ! 2 ! 2