Ryan Pulock

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Ryan Pulock

| image = Ryan Pulock on the Islanders.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Pulock with the New York Islanders in November 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|06}}

| birth_place = Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 214

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| league = NHL

| team = New York Islanders

| ntl_team =

| draft = 15th overall

| draft_year = 2013

| draft_team = New York Islanders

| career_start = 2014

| career_end =

}}

Ryan Pulock (born October 6, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pulock was drafted 15th overall by the Islanders in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

=Junior=

Pulock was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, but grew up in Grandview, Manitoba.{{cite web |title=PULOCK ENJOYS LIFE AS A WHEAT KING |url=http://wheatkings.com/pulock-enjoys-life-as-a-wheat-king_155358/ |website=wheatkings.com |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=December 18, 2013 |quote=Born in Dauphin, but raised 30 minutes away in Grandview,}} He was drafted by the Brandon Wheat Kings in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft, and played with them his entire major junior hockey career.{{cite web |title=WHEAT KINGS CHOOSE 11 AT BANTAM DRAFT |url=http://wheatkings.com/wheat-kings-choose-11-at-bantam-draft/ |website=wheatkings.com |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=April 29, 2009}} Pulock was selected by the New York Islanders in the first round (15th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. The following season, Pulock was named to the 2014 WHL First All-Star Team.{{cite web |title=PULOCK ON 1ST ALL STAR TEAM |url=http://wheatkings.com/pulock-on-1st-all-star-team/ |website=wheatkings.com |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=March 20, 2014}}

=Professional=

On September 28, 2013, Pulock was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Islanders.{{cite web| url = http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=684652 | title = Isles agree to terms with Pulock on entry level deal | website = New York Islanders | date = 2013-09-28 | accessdate = 2013-09-29}} Pulock played three seasons with the Islanders American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers before earning playing time in the NHL. While playing with the Sound Tigers he was named to the All-Rookie Team{{cite web |title=RYAN PULOCK NAMED TO 2014–15 AHL ALL-ROOKIE TEAM |url=http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22700&ATCLID=210009487 |website=soundtigers.com |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=April 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927005521/http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22700&ATCLID=210009487 |url-status=dead }} and named an AHL All-Star for two consecutive AHL seasons.{{cite web |title=Islanders sign Ryan Pulock to two-year deal |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/islanders-sign-ryan-pulock-two-year-deal/ |website=sportsnet.ca |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=July 17, 2018}}

Pulock earned his first NHL call-up of the 2015–16 season after Calvin de Haan was placed on injured reserve.{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Cory |title=Pulock's Defense Earns Isles Call-Up |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/pulocks-defense-earns-isles-call-up/c-870025 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=February 22, 2018}} He made his NHL debut on February 28, 2016, against the Edmonton Oilers.{{cite news |last1=Tait |first1=Ed |title=Patient Pulock gets his shot |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/patient-pulock-gets-his-shot-371019591.html |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=February 28, 2016}} He recorded his first career NHL goal on March 17, in a 4–2 loss to the Nashville Predators.{{cite web |title=Neal, Johansen lead Predators over Islanders 4–2 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/gametracker/recap/NHL_20160317_NYI@NSH |website=cbssports.com |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=March 17, 2016}} Pulock also scored his first Stanley Cup playoff goal, a power play goal in Game 3 against the Florida Panthers, in the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Pulock began the 2016–17 season with the Islanders but sustained an injury at the beginning of the season,{{cite web |title=Ryan Pulock to miss 4–6 weeks for Islanders |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/islanders-ryan-pulock-injured-out-4-6-weeks/c-282933410 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |date=October 22, 2016}} and spent the rest of the year in the AHL.

The following season fared better for Pulock, who made the team out of training camp and played the entire season in the NHL. He re-signed with the Islanders on July 17, 2018. During the 2018 offseason, Pulock volunteered as a guest instructor at Micheal Ferland's Hockey School in Brandon, Manitoba, alongside Brigette Lacquette, Harley Garrioch, Jens Meilleur, Zach Whitecloud, Tyler Plante, Shaq Merasty, Josh Elmes, and Joel Edmundson.{{cite web |title=First ever Micheal Ferland Hockey School to be held in Brandon |url=https://bdnmb.ca/first-ever-michael-ferland-hockey-school-to-be-held-in-brandon/ |website=bdnmb.ca |publisher=BDNMD |accessdate=May 29, 2020 |date=March 3, 2018}}

In the 2018–19 season, new Islanders head coach Barry Trotz paired Pulock and former South Tigers teammate Adam Pelech.

On November 4, 2020, Pulock signed a two-year, $10 million contract with the Islanders.{{cite web |title=Islanders Sign Pulock |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/islanders-sign-pulock/c-319575570 |website=NHL.com |access-date=October 18, 2021 |date=November 4, 2020}}

On October 14, 2021, Pulock signed an eight-year, $49.2 million contract extension with the Islanders.{{cite web |last1=Compton |first1=Brian |title=Pulock agrees to contract with Islanders |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/ryan-pulock-agrees-to-contract-with-new-york-islanders/c-326824380 |website=NHL.com |access-date=October 18, 2021 |date=October 14, 2021}}

Personal life

Pulock grew up in Grandview, Manitoba with his brothers Brock, Derrick, and parents Dave and Tannis.{{cite news |last1=Lawless |first1=Gary |title=NHL prospect Pulock a solid kid with a hard shot |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/g_lawless/NHL-prospect-Pulock-a-solid-kid-with-a-hard-shot-213717341.html |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=June 29, 2013}} In 2010, while driving to see his older brother play hockey, Pulock's family got into a car accident, killing his brother Brock.{{cite news |last1=Giroday |first1=Gabrielle |title=Teen hockey player killed |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/teen-hockey-player-killed-89494287.html |accessdate=September 26, 2018 |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=March 30, 2010}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
2009–10 \| Parkland Rangers \| MMHL \| 39	9	9	18	8 \| 3	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Brandon Wheat Kings \| WHL \| 63	8	34	42	4 \| 6	2	4	6	2
2011–12 \| Brandon Wheat Kings \| WHL \| 71	19	41	60	20 \| 9	3	2	5	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Brandon Wheat Kings \| WHL \| 61	14	31	45	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
2013–14 \| Brandon Wheat Kings \| WHL \| 66	23	40	63	18 \| 9	2	2	4	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2013–14 \| Bridgeport Sound Tigers \| AHL \| 3	0	1	1	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
2014–15 \| Bridgeport Sound Tigers \| AHL \| 54	17	12	29	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2015–16 \| Bridgeport Sound Tigers \| AHL \| 51	7	17	24	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
2015–16 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 15	2	2	4	5 \| 6	1	2	3	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2016–17 \| Bridgeport Sound Tigers \| AHL \| 55	15	31	46	18 \| —	—	—	—	—
2016–17 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 1	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2017–18 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 68	10	22	32	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
2018–19 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 82	9	28	37	22 \| 8	0	1	1	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2019–20 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 68	10	25	35	14 \| 22	2	8	10	6
2020–21 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 56	2	15	17	8 \| 19	4	2	6	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2021–22 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 56	5	16	21	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
2022–23 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 82	5	21	26	14 \| 6	1	3	4	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2023–24 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 58	5	14	19	12 \| 5	0	3	3	0
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 486 !! 48 !! 143 !! 191 !! 91 ! 66 !! 8 !! 19 !! 27 !! 20

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

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2011

| Canada Western

| U17

| 6th

| 5

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012

| Canada

| U18

| {{bronze3}}

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 0

2018

|Canada

|WC

|4th

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=4 | Junior totals

! 11

! 2

! 1

! 3

! 2

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" |Senior totals

Awards and honours

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" |WHL

First All-Star Team (East)

| 2012, 2014

| {{cite web| url = http://whl.ca/article/2012-whl-east-all-stars-award-finalists | publisher = Western Hockey League | date = 2012-05-04 | accessdate = 2013-09-29 | title = WHL East All-Star award finalists}}{{cite web | url = http://www.whl.ca/article/whl-announces-all-stars-awards-finalists | publisher = Western Hockey League | title = WHL Announces All-Stars & Awards | date = 2014-04-02 | accessdate = 2014-04-04 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140324010930/http://whl.ca/article/whl-announces-all-stars-awards-finalists | archivedate = March 24, 2014 | df = mdy-all }}

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" |AHL

AHL All-Rookie Team

| 2015

AHL All-Star Classic

| 2016, 2017