Troy Bourke

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| image = Troy Bourke (cropped).jpg

| caption = Bourke with the Lake Erie Monsters in 2014

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 170

| team = EC Red Bull Salzburg

| league = ICEHL

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| former_teams = Lake Erie Monsters
San Antonio Rampage
Syracuse Crunch
Schwenninger Wild Wings
Oulun Kärpät

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|03|30}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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| draft = 72nd overall

| draft_year = 2012

| draft_team = Colorado Avalanche

| career_start = 2014

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Troy Bourke (born March 30, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center who is currently playing for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He was selected 72nd overall, by the Colorado Avalanche, in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Bourke was raised in Onoway, Alberta, and was first selected by the Prince George Cougars 26th overall in the 2009 Western Hockey League bantam draft after a bantam career with the PAC Timberwolves in the AMBHL. In the 2009–10 season, he first played midget hockey in the Alberta Midget Hockey League with the St. Albert Raiders and was selected as the AMHL top player before joining the Cougars at the completion of his midget season to begin his major junior hockey career.

With increasing his production in each of his first two full WHL seasons, Bourke as a then diminutive sized forward was selected 72nd overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche. As the Cougars Captain in his final junior season, Bourke led the team with 56 assists and finished second with 85 points, however was unable to help Prince George qualify for the playoffs in the 2013–14 season. Bourke was then signed to an amateur try-out contract with the Avalanche's AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters on March 19, 2014.{{Cite web| url = https://twitter.com/monstershockey/status/446274942167162880 | title = Monsters add Bourke on ATO | publisher = Twitter | date = 2014-03-19 | accessdate = 2014-03-19 | author = Lake Erie Monsters}} Two days later, Bourke made an impact in his professional debut in scoring a goal and two assists, in a 5–0 victory over the Rochester Americans.{{cite web| url =http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1012043 | title = Monsters 5, Americans 0 | publisher = American Hockey League | date = 2014-03-21 | accessdate = 2014-03-21}} With the Monsters also out of playoff contention, Bourke finished the season with 7 points in 15 games.

On May 29, 2014, Bourke was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Avalanche.{{cite web| url = http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=721054 | title = Avalanche sign Bourke to an entry-level contract | publisher = Colorado Avalanche | date = 2014-05-29 | accessdate = 2014-05-29}} Upon attending Colorado's NHL training camp, Bourke was reassigned to Lake Erie to begin his first full professional season in 2014–15.{{cite web| url = http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=731459 | title = Avalanche reduces roster to 40 | publisher = Colorado Avalanche | date = 2014-09-23 | accessdate = 2014-09-23}}

On June 26, 2017, Bourke as a restricted free agent, was not tendered a qualifying contract by the Colorado Avalanche, thus ending his three-year tenure within the organization in releasing him to free agency.{{cite web| url = http://bsndenver.com/avalanche-parts-ways-with-mikhail-grigorenko-siemens-given-qualifying-offer/ | title = Avalanche part ways with Mikahil Girgorenko, Siemens given qualifying offer | publisher = BSNDenver.com | date = 2017-06-26 | accessdate = 2017-06-26}} With no NHL contract offers over the summer, Bourke signed a one-year AHL contract with the Syracuse Crunch on September 26, 2017.{{cite web| url = http://syracusecrunch.com/news/2017/9/26/syracuse-crunch-sign-ty-loney-troy-bourke-to-ahl-contracts.aspx | title = Crunch sign Ty Loney and Troy Bourke at AHL contracts | publisher = Syracuse Crunch | date = 2017-09-26 | accessdate = 2017-09-26}}

Bourke remained within the Crunch organization for two seasons, splitting the 2018–19 season, between the AHL and ECHL with affiliate, the Orlando Solar Bears.

As a free agent with his career prospects stalling, Bourke opted to pursue a European career, agreeing to a one-year contract with German club, Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on May 16, 2019.{{cite web| url = https://www.facebook.com/sercwildwings/photos/a.196317529284/10156622595834285/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCCgoD76uCoBpjGX2iz6b5ZQ6LVwIPqqdyFdH1V82by7qFK02Jblqmt3OrSCTAEUJBLIIUsorjaeukHjIJ8DXKmmGRwhUT | title = Restart for Troy Bourke | publisher = Schwenninger Wild Wings | date = May 16, 2019 | accessdate = May 16, 2019 | language = German}}

Following two productive seasons in the DEL, Bourke left Germany as a free agent and was signed to a one-year contract with Finnish club, Oulun Kärpät of the Liiga, on May 28, 2021.{{cite web| url = https://karpat.fi/casey-wellman-ja-troy-bourke-vahvistavat-karppien-hyokkaysta/ | publisher = Oulun Kärpät | title = Casey Wellman and Troy Bourke confirmed to Karpat | date = May 28, 2021 | accessdate = May 28, 2021 | language = Finnish}} Bourke enjoyed a successful season with Kärpät in the 2021–22 season, placing second in team scoring with 12 goals and 24 assists for 36 points in 53 regular season games.

On June 3, 2022, Bourke left Finland as a free agent and continued his European career by signing a one-year contract with Austrian-based, EC Red Bull Salzburg of the ICEHL.{{cite web| url = https://ecrbs.redbulls.com/red-bulls-holen-neuen-kanadischen-stuermer | title = Red Bulls sign new Canadian forward| publisher = EC Red Bull Salzburg | date = June 3, 2022 | accessdate = June 3, 2022 | language = German}}

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	St. Albert Raiders	AMHL	34	27	26	53	24	5	2	0	2	4
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2009–10	Prince George Cougars	WHL	5	3	0	3	4	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Prince George Cougars	WHL	68	19	23	42	20	4	0	1	1	0
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2011–12	Prince George Cougars	WHL	71	18	38	56	56	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Prince George Cougars	WHL	63	15	35	50	37	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2013–14	Prince George Cougars	WHL	69	29	56	85	62	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL	15	3	4	7	6	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2014–15	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL	61	9	13	22	22	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	56	2	7	9	30	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2015–16	Fort Wayne Komets	ECHL	9	5	6	11	6	16	7	9	16	6
2016–17	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	74	9	15	24	20	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2017–18	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	6	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	0
2017–18	Adirondack Thunder	ECHL	22	10	22	32	18	5	2	2	4	2
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2018–19	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	25	1	5	6	6	—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Orlando Solar Bears	ECHL	30	11	34	45	18	10	1	4	5	8
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2019–20	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL	50	13	21	34	40	—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	Schwenninger Wild Wings	DEL	36	15	19	34	14	—	—	—	—	—
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2021–22	Oulun Kärpät	Liiga	53	12	24	36	26	7	1	0	1	0
2022–23	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL	5	0	1	1	0	16	5	6	11	0
style="background:#f0f0f0;" \| 2023–24	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL	42	11	20	31	23	19	8	9	17	4
2024–25	EC Red Bull Salzburg	ICEHL	43	16	26	42	33	13	3	6	9	6
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 237 ! 25 ! 44 ! 69 ! 86 ! 7 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0

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

=International=

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2011

| Canada Pacific

| U17

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| 6

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 14

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| 2012

| Canada

| U18

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| 7

| 0

| 7

| 2

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! colspan=4 | Junior totals

! 13

! 3

! 12

! 15

! 16

Awards and honours

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! Award

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| colspan="3" | AMHL

Top Forward

| 2009–10

| {{cite web| url = http://www.pgcougars.com/article/cougars-prospects-invited-to-u17-evaluation-camps | title = Cougars prospects invited to U17 camps | publisher = Prince George Cougars | date = 2010-06-17 | accessdate = 2014-09-28}}