Buffalo Sabres 2012-13 Media Guide - NHL.com

AHL Affiliate: Rochester Americans
Season Stats:
Matt MacKenzie DEFENSE Right
BORN: October 15, 1991, New Westminster, British Columbia HT: 6 ft 5 in WT: 212
LasT amaTeuR CLuB: tri-City (WHL)
HOW aCquiRed: Selected by Buffalo in the third round (83rd overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
2011-12: Split his first professional season between Rochester and the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL • Was sidelined for 39 games (12/4-2/25;
4/7-4/14) with an injury • Made his ECHL debut for Gwinnett against South Carolina (2/29) • Recorded the first two points of his professional career
as part of a two-point (0+2) game against Albany (11/25) • Made his AHL debut vs. Syracuse (10/18)… 2010-11: Split final junior season between
Calgary and tri-City of the Western Hockey League • Totaled 38 points and scored a career-high seven goals, including five on the power play •
Appeared in 73 combined regular season appearances and racked up 86 PiM, both career-highs • Finished the campaign second among tri-City
defensemen in overall scoring… 2009-10: Posted his best season of junior hockey, setting career highs in assists (34), points (40) and plus/minus
(plus-16) in 64 games for the Calgary Hitmen • Placed second among Calgary blueliners during the 2010 postseason with 16 points (6+10) after
appearing in all 23 playoff games… 2008-09: Scored two of his three goals scored in special teams situations; one shorthanded and the other
on a power-play… 2007-08: Finished rookie campaign with the Hitmen with eight points (2+6) • His plus-15 rating was the best among first-year
defensemen.
Career Stats MacKenzie Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A TP +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% GP G A TP PIM
2006-07 Vancouver BCMML 40 5 11 16 -- 64 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2007-08 Calgary WHL 39 2 6 8 15 8 0 0 -- -- -- 6 1 2 3 2
2008-09 Calgary WHL 49 3 9 12 11 24 1 1 -- -- -- 16 0 2 2 4
2009-10 Calgary WHL 64 6 34 40 16 62 5 0 -- -- -- 23 6 10 16 31
2010-11 Calgary WHL 40 2 21 23 -13 50 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Tri-City WHL 33 5 10 15 4 36 4 0 -- -- -- 10 1 4 5 6
2011-12 Gwinnett ECHL 5 0 2 2 -4 11 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Rochester AHL 20 0 4 4 -1 16 0 0 0 16 0.0 -- -- -- -- --
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