2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE - Carolina Hurricanes - NHL.com

HIGHLIGHTS
CAREER STATS
CAREER
ZACH BOYCHUK 11
Center/Wing • Shoots Left Acquired: 2008 NHL Entry Draft
5'10" • 185 lbs. 2010-11 Teams: Carolina (NHL), Charlotte (AHL)
10/4/89 • Airdrie, Alb. Drafted: Carolina 2008 (1-14-1)
NHL FIRSTS: NHL HIgHS: NHL STREAKS:
game: 10/17/08; 4-3 L at La goals: 2 (12/29/10; 4-0 W at OTT) goal Streak: None
Point: 11/7/09; 3-2 L at CBJ (assist) Assists: 2 (3/4/10; 4-1 W vs. OTT) Assist Streak: 2 (2/5/10-2/6/10: 2a)
goal: 2/13/10; 5-2 W vs. NJ (Brodeur) Points: 2-2x (Last: 12/29/10; 4-0 W at OTT) Point Streak: 4 games (2/5/10-3/4/10: 1g, 4a)
Penalty Min: 2-3x (Last: 1/15/11; 6-4 W vs. TB)
Totaled seven goals and nine assists in 56 career NHL games with Carolina entering 2011-
12… Had 37 goals and 65 assists (102 points) in 114 career aHL regular-season games…
earned 271 points (110g, 161a) in 237 career regular-season Western Hockey League
(WHL) games with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, good for seventh on Lethbridge’s all-time
point list… Had 20 goals and 19 assists (39 points) in 35 career WHL playoff games… Was
ranked eighth among North american skaters by NHL Central Scouting heading into the
2008 NHL entry draft… Has represented Canada in a number of international competitions,
debuting at the 2006 under-18 Junior World Cup, when Canada won gold… Represented
Canada at the 2007 under-18 World Junior Championship and the eight-game Canada-
Russia Super Series in 2007… Captured gold with Canada at the 2008 and 2009 World
Junior Championships, serving as the team’s alternate captain at the 2009 World Juniors…
Was the youngest player on Team WHL at the 2006 adT Canada-Russia Challenge, and
played for Team WHL again at that event in 2007 and 2008… 2005-06: Won the Carl
Trentini Memorial award as Lethbridge’s Rookie of the Year after totaling 51 points (18g,
33a) in 64 games as a 16-year-old… 2006-07: Ranked tied for second in the WHL in
scoring with 91 points (31g, 60a) in 69 games as a 17-year-old for Lethbridge… Was named
Lethbridge’s team MVP and Most Popular Player as voted by the fans… 2007-08: Ranked
second among Lethbridge skaters in scoring with 72 points (33g, 39a), despite playing in
just 61 of 72 games… Led the team with a plus-26 plus/minus rating… Ranked 15th in
the WHL in goals with 33… Played in the 2008 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects
REgULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAgUE gP g A TP PIM gP g A TP PIM
2005-06 Lethbridge WHL 64 18 33 51 30 6 0 5 5 2
2006-07 Lethbridge WHL 69 31 60 91 52 – – – – –
2007-08 (a) Lethbridge WHL 61 33 39 72 80 18 13 8 21 6
2008-09 (b) Carolina NHL 2 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
Lethbridge WHL 43 28 29 57 22 11 7 6 13 12
albany aHL 2 0 1 1 2 – – – – –
2009-10 albany aHL 52 15 21 36 24 8 2 3 5 4
Carolina NHL 31 3 6 9 2 – – – – –
2010-11 Charlotte aHL 60 22 43 65 48 15 3 6 9 14
Carolina NHL 23 4 3 7 4 – – – – –
Hurricanes/NHL Totals (3 Seasons) 56 7 9 16 6 – – – – –
(a) June 20, 2008—Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2008 NHL entry draft. First Hurricanes pick, 14th overall, first round.
(b) Oct. 4, 2008—Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes to a three-year, entry level contract.
2010-11 SEASON
Completed his third NHL season with Carolina, splitting the season between the NHL and
aHL levels… established a new NHL career high in goals (4) and added three assists (7
points) in 23 games played with the Hurricanes… Led Charlotte skaters in assists (43)
and points (65) in 60 games on the aHL level… Ranked 13th in the aHL in points (65) and
17th in assists (43) despite spending significant time on the NHL level… Was named the
aHL’s Player of the Week for 3/21-3/27, with five goals and five assists (10 points) in four
games… Served his third NHL stint with Carolina from 2/2-2/13, skating in five games
without earning a point… Played in two games during his second NHL recall of the season,
from 1/24-1/29… Scored the game’s first goal and was (+3) at NYi (1/26)… earned his
first professional hat trick with three goals for Charlotte at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (1/23)…
2011 PLAYOFFS
Played in all 16 of Charlotte’s Calder Cup Playoff games, and ranked tied for third on the
team in scoring with nine points (3g, 6a)… earned seven points (3g, 4a) in the opening
Played in 16 games during his first NHL recall of the season, from 12/17-1/19… assisted on
Staal’s goal and registered six hits at FLa (1/7)… Scored his third goal of the season vs. FLa
(1/3)… earned his first career multi-goal effort with a pair of tallies - including the gamewinner
- at OTT (12/29)… earned an assist on the game-winner for his first NHL point of the
season at TOR (12/28)… Made his NHL season debut vs. aNa (12/18)… Had a four-assist
aHL game for Charlotte vs. Hershey (12/12)… earned his second six-game aHL point streak
of the season from 11/17-11/28 (2g, 7a)… Had a six-game aHL point streak from 10/22-
11/3 (3g, 5a)… Longest NHL point streak: 2 games (12/28-12/29: 2g, 1a; 1/24-1/26: 1g,
1a)… NHL Multi-goal games: 1 (12/29 at OTT: 2g, 0a)… NHL Multi-point games: 1
(12/29 at OTT: 2g, 0a).
round, as the Checkers topped Hershey in six games.
Game, netting two goals and earning Team White Player of the Game honors… also placed
second at that event’s fastest skater competition… Led all WHL skaters in 2008 with 13
playoff goals as Lethbridge won three postseason series and the WHL’s eastern Conference
title before falling to the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL final… 2008-09: Started the season
in the NHL with the Hurricanes, playing in two games before returning to his junior team
in Lethbridge (WHL)… Made his NHL debut at La (10/17), becoming the first Hurricanes
player since eric Staal in 2003 to make his NHL debut in his draft year….Had 57 points (28g,
29a) in 43 regular-season games with Lethbridge, and led the team with 13 points (7g, 6a)
in 11 playoff contests… Shared the Harry ingarfield Memorial award as Lethbridge’s team
MVP and won the team’s plus/minus award… Joined albany at the end of his WHL season,
earning one assist in two games… Made his aHL debut and earned his first professional
point with an assist at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (4/10)… 2009-10: established NHL highs in
games played (31), assists (6) and points (9)… Had 36 points (15g, 21a) in 52 games on the
aHL level with albany… earned his first NHL point with an assist on Gleason’s goal at CBJ
(11/7)… Beat Martin Brodeur with a backhanded shot for his first NHL goal vs. NJ (2/13)…
earned primary assists on each of Carolina’s first two goals vs. OTT (3/4) for his first NHL
multi-point game… Scored his first professional goal and had two assists for albany vs.
Portland (10/9)… Skated in all eight of albany’s Calder Cup Playoff games, earning five
points (2g, 3a)… Scored his first playoff points with a pair of assists at Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton (4/18)… Netted the series-clinching goal at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (4/19).
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