Travis Oleksuk
| Travis Oleksuk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Oleksuk in 2015 | |||
| Born |
February 3, 1989 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Oberliga team Former teams |
Starbulls Rosenheim Worcester Sharks Hartford Wolf Pack HC Bolzano Graz99ers Sheffield Steelers EC VSV | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Travis Oleksuk (born February 3, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Starbulls Rosenheim in the German Oberliga. Oleksuk most recently iced with EC VSV in the Austrian IceHL. Prior to that, Oleksuk had a short spell with Sheffield Steelers of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).[1] Oleksuk also previously played for Graz99ers of the Austrian Hockey League (IceHL).
Playing career
[edit]Oleksuk attended the University of Minnesota Duluth where he played four seasons (2008-2012) of NCAA college hockey with the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs, scoring 45 goals and 70 assists for 155 points, and earning 75 penalty minutes, in 133 games played.
On March 30, 2012, the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League signed Oleksuk as an unrestricted free agent to an entry-level contract,[2] and he was assigned to play the 2012–13 season with the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League.[3]
After three seasons within the Sharks organization, Oleksuk left as a free agent to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack, an affiliate of the New York Rangers on September 2, 2015.[4] In the 2015–16 season with the Wolf Pack, Oleksuk appeared in 67 games recording 7 goals and 22 points in securing a regular role amongst the checking line.
As a free agent in the following off-season, Oleksuk opted to pursue a European career, agreeing to a one-year contract with Italian based HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the Austrian EBEL on July 28, 2016.[5]
After two seasons with Bolzano and three with Graz 99ers, Oleksuk agreed terms with the Sheffield Steelers for the 2021–22 season.[6] After just 5 games with the Steelers, Oleksuk departed Sheffield in October 2021 for personal reasons. He moved back to Austria to sign for EC VSV.[7]
For the 2022–23 season, Oleksuk continued his career in Europe by moving to German third-tier club, Starbulls Rosenheim of the Oberliga.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2006–07 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 56 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 60 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | U. of Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | U. of Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | 33 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | U. of Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | 42 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | U. of Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | 41 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 60 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 74 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 69 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 67 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Bolzano | EBEL | 51 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Bolzano | EBEL | 54 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Graz 99ers | EBEL | 47 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Graz 99ers | EBEL | 46 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Graz99ers | ICEHL | 47 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Sheffield Steelers | EIHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | EC VSV | ICEHL | 30 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 270 | 39 | 63 | 102 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Awards and honours
[edit]| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| College | ||
| All-WCHA Third Team | 2011–12 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Steelers Sign Travis Oleksuk".
- ^ "Sharks Sign Center Travis Oleksuk to Entry-Level Contract". San Jose Sharks. March 30, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ "Sharks Assign Sixteen Players to Worcester". San Jose Sharks. September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- ^ "Forward Travis Oleksuk signs with Wolf Pack". Hartford Wolf Pack. September 2, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Top center for first-line signs". HCB South Tyrol (in Italian). July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ^ "Oleksuk joins Steelers".
- ^ "One Out and One in for the Steelers as Oleksuk Departs".
- ^ "Travis Oleksuk moves to Oberliga" (in German). eishockey.info. August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1989 births
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- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy
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- EC VSV players
- Graz 99ers players
- Hartford Wolf Pack players
- Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Sioux City Musketeers players
- Sheffield Steelers players
- Starbulls Rosenheim players
- Worcester Sharks players
- NCAA men's ice hockey national champions
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