Player's Profile
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- Name: Quinton Howden
- Position: LW
- Shoots: Left
- Height: 6-3
- Weight: 183 lbs
- Birthdate: 1992-01-12
- Eligible for Draft: 2010
- Drafted: 2010
- Hometown: Oak Bank, Manitoba
- Acquired: 1st round (25th overall), 2010
- Playing In: CHL
Quinton Howden
Prospect Grade: 7.0 B (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2006-07: Drafted by the Moose Jaw Warriors in the first round (17th overall) of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft.
2007-08: Howden played for the Eastman Selects in the Manitoba AAA hockey league. He made his WHL debut, appearing in five games with Moose Jaw. Howden did not register a point and was -4 for the Warriors.
2008-09: In his WHL rookie season, Howden played in 62 games for the Warriors. He scored 13 goals with 17 assists and 22 PIM and was -37 on a Moose Jaw team that won just 19 games. He played for Team West at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge and was a member of Canada's gold medal squad at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial U-18 Tournament.
2009-10: Howden had a breakout second season as Moose Jaw finished fourth in the East division and qualified for the playoffs. In 65 games for the Warriors, Howden scored 23 goals with 37 assists and was +14 with 44 PM. Five of his goals came on the power play and he along with a pair of short handed goals. Howden missed time at the end of the season due to a collarbone injury and also missed the first five games of the playoffs in the Warriors' seven-game first round series loss to eventual WHL champ Calgary. Howden picked up up 2 assists but was -6 in two playoff games. Howden played for Team Orr at the 2010 CHL Top Prospects Game and represented Canada at the WJC U-18 tournament. He was one of the few Canadian players to play well in Minsk, scoring 4 goals with 6 assists and 4 PIM in six games for a team that failed to reach the quarterfinals and finished seventh.
Watch this HF video of Quinton Howden from the 2010 NHL Draft
2010-11: Howden was the leading goal-scorer for the Moose Jaw Warriors in his third WHL season and also played for silver-medal winning Team Canada at the 2011 World Junior U-20 championship. In 60 games for Moose Jaw, which finished second in the East division, Howden scored 40 goals with 39 assists and was +7 with 43 PMs. Howden scored 9 of his 40 goals on the power play and also had 3 short-handed tallies. In the Warriors' six-game, first-round playoff loss to Memorial Cup-bound Kootenay, Howden was Moose Jaw's top point-getter with 5 goals and 2 assists and was -1 with 2 PMs. In seven games for Canada at the WJC, he scored 2 goals with 3 assists and was +6 with 4 PMs. Howden signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Florida in April 2011.
Talent Analysis
Howden has excellent speed and agility and has been considered among the best skaters in the WHL. He plays a solid defensive game and can be a dangerous short-handed threat on the penalty kill. Howden has an above average shot and scoring touch, and puck-handling skills that are good enough to allow him to avoid defenders and distribute the puck effectively. In order to maximize his potential, Howden will need to continue to develop his physical game.
Future
Howden has a chance of making the Panthers squad out of camp as a third-line winger. If not, he will return to the WHL for another season with Moose Jaw and a chance to play for Team Canada in the World Junior Championships. He is a future NHL player, with an upside potential to be a scoring-line winger or an above-average third-line, two-way player and penalty killer.
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Profile Last Updated: October, 12th 2011
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