Holly Gunning
Zack Kassian
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Birthday:
1991-01-24 |
Position:
RW |
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Eligible for draft:
2009 |
Shoots:
Right |
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Drafted:
2009 |
Height:
6-3 |
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Acquired:
1st round (13th overall), 2009 |
Weight:
215 lbs. |
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
- B
2006-07: The Windsor Minor Midgets (AAA Minor Midgets) winger netted 32 goals and a stellar 80 points in 57 contests.
2007-08: The wingers first OHL season ended with nine goals and 21 points in 58 games. He should be back with Peterborough (OHL) for another season in 2008-09.
2008-09: In 61 games with Peterborough (OHL), Kassian netted 24 goals and 63 points. His 136 penalty minutes were a career-high for the winger. Played in the 2009 Top Prospects Game, where he made his mark with a crunching check on top prospect John Tavares.
2009-10: Kassian began the season slow with Peterborough, only netting 8 goals in 33 games before he was shipped out to Windsor, as they prepped for a Memorial Cup run. Though he only dressed for 5 games int he regular season, he would score 4 in that time, and then 7 in 19 playoff games.
2010-11: Kassian made his pro hockey debut at the end of the season after finishing his junior career with the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires and representing Canada at the World Junior U-20 championships. Kassian, who joined the Spitfires in a late-season trade in 2009-10 prior to the Memorial Cup run, was second on the Spitfires in points, scoring 26 goals with 51 assists in 56 games. Kassian finished with a +10 plus/minus and received 67 PMs. In 16 OHL playoff games he scored 6 goals with 10 assists and was +2 with 37 PMs. Kassian’s physical play drew the ire of officials at the WJC tournament as he was ejected for a hit against a Czech Republic player and suspended for two games. In five games for silver medal-winning Canada he had 2 goals with 1 assist and was +1. Kassian joined Portland during the Pirates’ second round AHL playoff series with Binghamton. He was scoreless with one minor penalty in three games and had five shots on goal in the Pirates’ 6-2 win in Game 6.
2011-12: On February 27th Kassian was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Cody Hodgson.
2007-08: The wingers first OHL season ended with nine goals and 21 points in 58 games. He should be back with Peterborough (OHL) for another season in 2008-09.
2008-09: In 61 games with Peterborough (OHL), Kassian netted 24 goals and 63 points. His 136 penalty minutes were a career-high for the winger. Played in the 2009 Top Prospects Game, where he made his mark with a crunching check on top prospect John Tavares.
2009-10: Kassian began the season slow with Peterborough, only netting 8 goals in 33 games before he was shipped out to Windsor, as they prepped for a Memorial Cup run. Though he only dressed for 5 games int he regular season, he would score 4 in that time, and then 7 in 19 playoff games.
2010-11: Kassian made his pro hockey debut at the end of the season after finishing his junior career with the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires and representing Canada at the World Junior U-20 championships. Kassian, who joined the Spitfires in a late-season trade in 2009-10 prior to the Memorial Cup run, was second on the Spitfires in points, scoring 26 goals with 51 assists in 56 games. Kassian finished with a +10 plus/minus and received 67 PMs. In 16 OHL playoff games he scored 6 goals with 10 assists and was +2 with 37 PMs. Kassian’s physical play drew the ire of officials at the WJC tournament as he was ejected for a hit against a Czech Republic player and suspended for two games. In five games for silver medal-winning Canada he had 2 goals with 1 assist and was +1. Kassian joined Portland during the Pirates’ second round AHL playoff series with Binghamton. He was scoreless with one minor penalty in three games and had five shots on goal in the Pirates’ 6-2 win in Game 6.
2011-12: On February 27th Kassian was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Cody Hodgson.
