Cody Kunyk

Cody Kunyk
Born May 20, 1990
Sherwood Park, AB, CAN
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Tampa Bay Lightning
Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2014present
Medal record
Ice hockey
Competitor for Canada Canada West
World Junior A Challenge
Silver 2009 Summerside

Cody Kunyk (born May 20, 1990) is a Canadian ice hockey forward currently playing for the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. (NHL)

Kunyk played collegiate hockey for the Alaska Nanooks in the NCAA Men's Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). In his senior year, Kunyk's outstanding play was rewarded when he was chosen as the WCHA Player of the Year and was named to the 2013–14 All-WCHA First Team.[1]

On April 13, 2014, Kunyk made his NHL debut with the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 1-0 shootout win against the Washington Capitals.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07Sherwood Park CrusadersAJHL20002
2007–08Sherwood Park CrusadersAJHL511311243452352
2008–09Sherwood Park CrusadersAJHL6125335861103582
2009–10Sherwood Park CrusadersAJHL514443873330112
2010–11U. of Alaska-FairbanksCCHA3812183028
2011–12U. of Alaska-FairbanksCCHA3615173218
2012–13U. of Alaska-FairbanksCCHA3711172822
2013–14U. of Alaska-FairbanksWCHA3722214322
2013–14Tampa Bay LightningNHL10000
2014–15Syracuse CrunchAHL69101626382000 0
NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-WCHA First Team 2013–14 [3]
WCHA Player of the Year 2013–14 [4]
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 2013–14

References

  1. "UAFS Beck WCHA player of the year". adn.com. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  2. "Former UAF center Cody Kunyk makes NHL debut". adn.com. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  3. "Kunyk, Daniels take top WCHA awards". collegehockeynews.com. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  4. "WCHA award winners announced". Western Collegiate Hockey Association. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-14.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Drew LeBlanc
WCHA Player of the Year
2013–14
Succeeded by
Tanner Kero
Preceded by
Ryan Walters
WCHA Scoring leader
2013–14
Succeeded by
Tanner Kero