Ben Youds
| Ben Youds | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 20, 1988 Brooklyn Park, MN, USA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| AHL team Former teams |
Providence Bruins Toledo Walleye Rockford IceHogs Lake Erie Monsters | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||
Ben Youds (born April 20, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently playing for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Playing career
Youds attended Minnesota State University, Mankato where he played NCAA college hockey with the Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team. Undrafted on September 1, 2011, Younds signed his first professional contract with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League for the 2011–12 season.[1]
After a successful first season with the Providence Bruins in the 2013–14 season, in which Youds established career highs of 20 points in 57 games, he was invited to the Boston Bruins 2014 training camp on September 18, 2014.[2]
Youds was reassigned to Providence on September 26, a signed an AHL contract with the club for the 2014–15 season. Establishing a regular position on the Providence blueline, Youds had already eclipsed his career highs in goals and points before he was traded in consideration of an NHL transaction, to the Lake Erie Monsters on March 2, 2015. Youds closed out the season with the Monsters, immediately contributing with 3 goals and 11 points in 18 games.
As an un-signed free agent, on September 16, 2015, Youds was signed to a professional try-out contract to attend training camp in a return to the Boston Bruins organization.[3] He was later signed to a one-year AHL contract with Providence.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | Shattuck-Saint Mary's | MNHS | 59 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Shattuck-Saint Mary's | MNHS | 61 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Minnesota State U-Mankato | WCHA | 37 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Minnesota State U-Mankato | WCHA | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Minnesota State U-Mankato | WCHA | 39 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Minnesota State U-Mankato | WCHA | 37 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 57 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 43 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 57 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 47 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 50 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 252 | 20 | 80 | 100 | 186 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Awards and honors
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| College | ||
| WCHA All-Academic Team | 2009, 2010, 2011 | [4] |
| ECHL | ||
| All-Star Game | 2013 | [5] |
References
- ↑ "icehogs.com: IceHogs News". icehogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ↑ "B's announce training camp roster". Boston Bruins. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
- ↑ "B's announce training camp roster". Boston Bruins. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Ben Youds Mankato Mavericks biography". Minnesota State University. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ↑ "Walleye's defenseman Youds, forward Glendening headed to All-Star Game - Toledo Blade". toledoblade.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
External links
- Ben Youds's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Ben Youds's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database