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Landon DuPont
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2009) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Landon DuPont (born May 28, 2009) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The ninth player to be granted exceptional player status in the history of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), DuPont is eligible for the 2027 NHL entry draft.
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DuPont played youth hockey in Kloten, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany, often playing with his older brother in the 2006-born age group, three years above his own. He moved to Canada in 2019.[1]
As a 14-year-old, DuPont played under-18 hockey for the Edge School in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL), where despite being by far the youngest on the team he was a dominant, centralizing force. In some matches, he would see 40 minutes of time on ice; two-thirds of the game.[1] In the 2023–24 season, he scored 19 goals and 62 points in 30 games, leading his team and setting a league record for single-season points by a defenceman.[2][3] In the playoffs, he tied the playoff scoring record set by Dylan Guenther with five goals and 16 points en route to a league title and championship MVP award.[4][5]
On April 8, 2024, it was announced that DuPont would receive exceptional player status to enter the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) in the 2024–25 season, becoming the ninth exceptional status player and the third defenceman. He became the second Western Hockey League (WHL) player to receive exceptional status, after Connor Bedard, and the first defenceman.[6][7][8] On May 9, 2024, DuPont was selected first overall in the 2024 WHL prospects draft by the Everett Silvertips, becoming the first top pick in Silvertips history.[9] He signed with the Silvertips on August 6.[10]
From the moment he entered the WHL, DuPont was trusted with a big role on the Silvertips, logging 26 minutes in his debut. He recorded eleven points in his first seven games, more than any other exceptional status player through that span except for Bedard.[11] On February 2, 2025, he recorded his 50th point of the season, becoming the first defenceman aged 16 or younger to reach that threshold since Scott Niedermayer in the 1989–90 season. DuPont finished with 17 goals and 43 assists in 64 games played, and won the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the WHL's rookie of the year.[12] He was later awarded the CHL Rookie of the Year trophy, only the third exceptional status player so honoured, after John Tavares and Shane Wright.[13] The CHL also named him to its All-Rookie and Third All-Star teams.[14]
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International play
At the 2024 World U-17 Hockey Challenge, DuPont was the only 2009-born player on either of the Canadian teams, captaining Canada Red to a silver medal with a team-best four points in as many games before earning tournament all-star honours.[1][15]
Personal life
DuPont's father Micki DuPont played 23 NHL games across four seasons with the Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues, as well as in the American Hockey League, in various European leagues, and for the Canadian national team.[1][16][17]
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