Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Zack Ostapchuk
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Zack Ostapchuk (born May 29, 2003) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Remove ads
Playing career
Summarize
Perspective
Amateur
Ostapchuk was selected by the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the first round, 12th overall, in the 2018 WHL draft.[1] He made his major junior hockey debut with the Giants in the 2018–19 season, appearing in six games, going scoreless.[2] The Giants qualified for the 2019 WHL playoffs and advanced to the league finals, losing to the Prince Albert Raiders.[3] Ostapchuk made two playoff appearances, going scoreless.[2] He played in 44 games, scoring five goals and three assists for eight points.[2] His season ended early, after he suffered a knee injury, missing the final 18 games,[4] before the season was cancelled by the WHL due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In the pandemic-shortened 2020–21 season, Ostapchuk played in 22 games for the Giants, scoring seven goals and 16 points.[2]
In his first full season in 2021–22, Ostapchuk scored 26 goals and 43 points in 60 games.[2] However, the Giants were playing poorly and they traded away their captain, Justin Sourdif, at the 2022 WHL trade deadline in January 2022.[6] Ostapchuk was named the team's new captain in March 2022.[7] The team turned around their fortunes and made the playoffs in the eighth and final spot, where they surprised the league's number one team, the Everett Silvertips in the first round.[8] They then lost to the Kamloops Blazers in the second round.[9] Ostapchuk played in 12 playoff games, scoring seven goals and 23 points.[2]
He returned to the Giants for his final season of junior in 2022–23. He appeared in 21 games, scoring 10 goals and 29 points, however, the Giants were mediocre and management considered themselves unable to compete with the powerhouses in the league that season. The Giants traded Ostaphuck on January 8, 2023, to the Winnipeg Ice, the top team in the WHL, for four players and four draft picks.[10][11] He added 21 goals and 38 goals in 34 games with the Ice as they qualified for the 2023 playoffs.[2] The Ice advanced to the WHL championship finals, facing the Seattle Thunderbirds. Winnipeg was eliminated in five games of their best-of-seven series.[12] Ostapchuk made 18 playoff appearances, scoring nine goals and 15 points.[2]
Professional
Ostapchuk was selected by the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the second round, 39th overall, of the 2019 NHL entry draft.[11] He signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Senators on September 29, 2021.[13] He was assigned to Ottawa's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Belleville Senators to begin the 2023–24 season.[14] On March 12, 2024, Ostapchuk was called up to Ottawa after an injury to Rourke Chartier and he made his NHL debut later that day against the Pittsburgh Penguins.[15] He went scoreless in seven games with the Senators and recorded 28 points in 69 games with Belleville.[16]
Ostapchuk was assigned to Belleville to start the 2024–25 season.[16] He was recalled in October and made his NHL season debut on October 29,[17] and recorded his first NHL point assisting on Noah Gregor's goal in an 8–1 win over the St. Louis Blues.[18] He appeared in six games before being sent back to Belleville on November 12.[19] He was recalled a second time on November 24.[20] He appeared in 39 more games with Ottawa, finishing with one goal and four points and two goals and 11 points in 15 games with Belleville.[21][22]
On March 7, 2025, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks alongside Noah Gregor and a 2025 second-round pick in exchange for Fabian Zetterlund, Tristen Robins and a fourth-round pick in 2025.[21] He was immediately assigned to San Jose's AHL affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda.[22] He was recalled on March 14 and made his Sharks debut against the Washington Capitals that night, centreing the fourth line between Barclay Goodrow and Carl Grundström.[23][24] In 13 games with the Sharks, he went scoreless.[2] The Sharks failed to qualify for the playoffs, and Ostapchuk was assigned to the AHL on April 23, along with teammate Jack Thompson to help the Barracuda in their playoff push.[25]
Remove ads
International play
Ostapchuk was a member of two gold medal-winning Canadian junior hockey teams at the IIHF World Junior Championships in 2022 and 2023.[26]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads