Justin Shugg

Justin Shugg
Born (1991-12-24) December 24, 1991
Niagara Falls, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams
Dinamo Riga
Carolina Hurricanes
NHL Draft 105th overall, 2010
Carolina Hurricanes
Playing career 2011present

Justin Shugg (born December 24, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played under contract with the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Shugg was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round (105th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Shugg played four seasons (2007-2011) of major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) where he scored 101 goals and 115 assists for 216 points and registered 146 penalty minutes in 262 games played.

On June 17, 2011, the Carolina Hurricanes signed Shugg to a three-year entry-level contract.[1]

At the conclusion of the season and not offered a new contract with the Hurricanes, Shugg as a free agent left North America and accepted an initial try-out contract with Latvian club, Dinamo Riga of the KHL on July 27, 2016.[2]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08Oshawa GeneralsOHL384101410
2007–08Windsor SpitfiresOHL23033230000
2008–09Windsor SpitfiresOHL68171633482054916
2009–10Windsor SpitfiresOHL6739407943185101510
2010–11Mississauga St. Michael's MajorsOHL6641468743 20 10 9 19 14
2011–12Florida EverbladesECHL1148128 11 7 5 12 8
2011–12Charlotte CheckersAHL33581312
2012–13Florida EverbladesECHL1911112220
2012–13Charlotte CheckersAHL397142110 4 2 0 2 0
2013–14Charlotte CheckersAHL7516223826
2014–15Charlotte CheckersAHL6521224328
2014–15Carolina HurricanesNHL30002
2015–16Charlotte CheckersAHL5913223536
NHL totals 3 0 0 0 2

References

  1. "Hurricanes sign Justin Shugg to entry-level deal". canescountry.com. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  2. "Dinamo signs Amercian and Canadian on trial" (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

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