Donovan Sebrango

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Donovan Sebrango
Born (2002-01-12) January 12, 2002 (age 22)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team		 Ottawa Senators
Belleville Senators  (AHL)
NHL draft 63rd overall, 2020
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 2021–present

Donovan Sebrango (born January 12, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Belleville Senators in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Playing career

Amateur

While playing in minor hockey, Sebrango committed to playing for Boston University of the National Collegiate Athletic Association when he turned 18. However, he was heavily scouted by teams from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and renounced his commitment to Boston University while being selected by the Kitchener Rangers in the second round, 40th overall in the 2018 OHL Priority Selection. [1] [2] Sebrango played his OHL rookie season in 2018–19 and quickly established himself in the Rangers' defence corps. [2] His second season with the Rangers in 2019–20 was cut short when the OHL cancelled the season on March 18, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] He played 119 games with Kitchener, recording 13 goals, 43 assists for 56 points. [4]

Professional

Sebrango was selected by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the third round, 63rd overall, of the 2020 NHL entry draft. With the 2020–21 OHL season delayed due to the pandemic, he signed with HK Levice of the Slovak 2. Liga and played in five games, scoring one goal and three points. [2] [4] He then returned to North America to play for the Red Wings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, on an amateur tryout contract. [2] He subsequently made his North American professional debut with the Griffins on February 11, 2021. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Red Wings on March 15, 2021. [4] Sebrango played 31 games with the Griffins that season, recording four points (all assists). [5] He split the 2022–23 season between the Griffins of the AHL and the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL, playing in 39 games with Grand Rapids, scoring four goals and seven points and 23 games with Toledo, adding one goal and 12 points. [6]

On July 9, 2023, as part of the trade that sent forward Alex DeBrincat to the Red Wings, Sebrango was traded to the Ottawa Senators. [6] He was assigned to Ottawa's AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators for the 2023–24 season, but also spent time with the team's ECHL affiliate Allen Americans. He appeared in 35 games for Belleville, registering seven points (all assists) and four games with Allen, scoring a goal and two points. [5] He was again assigned to Belleville for the 2024–25 season, [7] but recalled to Ottawa on November 26, 2024 to replace the injured Artem Zub. [8] However, he never played for the Senators during his recall and was returned to Belleville on December 3. [9]

International play

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Canada

Sebrango was selected twice to play for the Canadian national junior team for the same tournament. He was selected for the initial team that was to play for the 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships beginning in December 2021. [10] However, the first tournament, which lasted four days, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] The International Ice Hockey Federation elected to play a completely new tournament in August 2022, opting to start fresh and void the results of the games played in December. [12] Sebrango made the team for the new tournament, as some of the players from the December tournament were not included, and was selected to be an alternate captain. [13] [14] Canada went on to win the gold medal in a 3–2 overtime victory over Finland in the final. [15]

Personal life

Sebrango is a citizen of both Canada and Cuba. His father, Eduardo, is a retired professional Cuban footballer who emigrated to Canada in 1999. [16] He married Sebrango's mother Kim with whom he had two children, Donovan and his sister, but they divorced when Donovan was still just a toddler. Kim and her two children moved to Kingston, Ontario, where she raised them as a single mother. [1] [2]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2018–19 Kitchener Rangers OHL 62719265440002
2019–20 Kitchener RangersOHL566243033—————
2020–21 HK Levice 2HL 512350—————
2020–21 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 3104418—————
2021–22 Grand Rapids GriffinsAHL6516723—————
2022-23 Grand Rapids GriffinsAHL3943719—————
2022-23 Toledo Walleye ECHL 231111261311212
2023–24 Belleville Senators AHL3507765721312
2023–24 Allen Americans ECHL41120—————
AHL totals17052025125721312

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