Travis Oleksuk

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Travis Oleksuk
Travis Oleksuk Hartford (cropped).jpg
Oleksuk in 2015
Born (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989 (age 36)
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
Oberliga team
Former teams
Starbulls Rosenheim
Worcester Sharks
Hartford Wolf Pack
HC Bolzano
Graz99ers
Sheffield Steelers
EC VSV
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012present

Travis Oleksuk (born February 3, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Starbulls Rosenheim in the German Oberliga. Oleksuk most recently iced with EC VSV in the Austrian IceHL. Before that, Oleksuk had a short spell with Sheffield Steelers of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). [1] Oleksuk also previously played for Graz99ers of the Austrian Hockey League (IceHL).

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Playing career

Oleksuk attended the University of Minnesota Duluth where he played four seasons (2008-2012) of NCAA college hockey with the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs, scoring 45 goals and 70 assists for 155 points, and earning 75 penalty minutes, in 133 games played.

On March 30, 2012, the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League signed Oleksuk as an unrestricted free agent to an entry-level contract, [2] and he was assigned to play the 2012–13 season with the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League. [3]

After three seasons within the Sharks organization, Oleksuk left as a free agent to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack, an affiliate of the New York Rangers on September 2, 2015. [4] In the 2015–16 season with the Wolf Pack, Oleksuk appeared in 67 games recording 7 goals and 22 points in securing a regular role amongst the checking line.

As a free agent in the following off-season, Oleksuk opted to pursue a European career, agreeing to a one-year contract with Italian based HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the Austrian EBEL on July 28, 2016. [5]

After two seasons with Bolzano and three with Graz 99ers, Oleksuk agreed terms with the Sheffield Steelers for the 2021–22 season. [6] After just 5 games with the Steelers, Oleksuk departed Sheffield in October 2021 for personal reasons. He moved back to Austria to sign for EC VSV. [7]

For the 2022–23 season, Oleksuk continued his career in Europe by moving to German third-tier club, Starbulls Rosenheim of the Oberliga. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2006–07 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 56616223570220
2007–08 Sioux City MusketeersUSHL601430442741232
2008–09 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 1805510
2009–10 U. of Minnesota–DuluthWCHA3310142424
2010–11 U. of Minnesota–DuluthWCHA4214193333
2011–12 U. of Minnesota–DuluthWCHA412132536
2012–13 Worcester Sharks AHL 603101312
2013–14 Worcester SharksAHL7419214020
2014–15 Worcester SharksAHL691017271840112
2015–16 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL677152220
2016–17 HC Bolzano EBEL 511419331293586
2017–18 HC BolzanoEBEL5410142418183148
2018–19 Graz 99ers EBEL47824324102462
2019–20 Graz 99ersEBEL461220321210000
2020–21 Graz99ers ICEHL 478132110
2021–22 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 50220
2021–22 EC VSV ICEHL30811194122790
AHL totals27039631027040112

Awards and honours

AwardYear
College
All-WCHA Third Team 2011–12

References

  1. "Steelers Sign Travis Oleksuk". Sheffield Steelers.
  2. "Sharks Sign Center Travis Oleksuk to Entry-Level Contract". San Jose Sharks . March 30, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  3. "Sharks Assign Sixteen Players to Worcester". San Jose Sharks . September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  4. "Forward Travis Oleksuk signs with Wolf Pack". Hartford Wolf Pack. September 2, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  5. "Top center for first-line signs". HCB South Tyrol (in Italian). July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  6. "Oleksuk joins Steelers". August 21, 2019.
  7. "One Out and One in for the Steelers as Oleksuk Departs". Sheffield Steelers.
  8. "Travis Oleksuk moves to Oberliga" (in German). eishockey.info. August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.