| Zack Ostapchuk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Ostapchuk with the Belleville Senators in 2024 | |||
| Born | May 29, 2003 St. Albert, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Ottawa Senators | ||
| NHL draft | 39th overall, 2021 Ottawa Senators | ||
| Playing career | 2023–present | ||
Zack Ostapchuk (born May 29, 2003) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Ostapchuk was selected by the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the first round, 12th overall, in the 2018 WHL Draft. He played with the Giants for three seasons. After the Giants traded away their captain, Justin Sourdif, at the 2022 WHL trade deadline due to the team's poor play, Ostapchuk was named the team's new captain. The team turned around their fortunes and made the playoffs, where they surprised the league's number one team, the Everett Silvertips in the first round. They lost to the Kamloops Blazers in the second round. In his final season of junior, Ostapchuk split the 2022–23 season between Vancouver and the Winnipeg Ice. [1]
He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the second round of the 2019 NHL entry draft, 39th overall. [1] Ostapchuk was signed by the Senators to a three-year entry-level contract on September 29, 2021. [2] He was assigned to Ottawa's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Belleville Senators to begin the 2023–24 season. [3] 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. [4] He went scoreless in seven games with the Senators and 28 points in 69 games with Belleville. [5]
Ostapchuk was assigned to Belleville to start the 2024–25 season. [5] He was recalled in October and made his NHL season debut on October 29, [6] and recorded his first NHL point assisting on Noah Gregor's goal in an 8–1 win over the St. Louis Blues. [7] He appeared in six games before being sent back to Belleville on November 12. [8] He was recalled a second time on November 24. [9]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Canada | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
 | 2022 Canada | |
| 2023 Canada | |
Ostapchuk was a member of two gold medal-winning Canadian junior hockey teams at the IIHF World Junior Championships in 2022 and 2023. [10]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 44 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 22 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 60 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 58 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 21 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Winnipeg Ice | WHL | 34 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 11 | ||
| 2023–24 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 69 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Canada | WJC |  | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Canada | WJC | | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |
| Junior totals | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 25 | ||||
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