Carter Hutton

Carter John Hutton (born December 19, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also spent time in the Chicago Blackhawks organization and played with the Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues, before signing with Buffalo as a free agent in 2018.

Carter Hutton
Hutton with the St. Louis Blues in 2017
Born (1985-12-19) December 19, 1985
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Buffalo Sabres
Chicago Blackhawks
Nashville Predators
St. Louis Blues
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present

Playing career

On March 26, 2010, Hutton was signed by the Philadelphia Flyers after his season in college at UMass Lowell was over. He played in 4 games for the Phantoms and dressed in several for the Philadelphia Flyers as Brian Boucher's backup after being called up while Johan Backlund was out with an injury.[1]

On June 1, 2010, Hutton was signed by the San Jose Sharks as an unrestricted free agent.[2] On August 1, 2011, the Rockford IceHogs signed Hutton to a one-year AHL contract.[3]

On February 23, 2012, the Chicago Blackhawks signed Hutton to a one-year, two-way contract for the remainder of the 2011–12 season.[4][5] On March 26, 2012 the Chicago Blackhawks called Hutton up to temporarily replace goaltender Ray Emery who was out due to an illness. On April 27, 2013 he made his first NHL start against the St. Louis Blues. Carter dressed for last two regular season games, and first five games of the playoffs. The Blackhawks went on to win the Stanley Cup, and Hutton was given a championship ring.[6] He did not qualify to be engraved on the Stanley Cup, and was left off the team picture.

Nashville Predators

On July 5, 2013, Hutton left the Blackhawks organization and signed a one-year, two-way deal with the Nashville Predators.[7] He eventually became the Predators' starting goalie for most of the 2013–14 NHL season as Pekka Rinne suffered a hip infection.[8][9]

St. Louis Blues

After three seasons with the Predators as the backup to Rinne, Hutton left as a free agent to sign a two-year contract with the St. Louis Blues on July 1, 2016.[10] He earned his first win with the Blues in his debut for the team.[11] In his second season with the Blues in 2017–18, Hutton enjoyed a career year in establishing himself as one of the premier backups in the league. He led the NHL in save percentage (.931) and goals-against average (2.01) in 32 games, earning starts from Blues first choice goaltender Jake Allen.

Buffalo Sabres

Having concluded his two-year deal with the Blues, Hutton agreed to a three-year, $8.25 million contract with the Buffalo Sabres on July 1, 2018.[12] He put up an 18–25–5 record in his first season with the Sabres as they failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2003–04 Thunder Bay Golden Hawks SIJHL 29 1 18 3 1389 125 0 5.40 .876 — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Thunder Bay Golden Hawks SIJHL 19 7 10 0 1006 75 0 4.47 .884 — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Fort William North Stars SIJHL 10 10 0 0 599 13 2 1.30 .930 — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Fort William North Stars SIJHL 36 33 1 0 2053 63 10 1.84 .926 15 12 3 928 36 2 2.33 .928
2006–07 UMass-Lowell HE 19 3 10 5 1097 52 1 2.84 .889 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 UMass-Lowell HE 20 7 11 2 1187 49 2 2.48 .909 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 UMass-Lowell HE 19 9 8 1 1106 38 3 2.06 .916 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 UMass-Lowell HE 27 13 12 2 1614 55 4 2.04 .928 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 4 1 2 1 244 11 0 2.71 .921 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Worcester Sharks AHL 22 11 7 2 1174 59 2 3.01 .902 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Toledo Walleye ECHL 14 7 7 0 819 43 0 3.15 .900 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Rockford IceHogs AHL 43 22 13 4 2372 93 3 2.35 .917 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Rockford IceHogs AHL 51 26 22 1 2908 132 2 2.72 .908 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 1 0 59 3 0 3.05 .893 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Nashville Predators NHL 40 20 11 4 2085 91 1 2.62 .910 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Nashville Predators NHL 18 6 7 4 1010 44 1 2.61 .902 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Nashville Predators NHL 17 7 5 4 979 38 2 2.33 .918 3 0 0 20 1 0 3.01 .667
2016–17 St. Louis Blues NHL 30 13 8 2 1460 58 4 2.39 .913 — — — — — — — —
2017–18 St. Louis Blues NHL 32 17 7 3 1610 56 3 2.09 .931 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Buffalo Sabres NHL 50 18 25 5 2840 142 0 3.00 .908 — — — — — — — —
2019–20 Buffalo Sabres NHL 31 12 14 4 1776 94 2 3.18 .898 — — — — — — — —
NHL totals 219 93 78 26 11,817 526 13 2.67 .911 3 0 0 20 1 0 3.01 .667

Awards and honours
Award Year
College
All-HE Second Team 2009–10 [13]
NCAA (New England) D1 All-Star 2009–10 [14]

References
  1. "The Flyer have called up a goalie". broadstreethockey.com. March 28, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  2. "Sharks Sign Four". San Jose Sharks. June 1, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
  3. "IceHogs sign Hutton to one-year deal". Rockford IceHogs. August 1, 2011. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  4. "Carter Hutton signed by Chicago Blackhawks". thethirdmanin.com. February 23, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  5. "Blackhawks sign Cater Hutton to one-year deal". Chicago Blackhawks. February 23, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  6. "Former Blackhawks receive rings". Chicago Blackhawks. June 7, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  7. "Nashville Predators sign Carter Hutton to a one-year deal". Nashville Predators. July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  8. "Alumni profile: Carter Hutton Nashville Predators". ECHL. October 12, 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  9. "Say hello to Carter Hutton". The Tennessean. October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  10. "Blues sign free agent Goalie Hutton". St. Louis Blues. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  11. "Carter Hutton earns first win with Blues". National Hockey League. October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  12. "Sabres, Hutton agree to three-year deal". Buffalo Sabres. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  13. "Hockey East Second All-Star Team". eliteprospects.com. December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  14. "NCAA (New England) D1 All-Stars". eliteprospects.com. December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Brad Thiessen		 Hockey East Goaltending Champion
2009–10		 Succeeded by
John Muse
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