Quinton Howden

Quinton Howden (born January 21, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, 25th overall.[1] He was also selected to play in the 2011 and 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships for Canada.[2]

Quinton Howden
Born (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992
Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams
Malmö Redhawks
Florida Panthers
Winnipeg Jets
Dinamo Minsk
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HC Vityaz
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 25th overall, 2010
Florida Panthers
Playing career 2012present

Playing career

Howden started playing minor hockey when he was five. Before starting to play hockey, he broke his femur in a bicycle accident, and had to spend two months in a cast from chest to toe. As a result of the injury, his doctors doubted he would be a very good athlete.[3][4]

Howden was the first overall choice in the 2007 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft by the Moose Jaw Warriors. After weighing his options between National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) hockey and the WHL, Howden chose to sign with the Warriors shortly after the draft.[5] Howden played five games with the Warriors as an affiliate player[5] during the 2007–08 season, before joining the club full-time for the 2008–09 season.[6] He had a relatively quiet rookie season, but really came out in his sophomore season setting a point-per-game pace.

After a 65-point season with Moose Jaw, Howden was drafted in the first round, 25th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers. In 2011, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Florida but was sent back to Moose Jaw for his final year of junior. In the 2012–13 season, he split time between Florida and their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate; in 18 games with Florida, he had no points.

After four seasons within the Panthers' organization, Howden failed to receive a qualifying offer and therefore left as a free agent to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Winnipeg Jets on July 1, 2016.[7]

After spending the majority of the 2016–17 season with the Jets' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, Howden failed to receive a qualifying offer.

As a free agent, Howden signed with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on August 18, 2017.[8][9]

After two seasons in Belarus with Dinamo Minsk, Howden left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract to continue in the KHL with Russian outfit, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on August 6, 2019.[10] In the 2019–20 season, Howden posted 7 goals and 13 points in 36 games before he was traded by Torpedo to HC Vityaz on December 23, 2019.[11] In the second half of the season, Howden in a top 6 scoring role contributed with 4 goals and 7 points in 19 games. He made his KHL playoff debut with Vityaz, finishing as the club's leading goalscorer with 2 goals in a 4 games series sweep defeat to SKA Saint Petersburg.

International play

Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang
World Junior Championships
2011 USA
2012 Canada
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
2009 Slovakia

Howden was invited to take part in Canada's 2011 National Junior Team selection camp [12] He then participated at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo, New York, winning the silver medal; and the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Canada, winning bronze. In 2018, Howden won a bronze medal after he was chosen to represent Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4]

Personal life

Howden's younger brother Brett was drafted 27th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.[13] Quinton Howden married Cassandra (Tremblay) Howden on August 10, 2017.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL50000
2008–09Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL6213173022
2009–10Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL652837654420222
2010–11Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL604039794365272
2011–12Moose Jaw WarriorsWHL523035651614510156
2011–12San Antonio RampageAHL40002
2012–13San Antonio RampageAHL5713173024
2012–13Florida PanthersNHL180002
2013–14San Antonio RampageAHL5910172726
2013–14Florida PanthersNHL1642610
2014–15San Antonio RampageAHL33315181630112
2015–16Florida PanthersNHL58651118
2016–17Manitoba MooseAHL5813112410
2016–17Winnipeg JetsNHL50000
2017–18Dinamo MinskKHL5617153234
2018–19Dinamo MinskKHL5812162824
2019–20Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodKHL36761339
2019–20HC VityazKHL19437442022
NHL totals 97 10 7 17 30
KHL totals 169 40 40 80 101 4 2 0 2 2

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada Western U17 4th 6 3 1 4 10
2009 Canada IH18 4 0 0 0 2
2010 Canada WJC18 7th 6 4 2 6 4
2011 Canada WJC 7 2 3 5 4
2012 Canada WJC 6 3 3 6 2
2018 Canada OG 3 0 1 1 0
Junior totals 29 12 9 21 22
Senior totals 3 0 1 1 0

References

  1. "2010 NHL Entry Draft". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  2. "Quinton Howden player profile". Hockey Canada. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  3. "Howden, Quinton". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  4. "Quinton Howden". olympic.ca. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  5. "Warriors sign deal with Howden". Regina Leader Post. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  6. "Quinton Howden (LW)". Western Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  7. "Jets agree to terms with Quinton Howden". Winnipeg Jets. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  8. "Куинтон Хауден – в ХК "Динамо-Минск"". hcdinamo.by (in Russian). August 17, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  9. "Manitoba Moose forward signs with HC Dynamo Minsk". Winnipeg Free Press. August 19, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  10. "Quinton Howden at Torpedo" (in Russian). Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  11. "Quinton Howden leaves Torpedo". Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  12. "Hockey Canada Selection Camp: Team Profile". Hockey Canada. 2011-04-17. Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  13. Burns, Bryan (June 25, 2016). "Lightning select Brett Howden with No. 27 pick at NHL Draft". NHL.com. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Nick Bjugstad
Florida Panthers first round draft pick
2010
Succeeded by
Jonathan Huberdeau
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