MATT DUCHENE
North American Skater - Brampton, OHL
Final Rank:2Midterm Rank:2
Position:CenterShoots:Left
Height:6' 0"Weight:196
Born:January 16, 1991
Born in:Haliburton, ON, CAN
Drafted: 2009: COL (1st Round / 3rd Overall) 
• With his league-leading six game-winning goals, Duchene helped lead his Brampton Battalion to the Ontario Hockey League final before losing to the Windsor Spitfires. He finished sixth in the league playoffs with 26 points (14-12-26) and tied for first with six power-play goals.

• In his second year with Brampton, Duchene was third on the team in scoring with 79 points (31-48-79) in 59 games and was voted the Best Playmaker and Best Stickhandler in the OHL Eastern Conference Coaches Poll.

• His 2008-09 season was highlighted by the 2009 OHL All-Star Classic, the CHL Top Prospects Game and a gold medal as captain of Team Canada at the Under-18 Ivan Hlinka tournament. He won three international gold medals in an eight-month span in 2008, also winning gold at the Under-18 World Championships and at the World Under-17 Challenge with Team Ontario.

• Hockey is in his bloodlines; Duchene’s uncle is Anaheim Ducks' assistant coach Newell Brown – a Stanley Cup champion in 2007 and a member of the 1980 Memorial Cup champion Cornwall Royals and his father Vince backstopped the Ontario juvenile champion Minden Monarchs in 1984-85.

• He started skating at the age of four and by the age of six was shooting pucks every day, growing his love for the game in the basement and on the backyard rink.

• Duchene played on his very first hockey team with the Haliburton Huskies. His current Brampton Battalion teammate, Cody Hodgson, was also a childhood friend, teammate and backyard rink opponent.

• He wears the number nine because of Maurice Richard and if he could have dinner with any three people he would choose – Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky and Maurice Richard "to see how different and alike the three greats are."

NEWS ARTICLES

HEDMAN, TAVARES, DUCHENE HEADING TO TAMPA

DUCHENE VIEWED BY MANY AS DRAFT'S MOST COMPLETE FORWARD

DUCHENE LEARNING SHARING NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING


DUCHENE RELISHING ROLE OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT


FAVORITES

NHL Team: Montreal Canadiens
NHL Player: Sidney Crosby
Goal celebration: “Glass jump”
Video game: NHL '09
Movie: Anchorman
TV show: Everybody Loves Raymond
Actor: Will Farrell
Artist: Brad Paisley
Website: Facebook.com
Book: The Rookie: Sidney Crosby
Home cooked meal: Fettuccine Alfredo
Sport (other than hockey): Soccer
Activity away from the rink: Playing Guitar
Place to shop: Abercrombie
Place to visit: California
 

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAPPIM
2023-2024DALLASNHL7124386216
2022-2023NASHVILLENHL7122345632
2021-2022NASHVILLENHL7843438638
2020-2021NASHVILLENHL3467136
2019-2020NASHVILLENHL6613294224
2018-2019OTTAWANHL502731586
2018-2019COLUMBUSNHL2348122
2017-2018OTTAWANHL6823264914
2017-2018COLORADONHL1446104
2016-2017COLORADONHL7718234112
2015-2016COLORADONHL7630295924
2014-2015COLORADONHL8221345516
2013-2014COLORADONHL7123477019
2012-2013COLORADONHL4717264312
2012-2013FROLUNDASWEDEN194101412
2012-2013AMBRISWISS42352
2011-2012COLORADONHL581414288
2010-2011COLORADONHL8027406733
2009-2010COLORADONHL8124315516
2008-2009BRAMPTON (OHL)DEFUNCT5731487942
2007-2008BRAMPTON (OHL)DEFUNCT6430205022