Pickard, 29, played six games for the Red Wings this season, logging a 2-1-1 record, 3.16 goals-against average and 0.874 save percentage. He has also played one game with the Griffins, stopping 20-of-22 shots in an overtime loss on March 16 vs. Rockford. Prior to the start of the NHL season, he appeared in six games with the Vienna Capitals of Austria's IceHL, posting a 3-3-0 record, 1.96 goals-against average and 0.919 save percentage. Pickard has played nine games for Detroit over the last two seasons and has made 113 appearances in his NHL career, logging a 34-53-10 record, 3.01 goals-against average, 0.904 save percentage and four shutouts with the Colorado Avalanche, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Arizona Coyotes and Red Wings.
A ninth-year pro, Pickard also played 33 games for the Griffins in 2019-20, notching a 17-12-4 record, 2.86 goals-against average, 0.903 save percentage and three shutouts. In 234 AHL games with the Lake Erie Monsters, San Antonio Rampage, Toronto Marlies, Tucson Roadrunners and Griffins since 2011-12, the 6-foot-1, 210-pound netminder has a 110-83-20 record, 2.64 goals-against average, 0.913 save percentage and 15 shutouts. Originally drafted by the Avalanche in the second round (49th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Pickard spent his entire major-junior career with the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds from 2008-12, totaling a 91-120-27 record, 3.29 goals-against average, 0.909 save percentage and 12 shutouts. The Moncton, New Brunswick, native has also represented Canada at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Championships, winning a gold and silver medal, respectively.
