Owen Pickering | |
Birth Date: | 27 January 2004 |
Birth Place: | St. Adolphe, Manitoba, Canada |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 185 |
Position: | Defence |
Shoots: | Left |
League: | NHL |
Team: | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Prospect Team: | Swift Current Broncos |
Prospect League: | WHL |
Draft: | 21st overall |
Draft Year: | 2022 |
Draft Team: | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Career Start: | 2023 |
Owen Pickering (born January 27, 2004) is a Canadian junior ice hockey defenceman for the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL) as a prospect to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pickering was drafted in the first round, 21st overall, by the Penguins in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.[1] [2]
On July 16, 2022, Pickering was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Pittsburgh Penguins.[3]
Pickering and Denton Mateychuk are second cousins, and were both selected in the first round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.[4] His younger sister, Avery, has represented Canada at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championship[5]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
2020–21 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 62 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 61 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2023–24 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 59 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
AHL totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |