Jonathan Huberdeau
Jonathan Huberdeau was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada on June 4th, 1993 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 31, Jonathan Huberdeau biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jonathan Huberdeau (born June 4, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who plays for and serves as an alternate captain of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. (NHL)
In the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, he was ranked third overall by the Panthers.
Personal life
Huberdeau was born and raised in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. Huberdeau's first language is French, and he enrolled in St. Malachy's Memorial High School in Saint John, New Brunswick, an English-speaking high school, to better prepare himself for the NHL. Huberdeau's parents are both French, and they immigrated to Canada a few years before his birth. Despite the fact that Huberdeau is from Montreal, he and his family will winter migrate to Florida. Huberdeau will spend more Florida Panthers games than Canadiens ones because of this.
Playing career
Huberdeau with the Ste. played Midget AAA hockey. The Quebec Midget League's Eustache Vikings are among the Quebec Midget League's most popular teams. During the 2008-09 season, he led the league in scoring. In the 2009 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's (QMJHL) Midget Draft by the Saint John Sea Dogs, he was drafted in the first round, 18th overall. In his first QMJHL game against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, he scored a goal. Huberdeau, the top scorer in the QMJHL for the 2009–10 season, scored on all six of his shootout attempts. He was named the QMJHL's best scholastic player of the month in January 2010. During Huberdeau's rookie season, the Sea Dogs reached the QMJHL finals.
Huberdeau was one of 33 people selected to attend the NHL Research, Development, and Orientation Camp in August prior to the 2010–11 season. The candidates were encouraged to try out potential rule changes while also being provided with more details on safety and professionalism to support with their future careers in the public eye.
Huberdeau was considered a good candidate for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, and his solid play helped him climb to the top of the charts. In 67 games for the Sea Dogs, he scored 43 goals and added 62 assists. NHL Central Scouting ranked him third among North American skaters at the end of the 2010–11 season, up one spot from the mid-season rankings. Vityaz Chekhov, a Russian-based team, made Huberdeau the fifth overall pick in the 2011 Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Junior Draft, ahead of the NHL draft. Huberdeau said, "I'm positive, I don't want to go there." after being told of his pick, the actor explained. I didn't know anyone about it."
The Sea Dogs won the 2011 QMJHL championship and represented the league at the 2011 Memorial Cup. The Sea Dogs secured a bye-death in their first two round-robin games in the Memorial Cup tournament. Huberdeau scored a goal and an assist in the Sea Dogs' 3–1 win over Mississauga Majors. He was named to the tournament's All-Star Team after winning the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Huberdeau was nominated for three QMJHL awards, including the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player, the Mike Bossy Trophy as the top professional prospect, and the Paul Dumont Trophy as the QMJHL's year's personality. Sean Couturier was named MVP and top prospect, while Louis Leblanc received the award for person of the year. Huberdeau was selected to the league's First All-Star Team.
Huberdeau scored a goal against the Nashville Predators on September 20, 2011, during his second NHL pre-season game for the Florida Panthers. He appeared in five pre-season games with the Panthers, tallying three goals and one assist to lead the team in pre-season scoring before being sent back to Saint John on October 3.
Huberdeau made the Panthers' starting lineup for the 2012–2013 season following the conclusion of the 2012–13 NHL lockout. On the second shift and first shot of his NHL career, he scored his first NHL goal against the Carolina Hurricanes on January 19, 2013. In the 5–1 victory, Huberdeau would have two assists, making him the first star of the game in his NHL debut. According to NHL rules, the Panthers were allowed to keep Huberdeau in their lineup for a maximum of five games before deciding whether or not they wanted him to his junior team or keep him in Florida. The Panthers announced Huberdeau will remain with the Panthers for the remainder of the NHL season on January 28, 2013. He had scored a goal and two assists in five games. Huberdeau received the 2013 Calder Memorial Trophy in honor of his outstanding rookie season.
Huberdeau had a career-high 15 goals and 39 assists (54 points) in 77 games played in the 2014-15 season. Huberdeau, who was placed on Florida's top line alongside Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov, received 6 goals and 15 assists (21 points) in 20 games played to end the season after Florida's late-season acquisition of forward Jaromr Jágr from the New Jersey Devils, who was placed on Florida's top line, as well as Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov. Huberdeau's (39) was the most for a Panther since Stephen Weiss in 2008-09. Huberdeau was supposed to become a restricted free agent at the end of the season.
Huberdeau was signed by the Panthers on September 6, 2016, a six-year, $35.4 million deal, averaging $5.9 million per season. After the signing, Panthers President Dale Tallon praised Huberdeau, saying, "Jonathan is a highly skilled and versatile player who is another integral piece of our team's young core." He has scored over 50 points in each of his previous two seasons and has developed into a key piece of our team's offense.
Huberdeau beat Stephen Weiss in assists on November 16, 2019 to become the Florida Panthers' all-time leader.
Huberdeau 71st played a role in the Panthers' 4–0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on April 1, 2022. In doing so, he tied Joé Juneau's previous NHL record (70) for most assists in a single season by a left-winger.
In the Panthers' 7–6 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 5, 2022, Huberdeau became the first Panthers player to reach 100 points in a season, with Huberdeau scoring the overtime goal.
Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Cole Schwindt, and a 2025 conditional first-round draft pick were traded to the Calgary Flames for Matthew Tkachachuk and a conditional fourth-round draft pick on July 22, 2022. Huberdeau's eight-year, $84 million contract extension was agreed with the Flames on August 3. It was the largest single deal in Flames' franchise history, surpassing Sean Monahan's $44.625 million deal in 2016.