Vegas (March 6, 2024) – Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon It was announced today 6 March that the club have acquired the defender Noah Hanifin From the Calgary Flames as part of a three-team trade involving the Philadelphia Flyers. In exchange for Hanifin, Calgary will receive a first-round pick, a defenseman Daniil Miromanov, a conditional third-round pick from Vegas. Philadelphia will receive a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft from Vegas.
Hanifin, 27, is currently in his ninth season in the NHL and has collected 274 points (60 G, 214 A) in 659 games. This season with Calgary, Hanifin led the team's defense in scoring with 35 points (11 G, 24 A) and had a +13 rating after appearing in each of the club's 61 games. The 2023-24 season marks the third straight season the 6-foot-3 defenseman has reached at least 30 points, and the fifth time in his career. Hanifin's 11 goals this season are the most he has scored in the NHL, with three of them coming on the power play. Prior to his time in Calgary, the Boston, Massachusetts, native spent three years with the Carolina Hurricanes, where he skated in 239 games and collected 83 points (18G, 65A).
Hanifin spent one year at Boston College before playing professionally and finished the season with 23 points (5G, 18A) in 37 games. When he made his NCAA debut with the Eagles as a 17-year-old, he became the youngest player in school history to play for the program. After his freshman season, he was drafted by Carolina in the first round (5y Overall) of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Internationally, Hanfin represented the United States three times at the IIHF World Championship (2019, 2017, 2016), twice at the IIHF World Junior Championship (2015, 2014), and spent one season (2013- 14) In the USA National Hockey Championship. Team development programme.
Noah HanifinDefenseman
Place of birth: Boston, MA
Height: 6-3
Weight: 207 lbs.
Age: 27
Shoots: On the left
Notes:
– Scored 35 points (11 G, 24 A) in 61 games with Calgary during the 2023-24 season, leading the team's defense in scoring, to go along with a +13 rating.
-11 goals this season represents a new career high, set after scoring twice in Edmonton on February 24.
He crossed the 30-point barrier this year for the third season in a row and the fifth time in his nine-year career.
– Spent three seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes (2015-18), skating in 239 games and collecting 83 points (18 G, 65 A)
-He played one season of NCAA hockey at Boston College, and after debuting with the Eagles at age 17, became the youngest player in school history to appear in a game
-Drafted by Carolina in the first round (5y Overall) of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft
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