John Negrin

John Negrin (born March 26, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Negrin was a third-round pick of the Calgary Flames, 70th overall, at the 2007 NHL entry draft; he played only three games with them and has spent the majority of his career playing in the American Hockey League.

Playing career As a youth, Negrin played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from North Vancouver.

A graduate of the Western Hockey League (WHL), Negrin played the 2008–09 WHL season with the Kootenay Ice and Swift Current Broncos. Upon the conclusion of his junior season, Negrin was assigned to the Quad City Flames, though he was recalled by Calgary on an emergency basis on April 3, 2009 before he could play an AHL game. He made his NHL debut that night against the Minnesota Wild and finished the season with Calgary. Negrin's 2009–10 season, his first professional season in Abbotsford, was reduced to just 45 games by a broken wrist. On January 30, 2012 Negrin was traded from the Calgary Flames to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for forward Akim Aliu. He was then assigned to the Jets' AHL team, the St. John's IceCaps.

Negrin signed with the AHL's Chicago Wolves on August 20, 2012. On October 10, 2012 Negrin was assigned to the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL to begin the 2012–13 season. where he played in 32 games before he was recalled to Chicago on 14 January 2013. After one appearance with the Wolves, Negrin was reassigned to Kalamazoo. On February 27, 2013, Negrin received his second recall by the Wolves to be immediately loaned to fellow AHL club, the Lake Erie Monsters. For the remainder of the season, Negrin was a fixture in the Monsters blueline scoring 2 goals in 17 games.

On July 19, 2013, Negrin signed as a free agent to a one-year contract AHL contract with the Utica Comets, an affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks.

As a free agent from the Comets following four seasons with the club, Negrin went un-signed into the 2017–18 season. On October 21, 2017, Negrin belatedly signed with Norwegian club, Lørenskog IK of GET-ligaen.

In August 2019, Negrin signed with British Elite League (EIHL) club Manchester Storm.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2004–05 Kootenay Ice WHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2004–05 Surrey Eagles BCHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Kootenay Ice WHL 55 3 7 10 48 6 0 0 0 6 2006–07 Kootenay Ice WHL 44 1 15 16 57 7 0 2 2 8 2007–08 Kootenay Ice WHL 71 1 41 42 68 10 1 1 2 8 2008–09 Kootenay Ice WHL 38 5 26 31 27 — — — — — 2008–09 Swift Current Broncos WHL 25 3 15 18 22 7 2 4 6 8 2008–09 Calgary Flames NHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2009–10 Abbotsford Heat AHL 45 5 10 15 28 — — — — — 2010–11 Abbotsford Heat AHL 24 0 6 6 24 — — — — — 2011–12 Abbotsford Heat AHL 26 0 1 1 12 — — — — — 2011–12 Utah Grizzlies ECHL 9 1 5 6 10 — — — — — 2011–12 St. John's Ice Caps AHL 14 0 3 3 6 — — — — — 2012–13 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 44 2 7 9 37 — — — — — 2012–13 Chicago Wolves AHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2012–13 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 17 2 2 4 19 — — — — — 2013–14 Utica Comets AHL 16 0 1 1 10 — — — — — 2014–15 Utica Comets AHL 35 0 3 3 12 — — — — — 2014–15 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 5 0 3 3 2 — — — — — 2015–16 Utica Comets AHL 58 1 10 11 22 1 0 0 0 0 2016–17 Utica Comets AHL 22 0 5 5 12 — — — — — 2017–18 Lørenskog IK GET 24 2 13 15 12 4 0 0 0 8 2018–19 MAC Újbuda Slovak 35 4 8 12 30 8 0 1 1 4 2019–20 Manchester Storm EIHL 24 0 7 7 8 — — — — — NHL totals 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2006 Canada Pacific U17 4th 6 0 4 4 6 2007 Canada U18 4th 6 0 1 1 2 Junior totals 12 0 5 5 8

Awards and honours Award Year Ref. WHL East Second All-Star Team 2009 CHL Top Prospects Game 2007