Matt McKnight

Matt McKnight (born June 14, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the 9th round (280th overall) of the 2004 NHL entry draft.

McKnight is currently playing for the Bietigheim Steelers in the DEL in Germany. He previously played for the Lausitzer Füchse in the German 2nd Bundesliga from 2011 to 2013. He received 2016-17 DEL2 Regular Season Forward of the Year honours after leading the league in points (24 goals, 48 assists in 50 games).

In the 2020/2021 season of the DEL2 he was promoted to the DEL with the Bietigheim Steelers after the DEL2 championship and at the age of 37 he played for the first time in the highest German ice hockey league, the DEL.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Red Deer Chiefs AAA AMHL 36 11 8 19 28 — — — — — 2001–02 Red Deer Chiefs AAA AMHL 36 33 26 59 26 — — — — — 2002–03 Camrose Kodiaks AJHL 56 16 31 47 12 — — — — — 2003–04 Camrose Kodiaks AJHL 42 20 36 56 31 — — — — — 2004–05 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 30 6 13 19 16 — — — — — 2005–06 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 40 9 16 25 24 — — — — — 2006–07 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 29 4 5 9 16 — — — — — 2007–08 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 33 6 10 16 24 — — — — — 2008–09 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 4 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2008–09 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 62 10 23 33 44 4 1 0 1 0 2009–10 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 48 13 18 31 16 9 5 2 7 6 2010–11 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 16 3 6 9 6 — — — — — 2011–12 Lausitzer Füchse GER.2 45 16 28 44 32 5 1 7 8 6 2012–13 Lausitzer Füchse GER.2 40 15 40 55 28 5 3 5 8 16 2013–14 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 46 20 32 52 18 16 5 15 20 8 2014–15 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 51 21 56 77 14 4 0 4 4 0 2015–16 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 34 8 24 32 12 14 1 9 10 8 2016–17 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 51 24 48 72 20 15 9 13 22 10 2017–18 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 52 34 44 78 16 13 2 13 15 10 2018–19 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 51 26 53 79 28 7 3 8 11 8 2019–20 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 50 16 34 50 22 2 2 2 4 2 2020–21 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 47 24 32 56 6 13 1 15 16 27 2021–22 Bietigheim Steelers DEL 55 9 13 22 4 — — — — — ECHL totals 130 26 48 74 70 13 6 2 8 6 DEL2 totals 382 173 323 496 136 84 23 79 102 73