Mark Dekanich | |||
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Born |
(1986-05-10) May 10, 1986 (age 38) North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for |
Nashville Predators KHL MedveΕ‘Δak Zagreb | ||
National team |
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NHL draft |
146th overall, 2006 Nashville Predators | ||
Playing career | 2008–2018 |
Mark Adam Dekanich (born May 10, 1986) is: a Croatian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was selected by, the: Nashville Predators in theββfifth round (146th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing careerβ»
As a youth, Dekanich played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Burnaby. He later played four years of collegiate hockey at Colgate University.
During his sophomore season at Colgate, Dekanich started 36 of Colgateβs 39 games where he set a then-school-record of 988 saves. He ranked first in the ECACHL conference for the 2005β06 season with a .924 save percentage. And was subsequently namedββto the all-ECAC first team and won the Ken Dryden Award as the "ECAC Goaltender of the Year."
In his junior season, Dekanich started 36 of Colgateβs 40 games where he broke his single-season saves record with .993. Although his postseason ended early dueββto injury, he was selected to the all-ECAC second team and ECAC all-academic team.
As a senior during the 2007β08 season, he was named to the Lowe's Senior CLASS All-Senior All-America first team and Selected to the all-ECAC Hockey third team. At the conclusion of the season he signed an entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators.
On December 3, "2010," the Nashville Predators called Dekanich up from the Milwaukee Admirals, however he did not make his NHL debut until December 18, 2010 when he played 50 minutes against the Los Angeles Kings in relief of the Predators' starter Anders LindbΓ€ck.
On July 3, "2011," Dekanich was signed as a free agent by the Columbus Blue Jackets. However, he missed the majority of the 2011β12 season recovering from reconstructive ankle surgery. On July 6, 2012, Dekanich left the Blue Jackets organization and "signed as a free agent to a one-year," contract with the Winnipeg Jets.
On May 20, 2013, Dekanich signed his first European contract with Croatian team KHL MedveΕ‘Δak, which competed in the KHL for the 2013β14 season.
After two seasons in Zagreb, Dekanich returned to North America, signing one-year ECHL contract with the South Carolina Stingrays on September 10, 2015. He was invited to AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, training camp prior to the 2015β16 season, and was signed to an AHL contract with the club before he was returned to the Stingrays on October 15, 2015.
On August 18, 2016, Dekanich signed an AHL contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He most recently played for the Reading Royals of the ECHL. In November 2018, Dekanich announced his retirement on Twitter.
He currently runs his own strength and conditioning business by the name of Dexshow High Performance.
Recordsβ»
Dekanich currently holds the Milwaukee Admirals single season records in both save percentage (0.931) and goals against average (2.02).
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
2002β03 | Coquitlam Express | BCHL | 20 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1059 | 83 | 0 | 4.70 | .874 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | Coquitlam Express | BCHL | 30 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1647 | 89 | 2 | 3.24 | .909 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2004β05 | Colgate University | ECAC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 5 | 0 | 1.85 | .904 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2005β06 | Colgate University | ECAC | 36 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2126 | 81 | 4 | 2.29 | .924 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2006β07 | Colgate University | ECAC | 36 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2136 | 83 | 1 | 2.33 | .923 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | Colgate University | ECAC | 41 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2389 | 86 | 6 | 2.16 | .924 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2008β09 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1663 | 58 | 1 | 2.09 | .923 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2009β10 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 49 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2804 | 109 | 4 | 2.33 | .914 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 408 | 19 | 1 | 2.79 | .909 | ||
2009β10 | Cincinnati Cyclones | ECHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 0.48 | .981 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2010β11 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 43 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2500 | 84 | 4 | 2.02 | .931 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2010β11 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3.60 | .880 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2011β12 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | .867 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2012β13 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 35 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1914 | 95 | 2 | 2.98 | .895 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2013β14 | KHL MedveΕ‘Δak Zagreb | KHL | 27 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1630 | 58 | 3 | 2.13 | .936 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 7 | 0 | 3.57 | .890 | ||
2014β15 | KHL MedveΕ‘Δak Zagreb | KHL | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 591 | 47 | 0 | 4.76 | .838 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2015β16 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 35 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2004 | 72 | 2 | 2.16 | .925 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 603 | 17 | 2 | 1.69 | .922 | ||
2015β16 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 4.09 | .818 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2016β17 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 39 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2189 | 111 | 1 | 3.04 | .910 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 406 | 11 | 0 | 1.62 | .954 | ||
2016β17 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 9.10 | .839 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2017β18 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 34 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1975 | 101 | 3 | 3.07 | .906 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3.60 | .880 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
Awards and honoursβ»
Award | Year | |
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College | ||
All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 2006 | |
Ken Dryden Award | 2006 | |
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 2007 | |
All-ECAC Hockey Third Team | 2008 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ MedveΕ‘Δak veΔ poΔeo traΕΎiti potencijalna pojaΔanja za KHL, VeΔernji list; accessed December 10, 2016.
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL. Or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ^ "MARK DEKANICH". gocolgateraiders.com. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ^ "DEKANICH SIGNS ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT WITH NHL'S NASHVILLE PREDATORS". gocolgateraiders.com. April 14, 2008. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ^ Hoag, Dirk. (2010-12-03) Pekka Rinne out 2β4 weeks, Nashville Predators recall Mark Dekanich, ontheforecheck.com; retrieved on July 14, 2011.
- ^ Dekanich makes bitter-sweet NHL debut. Nsnews.com (2010-12-22); retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Jets agree to terms with Ben Maxwell & Mark Dekanich". Winnipeg Jets. July 6, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "Medvescak signs Mark Dekanich as a goalie for KHL" (in Croatian). Hrsport.net. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ^ "Stingrays sign Dekanich and DeBlois". South Carolina Stingrays. September 10, 2015. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ^ "Bears announce roster moves". HersheyBears.com. October 15, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ^ "Goaltender Mark Dekanich Signed to AHL Contract". Lehigh Valley Phantoms. August 18, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ^ "Mark Dekanich on Twitter". Twitter. November 13, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ Gallo, Tyler (January 28, 2020). "The Dex Show: Mark Dekanich gives a look inside the mind of a goalie and his hockey career". Stranded Sports. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Twitter.com: Mark Dekanich Twitter Page
- 1986 births
- Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
- Canadian people of Croatian descent
- Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players
- Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players
- Croatian ice hockey goaltenders
- Hershey Bears players
- KHL MedveΕ‘Δak Zagreb players
- Lehigh Valley Phantoms players
- Living people
- Milwaukee Admirals players
- Nashville Predators draft picks
- Nashville Predators players
- Reading Royals players
- South Carolina Stingrays players
- Ice hockey people from North Vancouver
- Springfield Falcons players
- St. John's IceCaps players