Matt Pope

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Matt Pope
Born (1984-08-05) August 5, 1984 (age 39)
Langley, BC, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
EBEL team
Former teams		 HC Bolzano
Binghamton Senators
Manitoba Moose
San Antonio Rampage
Aalborg Pirates
HC Valpellice
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Matt Pope (born August 5, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently with HCB South Tyrol who compete in the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL).

Playing career

After a one-year stint on Junior A in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with the Langley Hornets, in which he recorded 71 points in 60 games, Pope began a four-year career with Bemidji State University of College Hockey America (CHA), a conference in the NCAA's Division I circuit.

Undrafted by a National Hockey League club, Pope turned pro in 2008–09 with the Bakersfield Condors. He made an immediate impact in his professional rookie season, appearing as a starter in the 2009 ECHL All-Star Game.[1] Pope's early success in the ECHL earned him a tryout contract with the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL) in early March.[2] However, he was released later that month by Binghamton after just 4 games with the club and signed another tryout contract with the Manitoba Moose.[3][4] He remained with the Moose for the remainder of the season, having left the ECHL with 30 goals and 63 points in just 54 games with the Condors. In addition to having set team rookie records for points and assists (surpassing Mark Derlago's 57-point campaign the previous season and Lars-Peder Nagel's 31-assist effort in 2004–05), Pope was named to the starting line-up of ECHL All-Star Team and selected to the All-rookie team as well.[5]

Going into the 2009 Calder Cup playoffs, however, Pope had the option to remain with the first-place Moose as a spare or return to Bakersfield for their playoff run. He opted to stay in the AHL and was soon added to the lineup in lieu of injuries to several Moose forwards. Playing in the opening round against the Toronto Marlies, Pope scored the game-tying goal in the sixth and deciding game, then assisted on the game winner by Ray Sawada to advance to the second round.[6]

On July 2, 2009 Pope signed an entry level deal with the Vancouver Canucks. However, Pope never made the starting lineup and spent the majority of the 2009-10 season with Manitoba Moose and played six games with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL.

On August 4, 2010, Pope was left un-signed by the Canucks, but signed with ECHL affiliate, the Victoria Salmon Kings. Before playing a game with the Kings in the 2010–11 season, Pope was then signed to an AHL contract with the San Antonio Rampage. He appeared in 55 games, scoring 4 goals and 11 points.

In the following 2011–12 season, Pope was signed to the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL before he was signed to a two-year AHL contract with the Hershey Bears on December 31, 2011.[7]

After a season with HC Valpellice of the Serie A, Pope joined his second Italian club, HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the Austrian EBEL, on August 24, 2015.[8]

Records

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 Langley Hornets BCHL 60 11 18 29 35 — — — — —
2002–03 Langley Hornets BCHL 57 17 16 33 49 — — — — —
2003–04 Langley Hornets BCHL 60 27 44 71 92 — — — — —
2004–05 Bemidji State University CHA 37 7 7 14 28 — — — — —
2005–06 Bemidji State University CHA 37 7 14 21 44 — — — — —
2006–07 Bemidji State University CHA 33 5 8 13 14 — — — — —
2007–08 Bemidji State University CHA 37 14 9 23 40 — — — — —
2008–09 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 54 30 33 63 72 — — — — —
2008–09 Binghamton Senators AHL 4 2 1 3 4 — — — — —
2008–09 Manitoba Moose AHL 8 2 3 5 6 12 3 3 6 2
2009–10 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 6 4 4 8 2 — — — — —
2009–10 Manitoba Moose AHL 40 3 5 8 23 2 0 1 1 10
2010–11 San Antonio Rampage AHL 55 4 7 11 35 — — — — —
2011–12 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 18 7 12 19 4 — — — — —
2011–12 Hershey Bears AHL 45 7 4 11 24 5 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Hershey Bears AHL 48 2 5 7 17 3 0 1 1 0
2012–13 Reading Royals ECHL 6 1 5 6 4 — — — — —
2013–14 Aalborg Pirates DEN 40 18 23 41 61 13 3 3 6 32
2014–15 HC Valpellice ITL 37 23 40 63 44 5 2 1 3 8
AHL totals 200 20 25 45 109 22 3 5 8 12

Awards

  • Played in the ECHL All-Star Game in 2009 (starter).
  • Named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team in 2009.
  • Named to the ECHL All-Star Team in 2009.
  • Named rookie of the year is 2002 for Langley Hornets (BCHL).

References

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