SAM REINHART
North American Skater - Kootenay, WHL
Final Rank:3Midterm Rank:4
Position:CenterShoots:Right
Height:6' 1"Weight:192
Born:November 6, 1995Hometown:Vancouver, B.C.
Born in:North Vancouver, BC, CAN
Drafted: 2014: BUF (1st Round / 2nd Overall) 
• Reinhart led Kootenay with 105 points (36-69—105) in 60 games during the 2013-14 season, tying for fourth overall in the Western Hockey League with Leon Draisaitl (No. 4-ranked North American Skater) of the Prince Albert Raiders. He also led his team with 23 points in 13 playoff games (6-17—23), advancing three rounds before Kootenay fell to the Portland Winterhawks in the Western Conference Championship.

• He was named the 2013-14 Player of the Year and Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year at the annual WHL Awards.

• Hockey runs in the Reinhart family. Sam’s brother, Max, was taken by the Calgary Flames in the third round (63rd overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft, while his brother, Griffin, was selected in the first round (fourth overall) by the New York Islanders in 2012. Their father, Paul, was selected in the first round (12th overall) by the Atlanta Flames in 1979 and played 11 NHL seasons with the Flames and Vancouver Canucks. Sam played alongside Max with the WHL’s Kootenay Ice (in 2010-11 and 2011-12) and with Griffin on Team Canada at the 2014 World Junior Championship.

• Reinhart captained Canada’s gold medal-winning teams at both the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial (3-5—8 in five games) and the 2013 Under-18 World Championship (3-4—7 in seven games).

• In his WHL rookie season of 2011-12, Reinhart was the second-leading scorer for Kootenay (28-34—62), earning the WHL’s Rookie of the Year award. In 2012-13, his second full season with the Ice, Reinhart led the team in scoring (35-50—85) and was named to the WHL Second All-Star Team.

• He wears jersey No. 23, the same number that his father wore in the NHL.

NEWS

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON FOR REINHARTS (click here)

REINHART POISED TO BECOME THIRD BROTHER DRAFTED (click here)

FAVORITES

NHL team: Calgary Flames
NHL player: Sidney Crosby
Shootout move: “Backhand, forehand, deke”
Video game: FIFA
Movie: Dodgeball
TV show: 90210
Actor: Vince Vaughn
Musician: Luke Bryan
Website: YouTube
Sport (other than hockey): Tennis, Soccer
Athlete (non-hockey): Lionel Messi
Twitter follow: @FCBarcelona

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAPPIM
2023-2024FLORIDANHL7251338427
2022-2023FLORIDANHL8231366712
2021-2022FLORIDANHL7833498213
2020-2021BUFFALONHL5425154010
2019-2020BUFFALONHL6922285020
2018-2019BUFFALONHL8222436516
2017-2018BUFFALONHL8225255026
2016-2017BUFFALONHL791730478
2015-2016BUFFALONHL792319428
2014-2015KOOTENAY (WHL)DEFUNCT4719466520
2014-2015BUFFALONHL90112
2013-2014KOOTENAY (WHL)DEFUNCT60366910511
2013-2014CAN (2014 World Junior Championship)ITLTOUR72350
2012-2013KOOTENAY (WHL)DEFUNCT7235508522
2012-2013CAN (2013 IIHF U18 World Championship)ITLTOUR73472
2012-2013CAN U18 (Ivan Hlinka Memorial 2012)ITLTOUR53580
2011-2012KOOTENAY (WHL)DEFUNCT672834622
2011-2012CANADA (2012 IIHF U18 World Championship)ITLTOUR72460
2011-2012PACIFIC (2012 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge)NATOUR546102
2010-2011VANCOUVER NW GIANTSBCMML343840786
2010-2011BRITISH COLUMBIA (2011 Canada Winter Games)NATOUR647112
2010-2011KOOTENAY (WHL)DEFUNCT42020