Sam Reinhart was selected by the Buffalo Sabres with the No. 2 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft after he had 105 points (36 goals, 69 assists) in 60 games for Kootenay and won the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the Western Hockey League.
Although Reinhart began the 2014-15 season with Buffalo, after he had one assist in nine games, he was returned to Kootenay, where he finished with 65 points (19 goals, 46 assists) in 47 games.
Sam Reinhart was selected by the Buffalo Sabres with the No. 2 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft after he had 105 points (36 goals, 69 assists) in 60 games for Kootenay and won the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the Western Hockey League.
Although Reinhart began the 2014-15 season with Buffalo, after he had one assist in nine games, he was returned to Kootenay, where he finished with 65 points (19 goals, 46 assists) in 47 games.
Reinhart returned to the Sabres for good the following season, when he scored 23 goals and had 42 points in 79 games as a rookie.
He continued to build upon his offensive totals, getting 47 and 50 points, respectively, in each of the following two seasons before breaking out in 2018-19, when he set NHL career highs in assists (43) and points (65) in 82 games.
That strong play continued in 2019-20, when he had 50 points (22 goals, 28 assists) in 69 games before the season was paused on March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus.
Reinhart's brothers, Max and Griffin, each briefly played in the NHL, and his father, Paul, was a defenseman who had 559 points (133 goals, 426 assists) in 648 games over 11 NHL seasons with the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks.
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- WHL Rookie of the Year (2012)
- WHL East Second All-Star Team (2013, 2015)
- WHL East First All-Star Team (2014)
