Selected by the Buffalo Sabres with the No. 2 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, Reinhart's brothers, Max and Griffin, played in the NHL, and his father, Paul, was an NHL defenseman for 648 games from 1979-90 with the Atlanta/Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks.
In 2010-11, Reinhart played with the Kootenay team that won the Ed Chynoweth Cup as Western Hockey League champions and went to the Memorial Cup. Skating alongside Max in his first WHL game, Reinhart scored the game-winning goal against Edmonton, Griffin's team.
Selected by the Buffalo Sabres with the No. 2 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, Reinhart's brothers, Max and Griffin, played in the NHL, and his father, Paul, was an NHL defenseman for 648 games from 1979-90 with the Atlanta/Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks.
In 2010-11, Reinhart played with the Kootenay team that won the Ed Chynoweth Cup as Western Hockey League champions and went to the Memorial Cup. Skating alongside Max in his first WHL game, Reinhart scored the game-winning goal against Edmonton, Griffin's team.
Reinhart's 62 points in 2011-12 were second on the team behind Max. He tied Max with a team-high 28 goals and won the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the WHL's top rookie.
In 2012-13, Reinhart lead Kootenay in goals (35), assists (50) and points (85). He was named to the WHL Eastern Conference Second All-Star Team.
Named Kootenay captain in 2013-14, Reinhart tied for fourth in the WHL with 105 points and was a WHL First All-Star. He was named WHL Player of the Year, the league's most sportsmanlike player and the CHL Sportsman of the Year.
Making his NHL debut Oct. 9, 2014, against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Reinhart became the sixth-youngest Sabres player in history, at 18 years, 338 days. His first NHL point was an assist on Oct. 25, 2014, at San Jose against the Sharks.
Returned to Kootenay after nine NHL games, Reinhart scored 19 goals and 65 points in 47 games before joining Rochester of the American Hockey League at the end of his junior season, where he had three assists in three games.
Reinhart scored his first NHL goal on Oct. 17, 2015, against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He scored a hat trick Jan. 10, 2016, against the Winnipeg Jets. Scoring 23 goals, Reinhart joined Jack Eichel (24) as the first Sabres rookie tandem to record 20-goal seasons since Danny Gare and Peter McNab in 1974-75.
With Canada, Reinhart won a bronze medal at the 2012 IIHF World Under-18 Championship and a gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Under-18 Tournament. He also won a gold medal with Canada at the World Under-18 Championship and scored a goal in the final against Russia as Canada won the 2015 World Junior Championship.
Reinhart had four assists when Canada won the gold medal at the 2016 World Championship.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- WHL Rookie of the Year (2012)
- WHL East Second All-Star Team (2013, 2015)
- WHL East First All-Star Team (2014)
