Travis Oleksuk

Travis Oleksuk
Oleksuk in 2015
Born (1989-02-03) February 3, 1989 (age 35)
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
Oberliga team
Former teams		 Starbulls Rosenheim
Worcester Sharks
Hartford Wolf Pack
HC Bolzano
Graz99ers
Sheffield Steelers
EC VSV
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present

Travis Oleksuk (born February 3, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with Starbulls Rosenheim in the German Oberliga. Oleksuk most recently iced with EC VSV in the Austrian IceHL. Prior to that, Oleksuk had a short spell with Sheffield Steelers of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).[1] Oleksuk also previously played for Graz99ers of the Austrian Hockey League (IceHL).

Playing career

Oleksuk attended the University of Minnesota Duluth where he played four seasons (2008-2012) of NCAA college hockey with the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs, scoring 45 goals and 70 assists for 155 points, and earning 75 penalty minutes, in 133 games played.

On March 30, 2012, the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League signed Oleksuk as an unrestricted free agent to an entry-level contract,[2] and he was assigned to play the 2012–13 season with the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League.[3]

After three seasons within the Sharks organization, Oleksuk left as a free agent to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack, an affiliate of the New York Rangers on September 2, 2015.[4] In the 2015–16 season with the Wolf Pack, Oleksuk appeared in 67 games recording 7 goals and 22 points in securing a regular role amongst the checking line.

As a free agent in the following off-season, Oleksuk opted to pursue a European career, agreeing to a one-year contract with Italian based HCB South Tyrol, who compete in the Austrian EBEL on July 28, 2016.[5]

After two seasons with Bolzano and three with Graz 99ers, Oleksuk agreed terms with the Sheffield Steelers for the 2021–22 season.[6] After just 5 games with the Steelers, Oleksuk departed Sheffield in October 2021 for personal reasons. He moved back to Austria to sign for EC VSV.[7]

For the 2022–23 season, Oleksuk continued his career in Europe by moving to German third-tier club, Starbulls Rosenheim of the Oberliga.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 56 6 16 22 35 7 0 2 2 0
2007–08 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 60 14 30 44 27 4 1 2 3 2
2008–09 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 18 0 5 5 10 — — — — —
2009–10 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 33 10 14 24 24 — — — — —
2010–11 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 42 14 19 33 33 — — — — —
2011–12 U. of Minnesota–Duluth WCHA 41 21 32 53 6 — — — — —
2012–13 Worcester Sharks AHL 60 3 10 13 12 — — — — —
2013–14 Worcester Sharks AHL 74 19 21 40 20 — — — — —
2014–15 Worcester Sharks AHL 69 10 17 27 18 4 0 1 1 2
2015–16 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 67 7 15 22 20 — — — — —
2016–17 HC Bolzano EBEL 51 14 19 33 12 9 3 5 8 6
2017–18 HC Bolzano EBEL 54 10 14 24 18 18 3 1 4 8
2018–19 Graz 99ers EBEL 47 8 24 32 4 10 2 4 6 2
2019–20 Graz 99ers EBEL 46 12 20 32 12 1 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Graz99ers ICEHL 47 8 13 21 10 — — — — —
2021–22 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 5 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
2021–22 EC VSV ICEHL 30 8 11 19 4 12 2 7 9 0
AHL totals 270 39 63 102 70 4 0 1 1 2

Awards and honours

Award Year
College
All-WCHA Third Team 2011–12

References

  1. ^ "Steelers Sign Travis Oleksuk".
  2. ^ "Sharks Sign Center Travis Oleksuk to Entry-Level Contract". San Jose Sharks. March 30, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  3. ^ "Sharks Assign Sixteen Players to Worcester". San Jose Sharks. September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  4. ^ "Forward Travis Oleksuk signs with Wolf Pack". Hartford Wolf Pack. September 2, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "Top center for first-line signs". HCB South Tyrol (in Italian). July 28, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Oleksuk joins Steelers".
  7. ^ "One Out and One in for the Steelers as Oleksuk Departs".
  8. ^ "Travis Oleksuk moves to Oberliga" (in German). eishockey.info. August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.


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