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Canada Owen Pickering
#38 Pittsburgh Penguins / NHL - 24/25
2-time WHL (Central) First All-Star Team 2
1-time WHL (Central) Second All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
Jan 27, 2004
Position
D
Age
20
Height
6'5" / 196 cm
Place of Birth
St. Adolphe, MB, CAN
Weight
185 lbs / 84 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
St. Adolphe MHA
Contract
26/27
Cap Hit
$886,667 Powered by
NHL Rights
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins / Signed
Drafted
2022 round 1 #21 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Agency
PREMIUM

The core of Pickering’s game is what he does with the puck. On retrievals, he deceives, cuts back, then sprints to the inside. With head fakes and changes of pace, he mis- directs forecheckers and then hits a teammate up the ice. When he’s not leading the rush, he’s joining it. And that activation interacts with his projectable shot and exciting playmaking flashes. -EliteProspects 2022 NHL Draft Guide


Sister: Avery Pickering
Brother: Graeme Pickering
Cousins: Denton Mateychuk, Maddux Mateychuk & Kasen Mateychuk

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Owen Pickering Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2017-18 Eastman Selects U15 AAA WAAA U15 7* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2018-19 Eastman Selects U15 AAA WAAA U15 35* 6* 11* 17* 14* -* |
2019-20 RINK Hockey Academy Elite 15s CSSHL U16 34* 5* 16* 21* 8* -* | Playoffs 2 0 3 3 0 -
RINK Hockey Academy Prep CSSHL U18 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2020-21 RINK HA Winnipeg U18 Prep CSSHL U18 3* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
Swift Current Broncos WHL 23* 2* 7* 9* 8* -3* |
2021-22 Swift Current Broncos WHL 62* 9* 24* 33* 39* -29* |
Canada U18 WJC-18 4* 0* 2* 2* 0* 2* |
2022-23 Swift Current Broncos “C” WHL 61* 9* 36* 45* 30* -5* |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 8* 0* 0* 0* 0* -9* |
2023-24 Swift Current Broncos “C” WHL 59* 7* 39* 46* 35* 18* | Playoffs 9 1 6 7 0 -2
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 14* 1* 1* 2* 2* -4* |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 12* 1* 0* 1* 6* 5* |
Projected NHL 61* 4* 4* 8* 9* -17* |
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Owen Pickering Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Winnipeg Jr. Jets Brick Invitational 6* 1* 1* 2* 0* -* |

Owen Pickering Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 2 20* 1* 0* 1* 0.05* 6* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
Brick Invitational 1 6* 1* 1* 2* 0.33* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
CSSHL U16 1 34* 5* 16* 21* 0.62* 8* -* | 1 2 0 * 3 * 3 * 1.50 * 0 * - *
CSSHL U18 2 6* 0* 2* 2* 0.33* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 1 14* 1* 1* 2* 0.14* 2* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
WAAA U15 2 42* 6* 12* 18* 0.43* 14* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WHL 4 205* 27* 106* 133* 0.65* 112* -19* | 1 9 1 * 6 * 7 * 0.78 * 0 * -2 *
WJC-18 1 4* 0* 2* 2* 0.50* 0* 2* | 0 * * * * * *

Owen Pickering Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
07/16/2022
07/16/2022 Confirmed Swift Current Broncos Pittsburgh Penguins
04/20/2020
04/20/2020 Confirmed RINK Hockey Academy Elite 15s Swift Current Broncos
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2019, 2 #21 overall by Swan Valley Stampeders in the MJHL Draft

Drafted 2019, 9 #177 overall by Swift Current Broncos in the WHL Bantam Draft

2022 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #16 by Elite Prospects

2022 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #19 by FCHockey

2022 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #13 by TSN/Craig Button

2022 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #37 by McKeen's Hockey

2022 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #23 by TSN/McKenzie

2022 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #15 by NHL Central Scouting

Selected for CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game -- 2022
Invited to NHL Scouting Combine -- 2022