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Auston Matthews is a professional ice hockey player from the United States. In addition, Auston Matthews plays center and is an alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Early life
Auston Taylor Matthews, better known as Auston Matthews, was born on September 17, 1997, in San Ramon, California, United States of America. From now on, he is 24 years old and have a nationality of the United States. Also, she has the zodiac sign of Virgo and belongs to the Mexican American ethnicity.
Talking about his parents, he is the son of Brian Matthews (father) and Ema Matthews (mother). His father used to play baseball in college and his mother is from Mexico. He has an older sister, Alexandria, and a younger sister, Breyana. When he was young, his parents moved to Scottsdale, Arizona.
He used to go to the local ‘Phoenix Coyotes’ games with his parents as a child. As a result, he became interested in ice hockey. He started showing interest in the game when he was five years old. He played baseball and ice hockey growing up, and he shone at baseball.
early career
He was a member of a spring hockey league when he was 12 years old. His minor hockey team, the Arizona Bobcats, had children of former ice hockey players. Claude Lemieux (former Phoenix Coyotes player) put together one of his teams.
Boris Dorozhenko, a former Ukrainian ice hockey player who had previously trained in Mexico, was his coach. Boris stayed with the Auston family for a few years after moving to the United States. Also, Boris stayed with the Auston family for a few years after moving to America.
He enrolled in the ‘University of Nebraska Omaha’ for some online classes. His older sister helped him with his homework while he was playing in Switzerland.
Austin Matthews – Career
Auston was selected in the ‘WHL Bantam Draft’ in 2012 by the ‘Everett Silvertips’, but opted to play for the ‘US National U17’ team. Ice hockey fans are fascinated by his performance. He played for the USA U18 national team the following year, scoring 55 goals, 61 assists, and 116 points. He ranked first, breaking Patrick Kane’s ‘National Team Development Program’ record of 102 points from 2005 to 2006.
In September 2013, he broke his femur in a knee-to-knee collision during his second match for ‘U17 NTDP’. He required surgery, but by December 2013 he was back and had scored 12 goals and 33 points in 24 games. He also played for the ‘NTDP Under-18s’ later in the season.
american national team
He was a key member of the USA team that won gold at the 2014 IIHF World U18 Championship. Similarly, his performance at the ‘2015 IIHF World U18 Championship’ earned the team gold. He received the “USA Hockey Bob Johnson Award” for excellence in international events in May 2015. At the 2015 ‘U18 World Championship’, he names the ‘Most Valuable Player’.
He was also the tournament’s ‘Best Forward’, scoring the most goals. Also, the names on the ‘Media All-Star Team’. He was also on the 2015 roster, but due to a back injury, he was unable to play. He was two days late for the ‘2015 NHL Entry Draft’. For this reason, instead of continuing with the ‘U18’ team, he decided to pursue a professional career. He signed a contract with the ‘ZSC Lions’ to play in the ‘Swiss NLA’ in August 2015.
In September 2015, he made his NLA debut against ‘HC Friborg-Gottéron’ and scored his first NLA goal in the same match. He was the second leading scorer for the ‘Lions’ (and tenth in the ‘NLA’) after the 2015-2016 regular season, winning the ‘NLA Rising Star Award’. He went on to win the ‘NLA Young of the Year Award’, which is given to the best rookie in the league.
‘Toronto Maple Leaves’
He was selected first overall by the ‘Toronto Maple Leafs’ in the ‘2016 NHL Draft’ in June 2016. He is the first American to be selected with the first pick since Patrick Kane in 2007. He debuted with the ‘Toronto Maple Leafs’ ” against the “Ottawa Senators”, scoring four goals in his first ‘NHL’ game, which was a record in the history of modern ‘NHL’ games. The previous record was set in December 1917, when five goals were scored in the first game in the NHL’s existence.
In December 2016, he scored the game-winning goal at the ‘NHL Centennial Classic’ as the ‘Maple Leafs’ won 5-4. He was the only member of his club to be named to the ‘2017 NHL All-Star Game’. During that season, he broke many ‘NHL’ records. In March 2017 he broke the record by scoring his 35th goal. When he scored his 39th goal and 67th point in April 2017, he set two records: the most points in a season and the most goals by a rookie born in United States. He scored a total of 40 goals during the season. Additionally, he was the fourth teenager in NHL history to accomplish the feat in the first season and the second leading scorer in the league.
He was the first player in the ‘NHL’ to start his career with the most goals in a row. He received a concussion on December 9, 2017, when he collided with a player during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. As a result, he had to miss the next six games. Also, he was the only player from the ‘Maple Leafs’ to play in the ‘2018 NHL All-Star Game’. In February 2018, he suffered a shoulder injury that forced him to sit for the next ten days. In March 2018, his performance helped the “Maple Leafs” defeat the “Nashville Predators” 5-2. His team reaches the ‘Stanley Cup’, but they are defeated by the ‘Boston Bruins’.
Auston Matthews – Awards and Net Worth
Caption: Auston Matthews posing for a photo with his award (Source: Editor In Leaf)
Auston won the ‘NLA Rising Star Award’, ‘NLA Media Most Improved Player’ and ‘NLA Young of the Year’ in the 2015-2016 season. Also, he names the ‘NLA Media All-Star Team’. He won the ‘Bob Johnson Award’ for excellence in international competition in 2015. He was named ‘MVP’ of the ‘2015 IIHF World U18 Championship’. In the same competition, he was the top scorer and a member of the ‘Media All-Star Team’. He won the “NHL Rookie of the Month” award in December 2016 and the “Calder Memorial Trophy” in 2017.
His net worth is estimated to be around $63 million which he earned from his profession. With the brand’s sponsorship, she raised around $2.3 million. Furthermore, she also donated some money to charity.
austin matthews – marital status
Caption: Auston Matthews with his wife (Source: Wives and Girlfriends of NHL players – Tumblr)
Talking about his relationship, he is in a relationship with his girlfriend Emily Rutledge. Other than that, there isn’t much information about his love life. He was charged with disorderly conduct in September 2019 after exposing his underwear to a security guard in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona, in May 2019.
He says that not informing Maple Leaf team management about the incident was “an error of judgement.” And there was speculation that that contributed to the decision not to offer him the Maple Leafs captaincy. On November 13, 2019, the charges are dropped after he and the whistleblower reached an agreement.
body measurement
He is 6ft 3in tall and weighs around 100kg. Furthermore, she has an athletic body with black hair and dark brown eyes.
Caption: Auston Matthews body measurement (Source: Recharz 360)
On his Instagram page he has more than 779 thousand followers. Furthermore, he has more than 250,200 followers on Twitter and is not active on Facebook.
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