Andrew Calof
Born (1991-05-09) May 9, 1991
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
Slovak team
Former teams		 HK Poprad
Skellefteå AIK
Växjö Lakers
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Amur Khabarovsk
Lausanne HC
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present

Andrew James Calof (born May 9, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently playing for HK Poprad of the Slovak Extraliga.[1]

Early and personal life

Calof was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and is Jewish.[2][3] His parents are Jonathan (a professor at the University of Ottawa) and Lois Calof (an office manager), and he has a brother Michael.[4] He attended Sir Robert Borden High School, and was on the Ontario Provincial soccer team.[4]

Playing career

Andrew Calof during his tenure with Skellefteå AIK

In 2007 he was drafted in round 9 (#175 overall) by the Mississauga IceDogs in the Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.[2]

Playing for the Nepean Raiders, in 2008-09 he was a Canadian Junior Hockey League First All-Star Team and was the CJHL Top Prospect of the Year, and in 2009-10 he was CJHL Scholastic Player of the Year and was the MVP of the CJHL All-Star Game.[2][4] He won the fastest skater competition at the National Junior A All-Star competition.[4]

Calof opted to attended Princeton University, where he played with the Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team which competed in NCAA's Division I in the ECAC Hockey conference for four seasons. In his freshman year (2010–11), Calof was named the ECAC Rookie of the Year, to the ECAC All-Rookie Team, and ECAC Third All Star Team.[2] In 2011-12 he was All-Ivy League Second Team and in 2012–13 he was ECAC Second All-Star Team and All-Ivy League First Team.[2] He competed for Team Canada at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal while averaging 2.0 points per game with 10 points on five goals and five assists in five games.[5][6]

Following his NCAA career, Calof continued his playing career signing with top Swedish club, Skellefteå AIK of the SHL. During the 2014–15 SHL season, Calof recorded 16 goals and 19 assists, gaining him attention for the SHL Rookie of the Year award.[7][8]

After three seasons with Skellefteå AIK, Calof signed with fellow SHL club, Växjö Lakers on a one-year deal on April 10, 2017 [9] playing a role in Växjö's 2017–18 SHL championship. Following the successful campaign with the Lakers, Calof joined Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL for the 2018–19 season.[10] After spending the 2019–20 season with Traktor Chelyabinsk, Calof opted to return to Sweden for a second stint with Växjö Lakers.

After claiming a second championships with the Lakers during his two season stint, Calof left the SHL and signed a one-year contract with German club, Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) on May 18, 2022.[11] However before joining the club, Calof terminated his contract with the Wild Wings in order to sign a lucrative one-year contract to return to the KHL with Amur Khabarovsk on August 1, 2022.[12]

In the 2022–23 season, Calof made just 16 appearances with Amur in registering two points before opting to terminate his contract with the club on December 9, 2022. He would later join as a free agent Swiss club, Lausanne HC of the National League (NL), signing for the remainder of the season on February 16, 2023.[13] On March 13, Lausanne HC announced that they would not re-sign Calof.[14]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Hawkesbury Hawks CJHL 58 20 20 40 14 11 7 4 11 4
2008–09 Nepean Raiders CJHL 59 47 53 100 50 14 10 9 19 10
2009–10 Nepean Raiders CJHL 57 45 52 97 42 6 3 4 7 10
2010–11 Princeton University ECAC 32 9 24 33 18 — — — — —
2011–12 Princeton University ECAC 32 17 14 31 16 — — — — —
2012–13 Princeton University ECAC 31 14 24 38 22 — — — — —
2013–14 Princeton University ECAC 22 4 17 21 10 — — — — —
2014–15 Skellefteå AIK SHL 53 16 19 35 18 15 4 7 11 2
2015–16 Skellefteå AIK SHL 52 19 15 34 45 16 7 3 10 4
2016–17 Skellefteå AIK SHL 52 6 11 17 8 7 0 3 3 0
2017–18 Växjö Lakers SHL 52 24 17 41 14 13 5 4 9 4
2018–19 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 58 22 19 41 22 7 0 2 2 6
2019–20 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 55 8 25 33 8 — — — — —
2020–21 Växjö Lakers SHL 39 14 25 39 22 12 0 4 4 6
2021–22 Växjö Lakers SHL 34 5 8 13 6 1 0 0 0 0
2022–23 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 16 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
2022–23 Lausanne HC NL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
SHL totals 282 84 95 179 113 64 16 21 37 16
KHL totals 129 31 45 76 32 7 0 2 2 6

Awards and honours

Award Year
College
ECAC Rookie of the Year 2010–11 [15]
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 2010–11 [16]
ECAC First-Team All-Ivy 2010–11 [4]
All-ECAC Hockey Third Team 2010–11 [17]
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 2012–13 [18]
SHL
Le Mat Trophy champion 2018, 2021 [19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Do Popradu prichádza kanadský útočník". hkpoprad.sk (in Slovak).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Andrew Calof". eliteprospects.com.
  3. ↑ "Maccabiah Canada hockey recruit lifts Princeton to OT win with first hat trick". January 7, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Andrew Calof - Men's Ice Hockey". Princeton University Athletics.
  5. ↑ "2013 Delegation". Maccabi Canada.
  6. ↑ Communications, Princeton Athletic. "Calof Wins Gold Medal with Canada at Maccabiah Games". Princeton University Athletics.
  7. ↑ "Canadian Calof earning rookie attention". Swedish Hockey League. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Årets rookie 2015 - Marcus Sörensen". SHL.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Andrew Calof signs for Vaxjo Lakers". Växjö Lakers (in Swedish). April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ "ANDREW KAILOF - TORPEDO RECRUIT!". Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. May 25, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Andrew Calof joins Schwenninger Wild Wings" (in German). Schwenninger Wild Wings. May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Canadian forward added" (in Russian). Amur Khabarovsk. August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Andrew Calof joins Lausanne HC" (in French). Lausanne HC. February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  14. ↑ Pattaroni, Michael (March 13, 2023). "Le Lausanne Hockey Club mise sur la stabilité et confirme les arrivées de Suomela et de Djoos". Lausanne HC (in Swiss French). Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Prier's first-year outlook at Princeton 'extremely positive'". USCHO. April 2, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "NCAA (ECAC) All-Rookie Team". Elite Prospects. March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  17. ↑ "All-ECAC Hockey Teams". College Hockey Historical Archive. April 15, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  18. ↑ "League Awards and Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Lakers dominant in SHL title win". Euro Hockey Clubs. April 23, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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