Peter Holland
Holland with the Norfolk Admirals in 2013
Born (1991-01-14) January 14, 1991
Caledon, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
AHL team
Former teams		 Colorado Eagles
Anaheim Ducks
Toronto Maple Leafs
Arizona Coyotes
New York Rangers
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Djurgårdens IF
NHL Draft 15th overall, 2009
Anaheim Ducks
Playing career 2011–2022
2023–present

Peter Holland (born January 14, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centreman for the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League (AHL). Holland was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the first round, 15th overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut for the Ducks during the 2011–12 season.

Playing career

Amateur

Holland grew up in Bolton, Ontario. As a youth, he played and won the 2004 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Brampton Junior Battalion minor ice hockey team under Andy Bathgate and his son Bill Bathgate.[1] After a successful minor midget season, where Holland had 119 points (59 goals and 60 assists in 60 games),[2] he was selected in the first round, 11th overall, by the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Guelph Storm in the 2007 OHL Priority Draft.[3] His 2008–09 season caught the attention of scouts, as he earned a spot in the OHL All-Star Game, played in the Canada-Russia Challenge and participated in the 2009 CHL Top Prospects Game.[4] He also represented Team Canada at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.[5] Heading into the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Holland was ranked 19th by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.[4] The Anaheim Ducks selected Holland in the first round, 15th overall.[4]

Professional

On November 5, 2011, Holland made his NHL debut. After scoring 11 points in 12 games to start the 2011–12 season with the Syracuse Crunch, the Anaheim Ducks' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, Anaheim recalled Holland to play in a 5–0 road game loss against the Detroit Red Wings.[6] He scored his first NHL goal (the game's winner) on November 11, 2011, against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks.[7]

On November 16, 2013, Holland was traded by the Ducks (along with Brad Staubitz) to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Jesse Blacker and two picks in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.[8] He scored his first goal as a Maple Leaf on November 21, 2013, against Marek Mazanec of the Nashville Predators. Holland wore number 24 for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On July 16, 2014, Holland agreed to a two-year contract extension with Toronto worth an annual average value of $775,000.[9]

After the 2015–16 season, he re-signed with Toronto on a one-year, $1.3 million contract.[10] As the season began Holland was overshadowed by a plethora of young forward rookies including Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Connor Brown, among others. Due to limited roster space, Holland seldom played for the Maple Leafs, being scratched in 17 of the team's first 25 games, and seeing limited ice time in the eight games he did play.[11] After being informed by general manager Lou Lamoriello that the team would do their best to trade him, Holland was traded to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a conditional draft pick in 2018 on December 9, 2016; the condition was not satisfied.[12][11]

On July 1, 2017, as a free agent, Holland signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens, playing the second year on a one-way basis.[13] Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Holland was unable to make the Canadiens' roster out of training camp and was assigned to Montreal's AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket. With 18 points in 20 games with Laval, on November 30, 2017, Holland was traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for Adam Cracknell.[14]

To start the 2018–19 season, Holland played with New York's AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. On February 18, 2019, Holland was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Darren Raddysh.[15] Assigned to the Rockford IceHogs, Holland continued his scoring pace in notching 7 goals and 16 points in 21 games to conclude the season.

An impending free agent from the Blackhawks, Holland opted to pursue a career abroad, agreeing to a two-year contract from Russian club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the KHL on May 22, 2019.[16]

Holland signed a one-year contract with Swedish club Djurgårdens IF of the top-tier Swedish Hockey League in September 2021.[17] Holland played 15 games with Djurgårdens IF and recorded six assists.

In an October 2021 game, Djurgården played a game against Luleå HF, where Holland got into a fight. He ripped an opponent's helmet off, took his own gloves off, and repeatedly punched the Luleå player in the face with his bare fists. Holland was suspended for four games and given a fine of 40,000SEK/$4,000 by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association's disciplinary board. Holland's excuse was that he had never before played in a league where fighting resulted in anything other than a 5-minute penalty. He also claimed he never intended to harm an opponent. The Luleå player, Fredrik Styrman, received a concussion; 10 months after the attack he had to end his hockey career because of lingering symptoms from the concussion.

On March 16, 2022, Holland announced through Twitter that he had retired from professional hockey.[18]

In an attempt to return to professional hockey, Holland signed a professional tryout agreement with the Colorado Avalanche in August 2023.[19] After attending in training camp and pre-season, Holland accepted a re-assignment to the Avalanche's AHL affiliate in the Colorado Eagles, and was later signed to a one-year AHL contract to begin the 2023–24 season on October 11, 2023.[20]

Personal

In 2021, Holland graduated summa cum laude from Southern New Hampshire University with a B.S. degree in business administration.[21]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Guelph Storm OHL 62 8 15 23 31 10 0 1 1 4
2008–09 Guelph Storm OHL 68 28 39 67 42 4 4 0 4 2
2009–10 Guelph Storm OHL 59 30 49 79 40 5 3 5 8 12
2010–11 Guelph Storm OHL 67 37 51 88 57 6 3 6 9 4
2010–11 Syracuse Crunch AHL 3 3 3 6 0 — — — — —
2011–12 Syracuse Crunch AHL 71 23 37 60 59 — — — — —
2011–12 Anaheim Ducks NHL 4 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2012–13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 45 19 20 39 68 — — — — —
2012–13 Anaheim Ducks NHL 21 3 2 5 4 — — — — —
2013–14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 10 5 4 9 22 — — — — —
2013–14 Anaheim Ducks NHL 4 1 0 1 2 — — — — —
2013–14 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 39 5 5 10 16 — — — — —
2013–14 Toronto Marlies AHL 14 5 5 10 10 11 7 8 15 6
2014–15 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 62 11 14 25 31 — — — — —
2015–16 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 65 9 18 27 28 — — — — —
2016–17 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 8 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2016–17 Arizona Coyotes NHL 40 5 6 11 18 — — — — —
2017–18 Laval Rocket AHL 20 8 11 19 19 — — — — —
2017–18 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 16 5 9 14 21 — — — — —
2017–18 New York Rangers NHL 23 1 3 4 7 — — — — —
2018–19 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 52 20 29 49 50 — — — — —
2018–19 Rockford IceHogs AHL 21 7 9 16 8 — — — — —
2019–20 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 60 17 26 43 10 5 2 1 3 18
2020–21 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 59 12 24 36 28 5 0 1 1 4
2021–22 Djurgårdens IF SHL 15 0 6 6 31 — — — — —
NHL totals 266 36 49 85 112 — — — — —
KHL totals 119 29 50 79 38 10 2 2 4 22

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2008 Canada Ontario U17 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 4 2 6 0
2009 Canada U18 4th 6 1 4 5 8
Junior totals 12 5 6 11 8

References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Peter Holland". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Priority Selection Results". Ontario Hockey League. 2007. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Peter Holland draft profile". National Hockey League. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Peter Holland player profile". Ontario Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  6. ↑ Ducks End Seven-Game Road Trip With Blowout Loss In Detroit - SB Nation Los Angeles
  7. ↑ "Ducks hang on to beat Canucks". NHL. November 11, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Ducks, Maple Leafs deal". American Hockey League. November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Maple Leafs sign Peter Holland to two-year deal". Toronto Star. July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Peter Holland, Leafs agree to one-year, $1.3 million contract before arbitration". Maple Leafs Hot Stove. July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Maple Leafs trade Peter Holland to Arizona". The Athletic. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Report: Leafs' Lamoriello 'will do his best' to trade Holland". theScore. November 29, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Canadiens agree to terms on a two-year contract with Peter Holland". Montreal Canadiens. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Rangers Acquire Forward Peter Holland". New York Rangers. November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Blackhawks acquire Holland from Rangers". The Sports Network. February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Avtomobilist has signed a contract with Peter Holland" (in Russian). Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. May 22, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  17. ↑ Buttafoco Ohlsson, Leo (September 22, 2021). "NHL-meriterade Peter Holland är klar för spel i Djurgården". Hockeysverige. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Former Leafs forward Holland retires at 31". The Sports Network. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  19. ↑ Elis, Steven (August 22, 2023). "Peter Holland to attempt NHL comeback, signs tryout contract with Colorado Avalanche". Daily Faceoff. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Eagles sign Kiviranta, Holland". Colorado Eagles. October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  21. ↑ Peter Hiolland (June 30, 2021). "Holland graduates from SNHU". Twitter. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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