Lawson Crouse

Lawson Crouse (born June 23, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger playing for the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was part of the Canadian gold medal winning team at the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. Crouse was the Florida Panthers' first round selection in the 2015 NHL Draft and was traded to the Coyotes in August 2016.

Early life

Lawson was born and raised in London, Ontario. He is the youngest of three children and has two sisters, Sara and Kyla. His father Mike coached him throughout his minor hockey career, and mother Kristen is a principal and was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Playing career

Junior

Kingston Frontenacs

Crouse was selected by the Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL in the first round, fifth overall, in the 2013 OHL Priority Selection. In the 2013–14 season, Crouse appeared in his first career OHL game on September 19, 2013, scoring his first career goal in that game against Andrew D'Agostini in the Frontenacs 11–4 win over the Peterborough Petes. On October 4, 2013, Crouse recorded his first multi-goal game of his junior career, scoring twice in a 7–4 win over the Ottawa 67's. On March 4, 2014, Crouse had a season high four point game, scoring two goals and adding two assists, as Kingston lost to the Barrie Colts 7–5. Overall, Crouse finished the 2013–14 season with 15 goals and 27 points in 63 games, helping the Frontenacs into the playoffs. In seven post-season games, Crouse was limited to one assist, as the Frontenacs were upset by the Peterborough Petes in the first round.

Crouse improved during his second season with the Fronteancs in 2014–15. He recorded his first career OHL hat trick on November 28, 2014, scoring three goals against Dawson Carty of the Kitchener Rangers in a 5–0 Frontenacs victory. He played in 56 games with Kingston, scoring 29 goals and 51 points. In four playoff games, Crouse had two goals and three points.

Crouse returned to the Frontenacs for a third season in 2015-16, and Crouse once again saw an improvement in his offensive numbers. On March 5th, Crouse recorded a hat trick, scoring three goals and adding an assist in a 7-2 win over the Flint Firebirds. Overall, in 49 games, Crouse scored 23 goals and 62 points. In the post-season, Crouse scored seven goals and 11 points in nine games.

Professional

Florida Panthers

Crouse was drafted eleventh overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers. On July 15, 2015, the Panthers signed Crouse to a three-year entry level contract.^[2]

The Panthers assigned Crouse to his junior hockey team, the Kingston Frontenacs, for the 2015–16 season, however, when the Frontenacs were eliminated from the post-season, Florida assigned Crouse to their AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates, for the remainder of the season. In his first career AHL game, Crouse was held off the scoresheet in a 3-2 loss to the Springfield Falcons. Overall, he appeared in two games with the Pirates, earning no points.

Arizona Coyotes

On August 25, 2016, Crouse was traded along with Dave Bolland to the Arizona Coyotes for a conditional 2017 second round pick and a 2018 third round pick.^[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	2015 Canada
IIHF World U18 Championship
	2013 Russia

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2014	Canada Ontario	U17	5th		5	2	2	4	0
2014	Canada	IH18	01 !		5	6	0	6	8
2014	Canada	WJC18	03 !		7	1	0	1	0
2015	Canada	WJC	01 !		7	1	2	3	0
2016	Canada	WJC	6th		5	2	3	5	2
Junior totals					29	12	7	19	10

Awards and honours

References

External links

• Lawson Crouse's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
  
• Lawson Crouse's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database