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Will Merchant (F)
Idaho Steelheads
| Name: |
Will Merchant |
| Number: |
28 |
| Pos.: |
F |
| Shoots: |
L |
| Height: |
6-1 |
| Weight: |
187 |
| Birthdate: |
1994-01-12 |
| Birthplace: |
Eagan, MN, USA |
Biography
Career Notes: 5th professional season, 5th with Steelheads ... Signed as Free Agent on 8/5/21 ... 5th in all-time Steelheads ECHL goals, 7th in games played, 8th in points ... Finished second on team in goals in 2019-20, one of three players to skate all 61 games ... Played 200th Steelheads game on 2/1/20 vs. Rapid City ... Earned 100th professional point with Greenville on 11/15/18 vs. Norfolk ... Invited to Chicago Wolves (AHL) 2018 Training Camp ... Set career-high in assists (29) and plus/minus (+17) in 2017-18 season with Idaho ... Owns top-10 records for Idaho rookie in goals (T-9th), assists (T-8th) and points (T-7th) ... Led Idaho with 12 power play goals in 2016-17 ... Scored first professional goal on 10/26/16 vs. Reading ... Made professional debut with Idaho on 10/14/16 vs. Utah ... Played four seasons with University of Maine, serving as captain in senior season ... three-time Hockey East All-Academic selection, two-time Maine Scholar Athlete award winner, and Jack Selmer Most Improved Player (junior season) at Maine.
