Andrew Ebbett

Did You Know?

• Ebbett was first selected to represent Team Canada at the 2016 and 2017 Spengler Cup.
• Ebbett recorded three points in five games at the 2018 Olympics to help Canada win bronze.

Playing career

Andrew Ebbett played college hockey for the University of Michigan in the CCHA and was the Wolverines' captain during his senior year. He went undrafted and signed with the Ottawa Senators as a free agent on July 17, 2006, making his professional debut that season with Ottawa's AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. On May 16, 2007, the Anaheim Ducks signed him and sent him to their AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates. Ebbett made his NHL debut with the Ducks in the 2007–08 season, playing three games. The Ducks gave him a two-year contract extension on June 11, 2008.

In the 2008–09 season, Ebbett started with Anaheim's AHL affiliate, the Iowa Chops. After 28 games there, he was called up and scored his first NHL goal on his 26th birthday, January 2, 2009, against the Philadelphia Flyers. He put up 32 points in 48 games, helping the Ducks reach the second round of the playoffs, and scored his first Stanley Cup playoff goal on April 19, 2009, during an upset of the San Jose Sharks. After two games with the Ducks in 2009–10, the Chicago Blackhawks claimed him off waivers on October 17, 2009. He struggled to find a spot and was waived after 10 games, then picked up by the Minnesota Wild on November 21, 2009. Ebbett scored in his first game with the Wild on November 25, 2009, against the Boston Bruins, and finished the season with 8 goals and 14 points in 49 games.

On July 2, 2010, he signed a one-year free-agent deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. The next year, on July 1, 2011, he signed a one-year contract worth $525,000 with the Vancouver Canucks. On July 2, 2012, he signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Canucks that paid $600,000 at the NHL level and $300,000 in the AHL. On July 5, 2013, he signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins worth $1.1 million at the NHL level.