Sam Reinhart

Samson Reinhart (born November 6, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He was selected three rounds ahead of oldest brother Max when he was drafted in 2007 and was selected 12 positions behind of Griffin when he was drafted third-overall in 2010.

Reinhart was selected 15th overall by the Kootenay Ice in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.

Reinhart was a member of the Ed Chynoweth Cup-winning team in the 2010–11 season.

Max was selected in the third-round in 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames and plays in their organization.

Sam played alongside Max on the Ice's Ed Chynoweth Cup-championship team in the 2010–11 Western Hockey League (WHL) season as well as the 2011–12 season.

With the Northwest Giants, Reinhart won the 2010–11 BCMML championship and finished fourth in the 2011 Telus Cup.

In the Telus Cup, he received the Top Scorer and Top Forward awards.

The Kootenay Ice selected Reinhart 15th overall in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.

Reinhart joined the Kootenay Ice for four games in the 2010–11 season.

In his first WHL game, he scored the game-winning goal against the Edmonton Oil Kings.

That was also the first WHL game in which all three Reinhart brothers were playing.

Reinhart suited up for seven WHL playoffs games, registering zero points in the process, as part of the Ice's Ed Chynoweth Cup championship team.

He was awarded the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy in 2011–12, having been the league's top rookie that season.

Along with Max and Griffin, he is one of three hockey-playing brothers, and are the sons of former National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Paul Reinhart.

Reinhart also participated in the 2011 Canada Winter Games midway through the 2010–11 season, winning gold with the British Columbia U16 team.

He played one game for the Ice in the 2011 Memorial Cup.

In the 2011–12, Reinhart registered 62 points, which put him behind only his brother Max in team scoring.

His 28 goals tied for the Ice lead, and were the most by any 16-year-old rookie in the WHL, while his 62 points put him fourth among all WHL rookies in that category.

Due to his excellent play in his first full season, Reinhart was awarded the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the top rookie in the WHL.

Additionally, Reinhart represented Canada Pacific at the 2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge and Canada at the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.

Reinhart was born in North Vancouver to Theresa and Paul Reinhart.

His father was a National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman, and is now a stock market financier and promoter.

Reinhart wore jersey number 23, the same number that his father wore in the NHL, while in Buffalo.

He now wears number 13 for the Florida Panthers.

Sam has two brothers: Max and Griffin.

Griffin was selected fourth-overall in the 2012 draft by the New York Islanders, and has played against Sam's Ice with the Edmonton Oil Kings (winning his own Ed Chynoweth Cup and Memorial Cup championships) in the WHL from 2011–12 to 2013–14.

Growing up in West Vancouver, Reinhart attended Collingwood School.

He also played tennis in high school, and still plays the sport in the offseason.

Besides ice hockey and tennis, Reinhart played baseball, lacrosse and soccer, and considers himself a huge soccer fan.

Reinhart played minor ice hockey at the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver.

He started out as a defenceman, but eventually ended up as a centre.

From there, he went on to play for the Vancouver Northwest Giants of the BC Hockey Major Midget League (BCMML).

In his first and only full season with the Northwest Giants, Reinhart tallied up 38 goals along with 40 assists.

In his second full WHL season, Reinhart was selected to represent the WHL for one game in his hometown Vancouver for the annual 2012 Subway Super Series against Russia; he scored the game-winning shootout goal.

Reinhart scored his first hat-trick on January 27, 2012, against the Prince Albert Raiders.

Reinhart was selected second overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Reinhart was ranked fourth on NHL Central Scouting Bureau's 2014 midterm rankings for North American skaters.

Reinhart has represented Canada at five International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) sanctioned events, two at the under-18 level, two at the world junior level, and one at the IIHF Men's World Championship.

He won gold in 2016, gold in 2015 and bronze in 2012 at the under-18 level.