Josh Ho-Sang
Josh Ho-Sang | ||||||
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Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | January 22, 1996|||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||
Weight | 173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb) | |||||
Position | Right Wing | |||||
Shoots | Right | |||||
ECHL team Former teams |
Florida Everblades New York Islanders Örebro HK Linköping HC Salavat Yulaev Ufa | |||||
National team |
NHL Draft | 28th overall, | ||||
Playing career | 2016–present |
Joshua Navarro Ho-Sang (born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional
The Toronto Sun described him in June 2014 as a "singular hockey player of immense talent, caught on an island of discourse." He said of himself: "I'm more emotional than most people. That poses a problem for the hockey world. A lot of players are trained to hold their emotions... I love to dangle. I love to play an offensive game. I love to celebrate when I score."[1]
Early and personal life
Ho-Sang was born in
His father, Wayne, is a black Jamaican professional tennis player from Kingston, Jamaica, whose grandfather is Chinese from Hong Kong; he was also a member of the reggae band Fujahtive. His business analyst mother, Ericka, is Jewish and was born in Santiago, Chile, to Russian and Swedish parents.[1][3][7][8][9] His father immigrated to Canada from Jamaica at the age of 10, and his mother immigrated to Canada from Chile at the age of 12.[8][10][11]
His brother Khole is five years his junior.
Playing career
He was selected by the Windsor Spitfires in the first round (5th overall) during the 2012 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection.[5] He was rated a top prospect.[13]
In his first season with the Spitfires, Ho-Sang recorded 44 points in 63 games, finishing sixth among OHL rookies.[14] In December 2012, he played for Team Ontario at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge.[5] In five games, he had three goals and two assists.[5]
Ho-Sang skated in the 2014 BMO Top Prospects Game, recording one goal and one assist.[15] On April 5, Ho-Sang received a 15-game suspension (later reduced to six games) for the start of the next season for an illegal hit-from-behind to London Knights' defenceman Zach Bell on March 27. The hit resulted in Bell suffering a broken leg.[16]
Ho-Sang was selected by the
Ho-Sang was returned to the Spitfires for the 2014–15 season. On November 14, he was traded to the Niagara IceDogs in exchange for Hayden McCool and second-round picks in 2016, 2018 and 2019.[21] He finished the season with 81 points in 60 games.
Ho-Sang was returned to the IceDogs as punishment for being late to the first day of the Islanders' 2015 training camp.[22] In his final season with the IceDogs, Ho-Sang led the team in scoring with 82 points in 66 games. He also recorded 26 points in 17 postseason games; the team lost in four games to the London Knights during the OHL Finals.[23]
Ho-Sang began the
Ho-Sang started the 2017–18 season with the Islanders. On October 25, he was assigned to the Sound Tigers after recording four assists in six games.[26] He was recalled on an emergency basis on November 11, 2017.[27] The emergency basis was terminated and changed to a regular recall on November 16.[28] It was short-lived, however, as he was sent back down to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on December 16, 2017, after recording eight points in 15 games.
After being named the Sound Tigers' Player of the Week on February 17, 2019, Ho-Sang and Michael Dal Colle were recalled to the Islanders on March 5.[29] He was returned to the Sound Tigers on March 8 after sitting as a healthy scratch for two games.[30]
On August 19, 2019, the Islanders re-signed Ho-Sang to a one-year contract extension.
On October 3, 2019, it was reported by Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello that Ho-Sang had requested a trade through his agent.[34] Ho-Sang, despite clearing waivers and being assigned to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, was asked not to report to or play.[35][36][37] Ho-Sang missed the first 10 weeks of the 2019–20 season, as Lamoriello attempted to meet his trade request.
Unable to facilitate a trade, Ho-Sang returned to the Islanders organization when he was assigned to the Sound Tigers on December 17, 2019. In 16 games with Bridgeport, Ho-Sang posted 3 goals and 10 points before the Islanders reassigned him to join the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL affiliate to the St. Louis Blues, for the remainder of the season on February 28, 2020.[38]
As a restricted free agent, Ho-Sang was signed by New York to a one-year contract extension on October 28, 2020.
As a free agent from the Marlies, on July 13, 2022, Ho-Sang signed a one-year contract with Russian club Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the KHL for the 2022–23 season.[45]
On March 13, 2024, Josh Ho-sang signed a contract with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL for the 2023–2024 season, although details on length and salary have not been made clear.
Jersey number
Ho-Sang chose to wear sweater #66 for the Islanders as an homage to Mario Lemieux, who, in response to the controversy generated by the choice, said he had no problem with Ho-Sang wearing the number. Ho-Sang defended his choice, arguing that he did not merely pay homage to Lemieux's on-ice prowess but also his contributions to the community of Pittsburgh. "He fought and continues to fight for other people," Ho-Sang said. "He thinks outside himself. For me, that's a man worth looking up to. That's why I wear the number. That's the type of guy who's behind that number, and that's what's so inspiring for me...."[46] He is the second player, after Calgary Flames defenceman T. J. Brodie, to wear the number after Lemieux in a regular season game.[46][47] At the start of the 2018–19 NHL pre-season Ho-Sang was asked by general manager Lou Lamoriello to change his Islanders jersey number,[48] as Lamoriello has long stood by a policy which generally forbids players from wearing any number higher than 35.[49] Ho-Sang chose to wear #26 instead.[48]
International play
In January 2022, Ho-Sang was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[50][51][52]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2012–13 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 63 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 67 | 32 | 53 | 85 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
2014–15 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 11 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Niagara IceDogs | OHL | 49 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 18 | ||
2015–16 | Niagara IceDogs | OHL | 66 | 19 | 63 | 82 | 44 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | ||
2016–17 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers
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AHL | 50 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | New York Islanders | NHL | 21 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | New York Islanders | NHL | 22 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 50 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 56 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | New York Islanders | NHL | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Örebro HK | SHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Linköping HC | SHL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 47 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NHL totals | 53 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
SHL totals | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2013 | Canada Ontario | U17 | 6th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
2022 | Canada | OG | 6th | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Senior totals | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Awards and honours
Honours | Year | |
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CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game | 2014 | [53] |
See also
References
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- ^ "Professional Hockey Review: 2014–15; Canadian Hockey League". Jewish Sports Review. 9 (107): 4. January–February 2015.
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database