Morgan Frost
Morgan Frost | ||||||
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Born |
Aurora, Ontario, Canada | May 14, 1999|||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | |||||
Position | Centre | |||||
Shoots | Left | |||||
NHL team |
NHL Draft | 27th overall, | ||||
Playing career | 2019–present |
Morgan Frost (born May 14, 1999) is a Canadian professional
Growing up, Frost would accompany his father Andy to Toronto Maple Leafs games, where he developed a passion for hockey. When he was 13 years old, Frost was cut from his local minor ice hockey team due to his size, but a coach for the Barrie Jr. Colts of the Eastern AAA Hockey League took him on for two seasons. Frost was then selected by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League, and had an opportunity to play with the team as a 16-year-old when Jared McCann joined the NHL, creating a vacancy on the team. Frost struggled as a rookie with his focus on goal-scoring, but soon developed into a two-way forward at the instruction of his coach Drew Bannister. This culminated in two consecutive seasons of Frost scoring 100 or more points, as well as an appearance for Canada at the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The Flyers traded forward
Early life
Frost was born on May 14, 1999, in
When Frost was 13 years old, he was physically smaller and less aggressive than many of his teammates, which led to his being cut from the elite 'AAA'-level minor ice hockey team in the region, the York–Simcoe Bantams.[4] Disillusioned by the experience, Frost returned to the 'AA' minor hockey level, where he was noticed by John MacArthur, coach of the AAA Barrie Jr. Colts of the Eastern AAA Hockey League (ETA). MacArthur helped release Frost from the York–Simcoe system, and he spent the next two seasons in Barrie.[5] During the 2014–15 minor hockey season, Frost contributed 30 goals and 55 points over 30 games.[6]
Playing career
Junior
The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) selected Frost in the fourth round, 81st overall, of the 2015 OHL Priority Selection draft.[7] Frost did not expect to begin playing with the team that season, but when the Vancouver Canucks elected to keep Jared McCann, the Greyhounds were left without a centre, and they signed Frost to take McCann's place.[4] During his first season of junior ice hockey, Frost was solely focused on scoring goals, and coach Drew Bannister spent Frost's rookie season focusing on turning him into a two-way forward.[8] As a rookie during the 2015–16 OHL season, Frost posted seven goals and 20 assists in 65 games. The following year, he recorded 20 goals and 42 assists in 67 games, as well as eight points in 11 playoff games.[9] Most of that time was spent playing on the same line as Zachary Senyshyn; with Senyshyn, Frost learned to become a playmaker, setting up scoring opportunities for his teammate.[8]
The Greyhounds opened the
After attending training camp with the team, the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL sent Frost back to Sault Ste. Marie for the 2018–19 OHL season to further develop his defensive abilities.[15] He posted a second consecutive season of over 100 points, posting 37 goals and 71 assists in 57 games, and likely would have captured the OHL scoring title had he not served a three-game suspension for cross-checking Nick Grima of the Sarnia Sting.[16] Frost was also the first OHL skater to record 100 points in the 2018–19 season, doing so with two assists in a game against the Kitchener Rangers on February 22, 2019. The first assist in that game was also Frost's 300th career OHL point.[17] During the final series of his junior hockey career, Frost suffered a torn glenoid labrum in Game 4 of a playoff series against the Saginaw Spirit. He played through the series, registering three assists in the elimination game, but Saginaw ultimately took the series in six games. In 257 career games with the Greyhounds, Frost produced 106 goals and 204 assists.[18]
Professional
Heading into the
After a groin injury limited Frost's performance during the Flyers' training camp, he was assigned to the
Frost started the 2020–21 NHL season as a bench player for the Flyers, but received an opportunity to occupy Sean Couturier's spot as the top line centre when Couturier suffered a rib injury in the second game of the season. Vigneault chose to promote Frost to the top line, which featured Travis Konecny and Oskar Lindblom on the wings, both to give Frost an opportunity to display his proficiency and to avoid disrupting the chemistry of the other three established offensive lines.[28] Two days later, however, a hit from Jake McCabe of the Buffalo Sabres caused Frost to leave with a dislocated left shoulder.[29] On February 2, the Flyers announced that Frost would be undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery in Vail, Colorado. He played in only two games that season.[30]
Frost spent the 2021 offseason rehabilitating his shoulder injury, first at the Flyers' training facility in
International play
After being overlooked in 2018, Frost was selected to play for Canada at the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[34] He recorded a hat-trick, as well as two assists, in Canada's 14–0 win over Denmark in the preliminary rounds, and was named the Player of the Game.[35] During the tournament, Frost played on the wing rather than at his usual centre position, and he recorded four goals and four assists in five games.[36]
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 | ||
2015–16 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 65 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 67 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
2017–18 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 67 | 42 | 70 | 112 | 56 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 26 | ||
2018–19 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | OHL | 58 | 37 | 72 | 109 | 45 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | ||
2019–20 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 41 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 24 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 55 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 81 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2023–24 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 71 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 229 | 39 | 71 | 110 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2019 | Canada | WJC
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6th | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
Junior totals | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Awards and honours
Award | Year | Ref |
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OHL | ||
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Top Scorer Award | 2018 | [13] |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Rock 101 Trophy | 2018 | [13] |
AHL | ||
All-Star Classic
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2020 | [25] |
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database