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Ben Hutton (ice hockey)

Ben Hutton
Ben Hutton 10-2015a.jpg
Hutton with the Canucks in October 2015
Born (1993-04-20) April 20, 1993 (age 24)
Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team Vancouver Canucks
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 147th overall, 2012
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 2015–present
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing Canada Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Russia
Representing Canada Canada East
World Junior A Challenge
Silver medal – second place 2011 Canada

Ben Hutton (born April 20, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Canucks in the fifth round (147th overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Hutton played Junior A with the Kemptville 73's and Nepean Raiders of the Central Canada Hockey League before joining the college hockey ranks with the Maine Black Bears of the Hockey East league. Hutton earned All-Hockey East First Team honours during his college career. Internationally, he represented Canada at the 2011 World Junior A Challenge, winning silver, and played for Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Moscow, winning gold.

Hutton played for the Maine Black Bears in the NCAA Men's Division I Hockey East conference. In his second year, Hutton's outstanding play was rewarded with a selection to the 2013–14 All-Hockey East first team.

Following his junior season with the Black Bears, on March 16, 2015, Hutton was signed to a two-year entry-level contract with the Canucks. He was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, to finish the 2014–15 season.


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