Tom Kühnhackl

Tom Kühnhackl
Kühnhackl during the 2016 playoffs.
Born	(1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 25) Landshut, Germany
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position	Right Wing / Left Wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team	Pittsburgh Penguins
National team	Germany
NHL Draft	110th overall, 2010 Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career	2009–present

Tom Kühnhackl (born 21 January 1992) is a German ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played professionally for the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, and Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest German hockey league. He was a top-ranked prospect for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, ranked eighth among European skaters by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau and was selected 110th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kühnhackl was selected by the Windsor Spitfires twenty-fourth overall in the 2009 CHL Import Draft and moved to North America for the 2010–11 season. After several seasons with the Penguins minor league affiliates, Kühnhackl made his NHL debut with the team in 2016.

Kühnhackl played youth hockey for the Landshut Cannibals program for three seasons beginning in 2007 alongside Tobias Rieder. He made his professional debut during the 2008–09 season, playing 42 games with Landshut's professional team in the 2nd Bundesliga, the second-highest level in Germany. He debuted in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga during the 2009–10 season, playing four games with the Augsburger Panther. Kühnhackl was selected twenty-fourth overall in the 2009 CHL Import Draft by the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. He intended to join the team for the 2009–10 OHL season, but a series of injuries kept him in Germany. In May 2010 he signed a contract with the Spitfires to join the team for the 2010–11 OHL season.