Canadian ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Ashton Sautner (born May 27, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Abbotsford Canucks in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Career statistics
• 3 Awards and honours
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Playing career

Sautner was selected by the Edmonton Oil Kings in the eighth round (162nd overall) of the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft. During the 2013–14 season, Sautner's plus/minus record was the best in the WHL.

Sautner went to the Minnesota Wild prospect camp prior to the 2012-13 season. He attended the Arizona Coyotes prospect camp in the 2014 pre-season. During his fourth season with the Oil Kings, despite being undrafted, Sautner was signed to a three-year entry level contract with the Vancouver Canucks on March 14, 2015. On March 24, 2018, the Canucks recalled Sautner on an emergency basis. He made his NHL debut the following night, a 4–1 Canucks victory over the Dallas Stars. Three games later, on March 31 against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Sautner earned his first NHL point, an *ist on a Darren Archibald goal.

Sautner began the 2018–19 season with the Utica Comets in the AHL after clearing waivers. On February 19, he was recalled to the NHL for the first time that season.

After attending the Canucks training camp for the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Sautner was initially *igned to the Utica Comets. On January 20, 2021, Sautner was re-*igned by the Canucks to the Winnipeg Jets AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, due to shorter quarantine recall regulations.

Following his sixth season under contract with the Vancouver Canucks, Sautner as a free agent opted to continue within the organization, signing a one-year AHL contract with inaugural affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks, on August 13, 2021. In the 2021–22 season, Sautner added 1 *ist through 18 games with Abbotsford before he was signed to a one-year, two-way NHL contract with the Canucks on December 18, 2021.

Career statistics

Awards and honours

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or:Hockey-Reference.com, or:The Internet Hockey Database