Garet Hunt

Garet Hunt (born October 14, 1987 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing with the Kunlun Red Star of the KHL. He was previously a stalwart with former ECHL club, the Stockton Thunder. He is best known for his agitating playing style.

Garet Hunt
Garet Hunt with the Vancouver Giants in 2007.
Born (1987-10-14) October 14, 1987
Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams		 Kunlun Red Star
Springfield Falcons
Worcester Sharks
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Playing career

Hunt began his junior career with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). In 2004–05, he joined the Vancouver Giants of the major junior Western Hockey League (WHL). He would go on to play four seasons with the Giants and establish himself as an effective agitator, while helping the club to the 2006 President's Cup championship as WHL champions and the 2007 Memorial Cup championship as Canadian major junior champions (although Hunt missed the entirety of the 2007 playoffs due to a broken leg).[1] In his final year of junior in 2007–08, he recorded WHL career-highs with 18 points and 239 penalty minutes in addition to a league-high 27 fighting majors.[2]

Undrafted at the end of his junior career, Hunt signed a minor league contract with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL) affiliate, the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL).[2] Hunt was then assigned to the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL for his professional rookie season in 2008–09. During his rookie season with the Thunder, Hunt played 69 games and contributed 16 points (5 goals and 11 assists). He also finished second in the ECHL with 248 penalty minutes.

After remaining in Stockton upon the Thunder relocating to Adirondack, Hunt earned a try-out contract to attend the newly installed AHL franchise, the Stockton Heat training camp. Upon his release from the Heat, Hunt signed for just his second ECHL club, in the Alaska Aces on November 4, 2015.[3] Hunt's number was later retired by the Stockton Thunder and upon leaving the ECHL after 11 seasons, he was the most penalized player in history with 2666 PIM in 702 games.

On July 4, 2019, Hunt was signed by Chinese club, HC Kunlun Red Star of the KHL, to a two-year contract. Reconnecting with his Chinese origin, Hunt would be eligible to play for China at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.[4]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 55 6 5 11 203 11 0 1 1 4
2004–05 Vancouver Giants WHL 23 1 2 3 44 1 0 0 0 2
2005–06 Vancouver Giants WHL 51 2 7 9 103 18 1 0 1 17
2006–07 Vancouver Giants WHL 57 6 5 11 156 — — — — —
2007–08 Vancouver Giants WHL 62 7 11 18 239 10 0 1 1 6
2008–09 Stockton Thunder ECHL 63 5 11 16 248 13 3 0 3 22
2008–09 Springfield Falcons AHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2009–10 Stockton Thunder ECHL 52 5 7 12 215 13 3 2 5 8
2010–11 Worcester Sharks AHL 9 0 1 1 35 — — — — —
2010–11 Stockton Thunder ECHL 60 13 17 30 248 4 0 1 1 4
2011–12 Stockton Thunder ECHL 69 7 12 19 255 8 1 0 1 14
2012–13 Stockton Thunder ECHL 70 7 18 25 235 23 3 10 13 25
2013–14 Stockton Thunder ECHL 69 14 22 36 187 7 1 1 2 31
2014–15 Stockton Thunder ECHL 58 13 8 21 269 — — — — —
2015–16 Alaska Aces ECHL 61 11 12 23 277 — — — — —
2016–17 Alaska Aces ECHL 63 4 12 16 243 — — — — —
2017–18 Jacksonville Icemen ECHL 68 14 9 23 221 — — — — —
2018–19 Jacksonville Icemen ECHL 69 9 14 23 268 2 0 0 0 20
2019–20 Kunlun Red Star KHL 28 0 1 1 63 — — — — —
ECHL totals 702 102 142 244 2666 70 11 14 25 124
AHL totals 10 0 1 1 37 — — — — —
KHL totals 28 0 1 1 63 — — — — —

References
  1. "Hunt makes most of last WHL season". HockeyNow.com. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  2. "Giants pest Hunt signs minor-league deal with Oilers". The Province. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  3. "Aces sign former Stockton enforcer Hunt". oursportscentral.com. 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  4. HC Kunlun Red Star (July 4, 2019). "Kunlun sign Garet Hunt". Instagram. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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