Max Comtois Explained

Max Comtois
Birth Date:8 January 1999
Birth Place:Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:209
Position:Left wing
Shoots:Left
League:KHL
Team:Dynamo Moscow
Former Teams:Anaheim Ducks
Carolina Hurricanes
Ntl Team:CAN
Draft:50th overall
Draft Year:2017
Draft Team:Anaheim Ducks
Career Start:2018

Maxime Comtois (born January 8, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Anaheim Ducks and Carolina Hurricanes.

Playing career

Comtois was drafted by the Victoriaville Tigres third overall in the 2015 QMJHL Entry Draft.[1] On June 24, 2017, Comtois was selected in the second round, 50th overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Ducks on March 3, 2018.[2]

Comtois made the Ducks' 2018 opening night roster out of training camp.[3] On October 3, 2018, he made his professional debut in the Ducks' 2018–19 season opener in San Jose and scored his first professional goal in the first minute of the game, on his first shot attempt at goaltender Martin Jones.[4] The Ducks went on to win the game 5–2. Comtois contributed to be amongst the Ducks scoring leaders to start the season, scoring 7 points in his first 10 games before suffering an injury. On his return he was assigned to AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, before he was returned to his junior club, the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) on November 24, 2018.[5]

Following his fifth season within the Ducks organization, as a pending restricted free agent Comtois was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Ducks and was released as a free agent on July 1, 2023.[6] Several months later, on September 12, Comtois signed a professional tryout agreement with the Vegas Golden Knights;[7] he was subsequently released on October 9, after the conclusion of the preseason.[8]

On October 16, 2023, without a NHL contract to begin the 2023–24 season, Comtois opted to continue his career in the AHL by signing a one-year contract with independent club, the Chicago Wolves.[9] Contributing offensively with the Wolves, Comtois was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Carolina Hurricanes for the remainder of the season on March 4, 2024.[10] He featured in one regular season game, providing an assist, and one playoff contest with the Hurricanes.

As a free agent in the following off-season, Comtois signed a one-year contract with HC Dynamo Moscow of the KHL, on July 18, 2024.[11]

International play

On December 25, 2018, Comtois was named captain for Canada national junior team while they competed at the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[12] He is the only player to return from the 2018 gold medal-winning team.[13] On December 26, Comtois scored four goals in a 14–0 win over Denmark national junior team in the first game of the tournament.[14] Comtois became the fifth player from Team Canada to score four goals in a World Juniors game, with the last being Taylor Raddysh in 2017.[15] After Canada was eliminated from the tournament, Comtois revealed he had been playing with a separated shoulder.[16]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Playoffs
Team League GP GP G A Pts PIM
QMJHL64 26 34 60 685 1 5 6 4
Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL64 22 29 51 884 1 0 1 8
Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL54 44 41 85 7913 4 8 12 16
NHL10 2 5 7 7
AHL4 1 0 1 212 5 4 9 4
QMJHL25 31 17 48 3216 11 4 15 24
San Diego Gulls AHL31 9 15 24 53
Anaheim Ducks NHL29 5 6 11 24
Anaheim Ducks NHL55 16 17 33 40
Anaheim Ducks NHL52 6 10 16 46
Anaheim Ducks NHL64 9 10 19 76
AHL65 19 25 44 109
NHL1 0 1 1 01 0 0 0 0
NHL totals211 38 49 87 1931 0 0 0 0

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2016CanadaIH185th44158
2017CanadaU185th520228
2018CanadaWJC73364
2019CanadaWJC6th55168
2021CanadaWC1042614
2022CanadaWC1034729
Junior totals 211451948
Senior totals 20761343

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le plus beau jour de ma vie! . tigresvictoriaville.com . October 10, 2018 . French . June 10, 2015.
  2. Web site: Ducks Sign Comtois to Entry-Level Contract . NHL.com . October 10, 2018 . March 3, 2018.
  3. Web site: Ducks Open 25th Anniversary Season Tomorrow in San Jose . NHL.com . October 3, 2018 . October 3, 2018.
  4. Web site: Max Comtois first NHL goal gives Ducks quick lead over Sharks. NBCSports.com . October 3, 2018 . October 3, 2018.
  5. Web site: Maxime Comtois to join the Voltigeurs! . . 2018-11-24 . 2018-11-24.
  6. Web site: Ducks extend qualifying offers to five restricted free agents . . July 1, 2023 . July 1, 2023.
  7. Web site: Vegas Golden Knights Sign Forward Maxime Comtois to Professional Tryout Agreement . nhl.com . September 12, 2023 . September 12, 2023.
  8. Granger . Jesse . JesseGranger_ . 1711815880932557198 . October 10, 2023 . Bruce Cassidy said Max Comtois was released from his PTO yesterday without a contract. He said they were very happy with how Cotter and Dorofeyev performed in camp and preseason and "there are only so many spots." . en-US . October 10, 2023.
  9. Web site: Wolves have signed Max Comtois to an AHL contract . . October 16, 2023 . October 16, 2023.
  10. Web site: Canes sign Comtois to one-year, two-way deal . . March 4, 2024 . March 12, 2024.
  11. Web site: Maxime Comtois becomes a player of Dynamo Moscow . . Russian . July 18, 2024 . July 18, 2024 .
  12. Web site: Ducks prospect Comtois named captain for Canada at World Juniors . NHL.com . December 25, 2018 . December 25, 2018.
  13. Web site: Karstens-Smith . Gemma . 'We're all leaders,' says captain Comtois of Canadian junior hockey squad . CTV News . December 27, 2018 . December 27, 2018.
  14. Web site: Cuthbert . Justin . Max Comtois scores 4 as Canada thumps Denmark at world juniors . sports.yahoo.com . December 26, 2018 . December 26, 2018.
  15. TSN_Sports. 1078133159575908352. December 26, 2018. Maxime Comtois (@comtois20) becomes the 5th player in Canadian Juniors history to score 4 goals in one game! He joins Taylor Raddysh (2017), Brayden Schenn (2011), Simon Gagne (1999) & Mario Lemieux (1983)..
  16. Web site: Comtois played with shoulder injury for Canada at WJC . NHL.com . January 5, 2019 . January 5, 2019.