| Owen Pickering | |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 2004 |
| Birth Place: | St. Adolphe, Manitoba, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lbs: | 185 |
| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Prospect Team: | WBS Penguins |
| Draft: | 21st overall |
| Draft Year: | 2022 |
| Draft Team: | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Career Start: | 2023 |
Owen Pickering (born January 27, 2004) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pickering was drafted in the first round, 21st overall, by the Penguins in the 2022 NHL entry draft.[1] [2]
On July 16, 2022, Pickering was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Pittsburgh Penguins.[3]
On November 16, 2024, with Ryan Graves out as a healthy scratch, Pickering was called up to make his NHL debut during the 2024–25 season against the San Jose Sharks.[4] Playing on the third defensive pairing, Pickering recorded an assist on Jesse Puljujärvi's goal for his first NHL point.[5] Pickering scored his first career NHL goal on December 3, in a 5–4 overtime victory against the Florida Panthers.[6]
Pickering represented the Canada under-18 team at the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships.[7]
Pickering and Denton Mateychuk are second cousins, and were both selected in the first round of the 2022 NHL entry draft.[8] His younger sister, Avery, has represented Canada at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.[9]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 2020–21 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 62 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 61 | 9 | 36 | 45 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 59 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||