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Josh Currie
Currie with the Belleville Senators in 2024
Born (1992-10-29) October 29, 1992 (age 32)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
DEL team
Former teams		 Kölner Haie
Edmonton Oilers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2013–present

Josh Currie (born October 29, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has previously played for the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

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Amateur

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Currie played major junior hockey with the Prince Edward Island Rocket of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). He made his debut in the 2009–10 season, appearing in 49 games, scoring nine goals and six assists for 15 points.[1] The Rocket qualified for the 2010 QMJHL playoffs and faced the Saint John Sea Dogs in the first round. They were eliminated in five games, four games to one, in their best-of-seven series.[2] Currie played in all five games, going scoreless.[1] In his second season with the Rocket in 2010–11, he appeared in 52 games, scoring nine goals and 20 points.[1] Prince Edward Island made the playoffs again and faced the Shawinigan Cataractes in the first round.[3] They were eliminated four games to one and Currie appeared in all five games, going scoreless.[1][3]

After going undrafted in the National Hockey League (NHL)'s entry draft, Currie returned to the Rocket for the 2011–12 season.[4] Currie was named the Rocket's captain in January 2012 after their existing captain, Matt Hobbs, was traded away.[5] He finished the season with 30 goals and 46 points in 68 games.[1] In the 2012–13 season, Currie played in 68 games, scoring 49 goals and 104 points.[1] He was rewarded for his outstanding play by being named to the QMJHL's First All-Star Team.[6] The Rocket qualified for the playoffs and faced the Val-d'Or Foreurs in the first round. The Rocket lost the series 4 games to 2 with Currie adding one goal and four points in the six games.[1][7]

Professional

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As an undrafted free agent, Currie signed with the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL, but was sent to their ECHL affiliate, the Gwinnett Gladiators, for the 2013–14 season.[8] He appeared in 70 games, recording 15 goals and 31 points.[1] He signed with the Bakersfield Condors, the ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, on August 27, 2014.[9] In his first season in Bakersfield, Currie scored 14 goals and 42 points in 71 games in 2014–15.[1] In 2015, the Edmonton Oilers moved their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate franchise to become the Bakersfield Condors and the ECHL Condors team was displaced. On August 19, 2015, Currie continued in the ECHL with the Condors' replacement franchise, agreeing to a one-year deal with the now relocated Norfolk Admirals.[10] In 13 games with Norfolk during the , he scored six goals and 12 points before he was loaned to Bakersfield in November 2015.[11] He appeared in 53 games for Bakersfield, tallying ten goals and 24 points.[1]

In September 2016 he was offered a professional tryout contract (PTO) with the Oilers and attended their training camp.[11] He did not make the Oilers and was assigned to Bakersfield for the 2016–17 season.[12] He played in 67 games, scoring 22 goals and 36 points.[1] He signed a two-year AHL contract to return to Bakersfield on July 6, 2017.[13] Currie returned to Bakersfield for the 2017–18 season, scoring 20 goals and 46 points in 68 games.[1] On July 19, 2018, after impressing in each of his three seasons with the Condors, Currie was signed to his first NHL contract in agreeing to a two-year, two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers.[14] He was assigned to Bakersfield to start the 2018–19 season, and appeared in 53 games, scoring 27 goals and 41 points.[1] He earned his first NHL recall by the Oilers on February 18, 2019.[15] He made his debut on February 19 against the Arizona Coyotes.[16] He scored his first NHL goal on February 23 against Kevin Doyle of the Anaheim Ducks in a 2–1 victory.[17] He appeared in 21 games for Edmonton, tallying two goals and five points.[1] He was sent back to Bakersfield for the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs.[18] In ten playoff games, he scored one goal and four points.[1] In the second year of his deal he spent the entire 2019–20 season with Bakersfield, putting up 24 goals and 41 points in 56 games before the AHL suspended the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 12, 2020.[1][19]

On October 9, 2020, having left the Oilers organization, Currie signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.[20] He was assigned to Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, for the pandemic-delayed 2020–21 season. He was named captain of the AHL Penguins on February 21, 2021.[21] He was recalled by Pittsburgh from the taxi squad for the first time on February 25, but did not see any game time before returning to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.[22][23] He was recalled again on March 2[23] and made his debut for Pittsburgh that night against the Philadelphia Flyers, going scoreless. He was returned to the AHL on March 10.[24] He appeared in just the one game for Pittsburgh, with another brief callup in which he did not play any games for Pittsburgh at the end of March.[25] He played in 24 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, scoring ten goals and 23 points.[1]

At the conclusion of the season, Currie left the Penguins organization as an impending free agent and signed a one-year contract with Russian club, Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), on June 11, 2021.[26] In his first season with Metallurg in 2021–22, he recorded ten goals and 26 points in 48 games.[1] In February 2022, he signed a one-year extension with the Russian team.[27] Metallurg finished atop the Eastern Conference and qualified for the KHL playoffs, advancing to the Gagarin Cup final, where they were defeated by CSKA Moscow.[28][29] Currie ended the playoffs with five goals and nine points in 23 games.[1] In his second season with Metallurg in 2022–23, Currie appeared in 48 games, tallying three goals and 12 points.[1] Metallurg fell to fifth in the conference, but still qualified for the playoffs.[30] They faced Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the opening round but advanced to the second round against Avangard Omsk, in which they were eliminated.[31] Currie appeared in only five of team's eleven playoff games, going scoreless.[1][31]

On July 1, 2023, Currie returned to North America to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators.[32] Currie attended Ottawa's training camp, but failed to make the team. He was placed on waivers on September 29.[33] After going unclaimed, he was assigned to Ottawa's AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators, for the 2023–24 season.[34] He appeared in 62 games with Belleville, scoring 12 goals and 29 points.[1] Belleville qualified for the 2024 Calder Cup playoffs and faced the Toronto Marlies in the first round.[35] They eliminated the Marlies to face the top-seeded Cleveland Monsters in the second round.[36] The Monsters swept the Senators in four games in their best-of-five series.[37] Currie added three goals and six points in seven games.[1]

Having concluded his contract with the Senators, Currie returned abroad as a free agent and agreed to a one-year deal with German club, Kölner Haie of the DEL, on July 25, 2024.[38]

Personal life

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Currie is married and has one child.[39]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Summerside Western Capitals MJAHL 45 8 17 25 7 — — — — —
2009–10 P.E.I. Rocket QMJHL 49 9 6 15 16 5 0 0 0 0
2010–11 P.E.I. Rocket QMJHL 52 9 11 20 9 5 0 0 0 0
2011–12 P.E.I. Rocket QMJHL 68 30 16 46 33 — — — — —
2012–13 P.E.I. Rocket QMJHL 68 49 55 104 62 6 1 3 4 6
2013–14 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 70 15 16 31 41 — — — — —
2014–15 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 71 14 28 42 49 — — — — —
2015–16 Norfolk Admirals ECHL 13 6 6 12 8 — — — — —
2015–16 Bakersfield Condors AHL 53 10 14 24 49 — — — — —
2016–17 Bakersfield Condors AHL 67 22 14 36 28 — — — — —
2017–18 Bakersfield Condors AHL 68 20 26 46 52 — — — — —
2018–19 Bakersfield Condors AHL 53 27 14 41 17 10 1 3 4 6
2018–19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 21 2 3 5 2 — — — — —
2019–20 Bakersfield Condors AHL 56 24 17 41 60 — — — — —
2020–21 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2020–21 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 24 10 13 23 24 — — — — —
2021–22 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 48 10 16 26 44 23 5 4 9 65
2022–23 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 48 3 9 12 4 5 0 0 0 4
2023–24 Belleville Senators AHL 62 12 17 29 39 7 3 3 6 4
NHL totals 22 2 3 5 2 — — — — —
KHL totals 96 13 25 38 48 28 5 4 9 69

International

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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada Atlantic U17 9th 5 0 2 2 2
Junior totals 5 0 2 2 2

Awards and honours

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Award Year
QMJHL
First All-Star Team 2012–13 [6]

References

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  3. ^ a b "Playoff Brackets – 2011 | Playoffs". Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League. Retrieved May 6, 2025 – via CHL.ca.
  4. ^ McCurdy, Bruce (July 18, 2018). "Edmonton Oilers flesh out 50-man list, sign a known commodity in Josh Currie". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  5. ^ "Currie Loves Wearing the "C" for Rocket" (Press release). Prince Edward Island Rocket. June 26, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2025 – via OurSportsCentral.
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