Jarid Lukosevicius

Jarid Lukosevicius (born February 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who currently plays for the South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL. He was named as the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player for Denver during the program's national championship in 2017.

Jarid Lukosevicius
Born (1995-02-05) February 5, 1995
Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
ECHL team
Former teams		 South Carolina Stingrays
Grand Rapids Griffins
Abbotsford Canucks
Belleville Senators
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present

Playing career

Lukosevicius began his college career in the fall of 2015 and had a fairly pedestrian freshman season. Though he did not contribute much offensively, Lukosevicius did help the Pioneers reach the Frozen Four.[1] Lukosevicius found his game as a sophomore, more than tripling his point production and helped lead Denver to its first conference title in seven years. While Denver fell in the NCHC semifinals, the team's record was still strong enough to earn them the top overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. Lukosevicius scored twice in the regional final against Penn State, including the game-winner, but it was in the National championship match where he came to life. In a just less than 8 minute span in the second period, Lukosevicius scored three goals to give Denver a lead it would ride to the end. Lukosevicius' hat-trick was the first in a championship game since 1993 which, coincidentally, was recorded by his coach, Jim Montgomery.

As an upperclassmen, Lukosevicius remained one of Denver's top goal scorers, leading the Pioneers with 19 as a senior. That season, he helped DU return to the Frozen Four but the team's run was undone by a poor special teams play. After finishing up his college career, Lukosevicius signed with the Grand Rapids Griffins and made his professional debut during the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs. He spent the next two seasons with Grand Rapids but could not find any consistent playing time. He played just 46 games with the Griffins and though much of that can be attributed to the COVID-shortened season in 2021, he wasn't able to demonstrate his scoring touch in those appearances. Lukosevicius returned to western Canada when he signed a 1-year contract with the Abbotsford Canucks for the 2022 season.[2]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2012–13 Powell River Kings BCHL 40332—————
2013–14 Powell River Kings BCHL 5726335940917813
2014–15 Powell River Kings BCHL 553340732813410148
2015–16 University of Denver NCHC 34641022—————
2016–17 University of Denver NCHC 4316163231—————
2017–18 University of Denver NCHC 4121133426—————
2018–19 University of Denver NCHC 4019102920—————
2018–19 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL —————10000
2019–20 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2962829—————
2020–21 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 171122—————
2021–22 Abbotsford Canucks AHL 62109192320000
AHL totals 1081712295430000

Awards and honors
Award Year
NCAA All-Tournament Team 2017 [3]

References
  1. "Denver Hockey Media Guide 2020-21" (PDF). Denver Pioneers. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  2. "Abbotsford Canucks sign Squamish native Jarid Lukosevicius". The Abbotsford News. August 12, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  3. "Denver Survives, Claims 8th National Championship". Inside Hockey. April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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