# Donovan Sebrango

Donovan Sebrango (born January 12, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Belleville Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Playing career
### Amateur

While playing minor hockey, Sebrango committed to playing for Boston University of the National Collegiate Athletic Association when he turned 18. However, he was heavily scouted by teams from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and renounced his commitment to Boston University while being selected by the Kitchener Rangers in the second round, 40th overall in the 2018 OHL Priority Selection. Sebrango played his OHL rookie season in 2018–19 and quickly established himself in the Rangers' defence corps. His second season with the Rangers in 2019–20 was cut short when the OHL cancelled the season on March 18, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He played 119 games with Kitchener, recording 13 goals, 43 assists for 56 points.

### Professional

Sebrango was selected by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the third round, 63rd overall, of the 2020 NHL entry draft. With the 2020–21 season delayed due to the pandemic, he signed with HK Levice of the Slovak 2. Liga and played in five games, scoring one goal and three points. He then returned to North America to play for the Red Wings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, on an amateur tryout contract. He made his North American professional debut with the Griffins on February 11, 2021. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Red Wings on March 15, 2021. Sebrango played 31 games with the Griffins that season, recording four points (all assists). He split the 2022–23 season between the Griffins of the AHL and the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL, playing in 39 games with Grand Rapids, scoring four goals and seven points and 23 games with Toledo, adding one goal and 12 points.
On July 9, 2023, as part of the trade that sent forward Alex DeBrincat to the Red Wings, Sebrango was traded to the Ottawa Senators. He was assigned to Ottawa's AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators for the 2023–24 season, but also spent time with the team's ECHL affiliate Allen Americans. He appeared in 35 games for Belleville, registering seven points (all assists), and four games with Allen, scoring a goal and two points. He was again assigned to Belleville for the 2024–25 season, but recalled to Ottawa on November 26, 2024, to replace the injured Artem Zub. However, he never played for the Senators during his recall and was returned to Belleville on December 3. He was recalled from Belleville again on January 16, 2025, and made his NHL debut that night in a 1–0 loss to the Washington Capitals.

## International play

Sebrango was selected twice to play for the Canadian national junior team for the same tournament. He was selected for the initial team to play for the 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships beginning in December 2021. However, the first tournament, which lasted four days, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Ice Hockey Federation elected to play a completely new tournament in August 2022, opting to start fresh and void the results of the games played in December. Sebrango made the team for the new tournament, as some of the players from the December tournament were not included, and was selected to be an alternate captain. Canada went on to win the gold medal in a 3–2 overtime victory over Finland in the final.

## Personal life

Sebrango is a citizen of both Canada and Cuba. His father, Eduardo, is a retired professional Cuban footballer who emigrated to Canada in 1999. He married Sebrango's mother Kim with whom he had two children, Donovan and his sister, but they divorced when Donovan was still just a toddler. Kim and her two children moved to Kingston, Ontario, where she raised them as a single mother.

## Career statistics

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2018–19 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 62 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 56 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | HK Levice | 2HL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 31 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 65 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 39 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | Toledo Walleye | ECHL | 23 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2023–24 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 35 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2023–24 | Allen Americans | ECHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHL totals | AHL totals | AHL totals | 170 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |