# Justin Sourdif

Justin Sourdif (born March 24, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Charlotte Checkers in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect under contract to the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Playing career
### Junior

Sourdif played in the Delta Hockey Academy before he was selected third overall by the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the 2017 WHL bantam draft. He began his major junior career with the Giants in the following 2017–18 season. In the 2018–19 season, Sourdif was a member of the Giants team that advanced all the way to the WHL championship, losing in seven games to the Prince Albert Raiders. During the pandemic-shortened 2019–20 season, Sourdif registered 54 points for the Giants. That season, Sourdif was among those chosen to the play in the Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. He was selected as the Giants captain leading into his final junior season in 2021–22 and with the club out of playoff contention he was dealt to the Edmonton Oil Kings at the trade deadline in exchange for two first-round draft picks and a fellow junior player on January 17, 2022. Sourdif contributed with 14 points through 19 playoff games with the Oil Kings to help capture the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions. As WHL champions, the Oil Kings were one of the four teams at the 2022 Memorial Cup, however, the team finished last in the tournament.

### Professional

Sourdif was selected in the third round, 87th overall, by the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) at the 2020 NHL entry draft held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on October 7, 2020. Sourdif was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on September 25, 2021. Sourdif began his professional career in the 2022–23 season, assigned by the Panthers to American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. Remaining with the Checkers for the entirety of the season, Sourdif showed offensive potential in posting seven goals and 24 points while limited to just 48 games through injury as a rookie.
In the 2023–24 season, following an impressive training camp with the Panthers, Sourdif was the final cut re-assigned to the Checkers before the commencement of the season. Before joining the Checkers, Sourdif was recalled by the Panthers and was named to the opening season roster. He later made his NHL debut on October 16, 2023, in a 4–3 victory against the New Jersey Devils. He went scoreless in three games with the Panthers before he was re-assigned to the AHL on October 23, 2023. On January 19, 2024, Sourdif was suspended for two games after committing an illegal check to head in a game versus the San Jose Barracuda. He had 12 goals and 38 points in 58 games with Charlotte.
Sourdif began the 2024–25 season on injured reserve with an undisclosed upper-body injury suffered during training camp. He was activated and assigned to Charlotte on October 23. Sourdif scored his first NHL goal on February 25, 2025 against the Nashville Predators.

## International play

Sourdif was selected to play for Canada at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. In five games he scored one goal and five points and as the team won a silver medal.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | 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 |
| 2017–18 | Valley West Hawks U18 | BCEHL | 35 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 64 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 57 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 22 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WHL | 28 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | Vancouver Giants | WHL | 24 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 48 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 58 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2018 | Canada Red | U17 | 4th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | Canada | HG18 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |

## Awards and honours

| Award | Year |
| WHL |||
| Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game | 2020 |
| WHL Champion | 2022 |