page_title: Calvin Pickard
section_title: Junior
hierarchical_section_title: Calvin Pickard / Playing career / Junior
caption_attribution_description: English: Calvin Pickard, Taken 11/30/2013 @ Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON https://www.facebook.com/devanssportspics
context_page_description: Calvin Pickard is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League while under contract to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.
  Pickard was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the second round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He played his junior hockey with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. He was the first selection by the Vegas Golden Knights during the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. His older brother, Chet, also a goaltender, was drafted in the first round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators.
context_section_description: Pickard began his major junior career with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL in 2008–09. Despite only totalling 16 wins in 62 games with the Thunderbirds in his second season, Pickard posted a save percentage of 0.914 and was named to the 2010 WHL West First All-Star Team. Although ranked as the top North American goaltender by central scouting, Pickard was the third goaltender chosen in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, when selected in the second round, 49th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche. During the 2010–11 season with the Thunderbirds, Pickard was invited to take part in Canada's National Junior Team selection camp for the 2011 World Junior Championships. He was not selected for the final roster.
caption: Pickard with the Lake Erie Monsters in 2013. Pickard played for the Monsters from 2011 to 2015.
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