Eliteprospects
USA Will Merchant
#28 Idaho Steelheads / ECHL - 23/24
Date of Birth
Jan 12, 1994
Position
LW
Age
30
Height
6'1" / 185 cm
Place of Birth
Eagan, MN, USA
Weight
190 lbs / 86 kg
Nation
USA
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Contract
23/24

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Will Merchant Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2009-10 Eagan High USHS-MN 25* 9* 9* 18* 18* -* | Playoffs 2 1 1 2 2 -
2010-11 Eagan High USHS-MN 25* 28* 20* 48* 24* -* | Playoffs 3 3 2 5 6 -
Team MAP South Hockey UMHSEHL 20* 6* 5* 11* 8* -* | Playoffs 2 1 1 2 0 -
2011-12 Eagan High USHS-MN 25* 23* 22* 45* 20* -* | Playoffs 3 1 4 5 2 -
Team MAP South Hockey UMHSEHL 19* 7* 6* 13* 30* -* | Playoffs 3 2 0 2 0 -
2012-13 Univ. of Maine NCAA 37* 3* 4* 7* 14* -7* |
2013-14 Univ. of Maine NCAA 25* 1* 0* 1* 4* -7* |
2014-15 Univ. of Maine NCAA 38* 5* 4* 9* 20* -10* |
2015-16 Univ. of Maine NCAA 36* 13* 9* 22* 24* -8* |
2016-17 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 69* 21* 27* 48* 18* 0* | Playoffs 4 0 3 3 0 0
Texas Stars AHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2017-18 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 70* 17* 29* 46* 26* 17* | Playoffs 7 1 0 1 4 -6
2018-19 Greenville Swamp Rabbits ECHL 57* 10* 12* 22* 51* -18* |
Idaho Steelheads ECHL 13* 4* 3* 7* 4* 5* | Playoffs 6 0 1 1 0 -2
2019-20 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 61* 18* 18* 36* 49* 9* |
2020-21 Did not play * * * * * * |
2021-22 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 48* 19* 17* 36* 28* 19* |
Texas Stars AHL 13* 1* 2* 3* 4* -3* |
2022-23 Esbjerg Energy Denmark 47* 16* 9* 25* 18* -3* | Playoffs 11 0 4 4 2 2
2023-24 Manchester Storm EIHL 20* 3* 6* 9* 8* 2* |
Idaho Steelheads ECHL 42* 9* 19* 28* 10* 3* | Playoffs 5 2 0 2 2 0

Will Merchant Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 Eagan High MN State 3* 2* 0* 2* 4* -* |
B16 - White (Final 54) MNHP-16 3* 2* 0* 2* -* -* |
2011-12 Eagan High MN State 3* 1* 1* 2* 4* -* |
B17 - Red (Final 54) MNHP-17 3* 2* 0* 2* -* -* |
Team Gold USA-S17 -* -* -* -* -* -* |
2023-24 Manchester Storm EIHL Cup 8* 2* 1* 3* 6* -3* |

Will Merchant Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 2 14* 1* 2* 3* 0.21* 4* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
Denmark 1 47* 16* 9* 25* 0.53* 18* -3* | 1 11 0 * 4 * 4 * 0.36 * 2 * 2 *
ECHL 6 360* 98* 125* 223* 0.62* 186* 35* | 4 22 3 * 4 * 7 * 0.32 * 6 * -8 *
EIHL 1 20* 3* 6* 9* 0.45* 8* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
EIHL Cup 1 8* 2* 1* 3* 0.38* 6* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
MN State 2 6* 3* 1* 4* 0.67* 8* -* | 0 * * * * * *
MNHP-16 1 3* 2* 0* 2* 0.67* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
MNHP-17 1 3* 2* 0* 2* 0.67* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NCAA 4 136* 22* 17* 39* 0.29* 62* -32* | 0 * * * * * *
UMHSEHL 2 39* 13* 11* 24* 0.62* 38* -* | 2 5 3 * 1 * 4 * 0.80 * 0 * - *
USA-S17 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USHS-MN 3 75* 60* 51* 111* 1.48* 62* -* | 3 8 5 * 7 * 12 * 1.50 * 10 * - *
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
01/02/2024
01/02/2024 Confirmed Manchester Storm Idaho Steelheads
06/23/2023
06/23/2023 Confirmed Esbjerg Energy Manchester Storm
06/17/2022
06/17/2022 Confirmed Idaho Steelheads Esbjerg Energy
01/02/2022
01/02/2022 Loan Idaho Steelheads Texas Stars
08/04/2021
08/04/2021 Confirmed No team Idaho Steelheads
07/16/2019
07/16/2019 Extension Idaho Steelheads Idaho Steelheads
03/05/2019
03/05/2019 Confirmed Greenville Swamp Rabbits Idaho Steelheads
06/13/2018
06/13/2018 Confirmed Idaho Steelheads Greenville Swamp Rabbits
07/05/2017
07/05/2017 Extension Idaho Steelheads Idaho Steelheads
04/01/2017
04/01/2017 Loan Idaho Steelheads Texas Stars
08/05/2016
08/05/2016 Confirmed Univ. of Maine Idaho Steelheads
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2011, 4 #47 overall by Tri-City Storm in the USHL Entry Draft