Grant Hutton

Hutton played for the Miami RedHawks at Miami University from 2015 to 2019. There, he enrolled in the Farmer School of Business and majored in marketing.[3] Upon joining the team for the 2015–16 season, Hutton scored his first NCAA assist in a 7–3 win over the Providence Friars.[4] In February, he was awarded the NCHC Defenseman of the Week accolade after tallying two assists for his first-career multi-point game in a 4–1 win over the Bowling Green Falcons.[5] He finished the season with five assists and no goals through 35 games.[6]

Upon returning to the RedHawks for his sophomore season, Hutton broke out offensively and led all defencemen with nine goals and nine assists for 18 points. He also matched a program record for most goals by a defenseman since Alec Martinez in 2007–08.[3] He began the season by tallying his first career collegiate goal on October 7, 2016, against the Providence Friars.[7] Following this, he endured a three-game goal streak from February 18 to 24 as well as a four-game point streak.[3] The next week, he was selected for another Defenseman of the Week honor after scoring two goals.[8] Hutton finished the 2016–17 season by being elected to the NCHC Academic All-Conference Team.[9]

During his junior season, Hutton was one of nine upperclassmen on the team and was subsequently given a leadership position.[10] He began the season strong and was named NCHC Defenseman of the Week after tallying four goals and one assist in a series against the Maine Black Bears.[11] As an assistant captain, he played with a defensive partner Louie Belpedio and they combined to score over 25 percent of the RedHawks goals by December 2017.[10] As the season continued, Hutton notched six multi-point games and tallied 10 goals to become the first ReedHawks defenseman to do so since Dan Boyle in 1997–98.[12] He finished the season with a career-high 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points through 36 games.[6]

Hutton returned to Miami University for the 2018–19 season as team captain. In this role, he led all RedHawks defensemen with seven goals and 14 assists through 37 games. [13] By January 2019, Hutton's 25 goals were tied for the fifth-most all-time among Miami defensemen.[14]

Hutton officially concluded his collegiate career on March 21, 2019, by signing a one-year, entry-level contract with the New York Islanders.[13] He was immediately assigned to the Islanders American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers,[15] and made his professional debut on March 27. A few days later, he recorded his first career professional assist in a loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.[16] Hutton accumulated four points through six games to help lead the Sound Tigers to the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs for the first time since 2016.[17]

As a result of COVID-19 ravaging the Islanders lineup, Hutton earned his first NHL recall on November 20, 2021.[18] At the time of the recall, Hutton had tallied two goals through 10 games.[19] He subsequently made his NHL debut that night in a 5–2 loss to the Calgary Flames. During the game, he recorded three blocked shots and played 13:43 minutes of ice time.[20]

Grant Hutton’s first NHL goal came on April 9, 2022, in St Louis against the Blues. [21]