#8 Matt Beca
| Position |
Forward |
| Height |
5'10" |
| Weight |
178 |
| Shoots |
Right |
| Born |
March 6, 1986 |
| Birthplace |
Mississauga, Ontario |
| Drafted |
Undrafted |
Career Statistics
| |
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|
Regular Season |
|
Playoffs |
| Season |
Team |
League |
|
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
|
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
| 2002-03 |
Brampton |
OPJHL |
|
49 |
15 |
30 |
45 |
30 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2003-04 |
Hamilton |
OPJHL |
|
41 |
17 |
26 |
43 |
25 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2004-05 |
Oakville |
OPJHL |
|
49 |
24 |
52 |
76 |
26 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2005-06 |
Oakville |
OPJHL |
|
49 |
43 |
43 |
86 |
54 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2006-07 |
Clarkson |
NCAA |
|
38 |
10 |
17 |
27 |
14 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2007-08 |
Clarkson |
NCAA |
|
39 |
10 |
24 |
34 |
10 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2008-09 |
Clarkson |
NCAA |
|
35 |
11 |
13 |
24 |
18 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2009-10 |
Clarkson |
NCAA |
|
37 |
20 |
18 |
38 |
40 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Springfield |
AHL |
|
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2010-11 |
Florida |
ECHL |
|
62 |
22 |
28 |
50 |
34 |
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| 2011-12 |
Florida |
ECHL |
|
62 |
21 |
39 |
60 |
43 |
|
18 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
0 |
| |
Charlotte |
AHL |
|
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2012-13 |
Florida |
ECHL |
|
31 |
7 |
16 |
23 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
South Carolina |
ECHL |
|
11 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Charlotte |
AHL |
|
32 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| AHL TOTALS |
|
44 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
14 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| NHL TOTALS |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| PRO TOTALS |
|
210 |
61 |
96 |
157 |
111 |
|
22 |
6 |
10 |
16 |
22 |
Biography
Signed a two-way AHL/ECHL contract with Charlotte for the third time in as many seasons on 8/7/12.
2011-12
Split his second professional season between Charlotte and the Florida Everblades of the ECHL ... Led the Everblades in scoring with a career-high 60 points (21g, 39a) in 62 games played ... Was third on the team in playoff scoring with 14 points (5g, 9a) in 18 games as the Everblades captured the Kelly Cup championship ... Played a career-high seven AHL games for Charlotte, earning one assist ... Earned an assist in the Everblades' season opener vs. GWT (10/14) ... Earned his first career fighting major vs. WHL (11/9) ... Scored the overtime winner and added an assist vs. GWT (12/2) ... Had a career-high five points and four assists vs. ELM (12/9) ... Scored a power-play goal in four consecutive games from 12/22-12/30 ... Recalled from Florida and played his first AHL game in nearly two years vs. SA (1/3), taking two shots on goal ... Returned to Florida on 1/9 but returned two days later, earning his first career AHL assist on Zach Boychuk's game-tying goal vs. HER (1/11) ... Took an AHL career-high five shots on goal in the 6-5 win vs. GR (1/17) ... Reassigned to Florida on 1/23... Scored points in 16 of 17 ECHL games (11g, 15a) from 11/30-1/28, including point streaks of seven and nine games ... Had a four-point night, including his first career hat trick, at SC (2/11) ... Had a six-game point streak (1g, 5a) from 2/24-3/3 ... Notched three assists vs. SC (3/23) ... Had a goal and an assist in the Everblades' first playoff game vs. GRN (4/2) ... Scored multiple goals (two), including the game-winner, for the first time in his pro career as Florida completed a three-game sweep of GRN (4/6) ... Scored on one of his team-high seven shots and assisted on the overtime winner in Game Three vs. ELM (4/16) ... Tied his career high with eight shots and scored a goal in the Game Two loss vs. KAL (5/1) ... Had two assists, including one on the overtime game-winner, as the Everblades clinched the Kelly Cup in Game 5 vs. LV (5/23).
2010-11
Completed his first professional season with Florida (ECHL), ranking fourth on the team with 50 points (22g, 28a) in 62 games ... Had two points (1g, 1a) in four playoff games for the Everblades ... Notched his first career assist vs. KAL (10/27), the first game of a three-game point streak (2g, 1a) ... Scored the game-winning goal vs. KAL (10/29) ... Scored the game-winner at CIN (12/4) to extend his point streak to four games (1g, 4a) ... Had 10 points (3g, 7a), including two three-point outings, during a five-game point streak from 12/21-12/31 ... Notched three points (2g, 1a) and six shots on goal vs. REA (1/19) ... Fired a career-best eight shots on goal at KAL (1/28) ... Scored his first career power-play goal, the game-winner, as part of a three-point performance vs. GWT (2/18) ... Scored three points (1g, 2a) for the second time in as many days vs. GWT (2/19) ... Scored two goals, including the overtime winner, vs. GRN (3/12) ... Scored his first career shorthanded goal, the eventual game-winner, in Game One of the Everblades' first-round series with KAL (4/5).
2009-10
Signed an amateur tryout contract with Springfield (AHL) at the conclusion of his college career on 3/23 ... Played his first five professoinal games with the Falcons, scoring his first career goal and point in the season finale at HFD on 4/10 ... Signed a two-way AHL contract with Charlotte on 8/12.
College
Played 149 games over four seasons at Clarkson, tallying 123 points (51g, 72a) ... Selected as Clarkson's (NCAA) Bill Harrison MVP Award winner after his senior season in 2009-10 when he led Clarkson in scoring with 38 points (20g, 18a) in 37 games...Only the second player at Clarkson from 2000-2010 to score 20 goals in a season ... Opened his senior season with five goals in the first four games for the best start by a Golden Knight since the 1991-92 campaign.