Curtis Valk

Curtis Valk
Born	(1993-02-08) February 8, 1993
Occupation	Professional ice hockey centre
Known for	Playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and National Hockey League (NHL)

Curtis Valk (; born February 8, 1993) is a professional ice hockey centre of Kazakh Canadian nationality, currently playing for Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has also competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Florida Panthers.

Playing career

Valk developed his skills in major junior hockey with his hometown team, the Medicine Hat Tigers, competing in the Western Hockey League (WHL) beginning in the 2010–11 season. His outstanding play during the 2012–13 WHL season earned him a place on the 2013 WHL East First All-Star Team.

Despite not being selected in the NHL Draft, Valk participated in the Vancouver Canucks training camp in 2014 and subsequently signed a one-year deal with their AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, on October 10, 2014. He started the 2014–15 campaign with their ECHL affiliate, the Kalamazoo Wings.

On July 1, 2017, Valk secured a one-year entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers. He commenced the 2017–18 season playing for their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds, where he led the team with 15 points over 16 games. Valk made his NHL debut on November 14, 2017, after being called up by the Panthers; however, he returned to Springfield following a single game and concluded the season with a personal best of 62 points in 73 games.

As a restricted free agent, Valk chose to pause his North American career and signed a one-year contract with Barys Astana of the KHL on July 3, 2018. After four seasons with Barys and obtaining dual citizenship in Kazakhstan, he agreed to a two-year contract with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on May 1, 2022.

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009–10	Brooks Bandits	AJHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		56	8	9	17	19		15	1	4	5	6
2011–12	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		67	24	31	55	35		8	6	4	10	4
2012–13	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		71	46	45	91	54		8	3	2	5	4
2013–14	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		72	47	45	92	36		18	12	9	21	10
2014–15   | Kalamazoo Wings   | ECHL   |31   |11   |19   |30   |12   |   |   |   |   |
2014–15	Utica Comets	AHL		1	0	0	0	0
2015–16	Utica Comets	AHL		12	2	4	6	2
2015–16	Kalamazoo Wings	ECHL		30	16	17	33	14
2016–17	Utica Comets	AHL		75	16	30	46	49
2017–18	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL		73	20	42	62	41
2017–18   │Florida Panthers   │National Hockey League   │1    │0    │0    │0    │0    │   │   │   │   │   │ |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"   │2018–19 KHL season   │Barys Astana   │Kontinental Hockey League    │50    │9    │18    │27    │32    │12    │1    │6    │7    │6    |-   │2019–20 KHL season   │Barys Nur-Sultan    │KHL    │52    │7    │12    │19    │10    │5    │1     │1     │2     │4     │- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"   │2020–21 KHL season   │Barys Nur-Sultan   │KHL   │59   │9   │20   │29   │67   │3   │1   │1   │2   │2   |-   │2021–22 KHL season   │Barys Nur-Sultan   │KHL   │47   │12   │29   │41   │16   │5   │1   │3   │4   │2   |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"   │2022–23 KHL season   │Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg   │KHL   │56   │14   │25   │39   │26   │7   │4   │6   │10   │8   |-   │2023–24 KHL season   │Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg   │KHL   │60   │8   │20   │28   │28   │15   │1   │6   │7   │14   |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" │2024–25 KHL season │Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg │KHL │17 │3 │3 │6 │10 │— │— │— │— │— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" │NHL totals !1 !0 !0 !0 !0 !— !— !— !— !— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" │KHL totals !341 !62 !127 !189 !189 !47 !9 !23 !32 !36|} International Year Team Competition Outcome GP G A Pts PIM 2020 Kazakhstan OGQ Did not qualify 3 0 3 3 0 2021 Kazakhstan WC 10th place 7 1 4 5 2 2022 Kazakhstan WC Finished 14th 7 1 2 3 0 Senior career totals 17 2 9 11 2 Awards and honours Award Year WHL First All-Star Team selection 2012–13 Second All-Star Team selection 2013–14