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Sam Rinzel

D · 6'4", 200 lb · 22 years old · Shoots right · Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2022 · CHI · round 1 · #25 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 17	DAL	0	0	1	-1	15:26
Oct 15	WPG	0	0	3	0	19:41
Oct 13	PIT	0	0	0	0	14:52
Oct 10	CAR	0	0	0	-1	18:43
Oct 8	@NYI	1	1	1	+1	18:05

Against his position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 233 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 602.56128th

Blocks / 603.42161st

Takeaways / 601.7124th

Giveaways / 607.27230th

Penalty minutes4108th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Chicago Blackhawks	8	1	1	2	-3	11	9.1	17:32
2025-26	Chicago Blackhawks	54	4	10	14	-7	83	4.8	18:16
2024-25	Chicago Blackhawks	9	0	5	5	+1	22	–	23:22
Career		71	5	16	21	-9	116	4.3	18:50

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	23	2	12	14
2024-25	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	40	10	22	32
2023-24	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	39	2	26	28
2023-24	WJC-20	USA U20	7	0	1	1
2022-23	USHL	Waterloo Black Hawks	58	9	27	36
2022-23	WJAC-19	USA U19	6	1	4	5
2021-22	MNHP	B17 - Section 2	3	1	3	4
2021-22	MNHP	B17 - Red (Final 54)	3	1	0	1
2021-22	USA-S17	Team Forest	4	0	0	0
2021-22	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	USA U18	4	0	0	0
2021-22	UMHSEHL	Team SIT Financial Services	18	4	12	16
2021-22	USHS-MN	Chaska High	27	9	29	38
2021-22	USHL	Waterloo Black Hawks	21	2	8	10
2020-21	USHS-MN	Chaska High	19	8	17	25
2019-20	MNHP-15	B15 - District 6	3	1	2	3
2019-20	USHS-MN	Chaska High	25	4	5	9
2018-19	WSI U15	Northstar Elite U15	5	0	1	1
2018-19	MNHP-14	B14 - District 6	3	0	0	0
2018-19	MNHP 14U	MN Lakers 14U AAA	16	3	8	11

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.