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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	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	WPG	2	2	0.7	2	-1	21:17
Nov 12	BUF	2	2	0.5	1	+2	21:53
Nov 7	@CAR	0	0	-0.3	1	0	21:23
Nov 5	@TBL	1	1	0.3	4	-1	20:50
Nov 4	@FLA	1	1	0.6	2	0	18:33

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 602.85123rd

Blocks / 602.85194th

Takeaways / 601.6015th

Giveaways / 605.88235th

Penalty minutes14186th

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.

Per game, against the average defenseman

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.2

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 14.6

Attempts against

D 14.7

TOI

Ice time

D 19:05

Speed

Top, mph

21.0

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.7

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.3

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.8

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

Shot

Hardest, mph

85.6

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Goal1Shot on goal24Missed18Shot blocked22

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Chicago Blackhawks	19	1	8	9	-4	25	4.0	17:43
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		82	5	23	28	-10	130	3.8	18:42

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