Braden Holtby Biography, Wife, Stats, Contract, Salary & Other Facts

A professional hockey player, Braden Holtby has made a name for himself playing for his country, Canada, as well as the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals. Since making the NHL Draft in 2008, Holtby, who plays as a goaltender, has become a very important player for his country and his team.

the biography

NHL star Braden Holtby was born September 16, 1989 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada to the family of Greg and Tami Holtby and raised alongside a sister, Taryn Holtby

The Washington Capitals goaltender started skating as a child when his parents took him and his sister to skate. Interestingly, Braden didn’t become a goaltender from the blues, his dad also played the same position for the Saskatoon Blades. He spent two seasons with the team and also played for the University of Saskatchewan and the Lloydminster Lancers.

Professionally, Braden Holtby was selected by the Capitals in the 2018 NHL Draft in the fourth round, but it was in 2009 that he started properly. From then on, he would become very important for the whole team, winning many accolades including the NHL All-Star Game in 2016 and 2017, as well as the NHL First Team All-Star also in 2016. , he won the Vezina Trophy in 2016 and the William M. Jennings Trophy for scoring the fewest goals in 2017.

For Canada, Holtby was also a very important player. He was invited to join the team that won the Men’s Ice Hockey World Cup in Toronto in 2016.

Statistics

Looking at his stats from the 2010/2011 season, he has played in 14 games, starting with 12. He won 10 of the games, losing 2 and another 2 were overtime losses. While the shot against was 332, the goal against was 22.

The least appearance he recorded was in the 2011/2012 season where he only played 7 games, starting with six. They won 4, drew 2 and lost 1 in overtime. His most active participation was in the 2014/2015 season when he played in 73 games, starting with 72. Even more, he won 41 games, lost 20 and lost 10 in extra time.

In the 2017/2018 season, the goalkeeper has played 54 games so far, starting in all. He recorded 24 wins, 16 losses and 4 were lost in overtime.

Contract, salary and net worth

Named one of the 30 Under 30s by Forbes, Braden Holtby has had a very successful NHL career so far. His first contract with the team which he signed in 2008 was worth over $2 million and was to last for three years.

In 2013, he got a contract extension worth over $3.7 million. The goalkeeper’s latest and most recent contract so far was signed in 2015 and it was worth over $30 million. The contract is expected to keep him with the team for five years, meaning it will run until 2020.

Braden Holtby earned a salary of $3.5 million during the 2015/2016 season, while the following two seasons saw him receive $7 million. In the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons, the Washington Capitals goaltender will receive $5 million in salary for each season.

As for his net worth, he is estimated at $11 million. Nevertheless, a proper review of its value has not been provided.

Braden Holtby’s wife

A rather handsome man, the ice hockey player is a man that many women would really want to date. Nevertheless, he hasn’t been involved with many women in the past. In fact, he’s only publicly dated one woman and that’s Brandi Bodnar.

The two supporters of the LGBTQ community dated for a while before finally deciding to tie the knot as man and woman in 2013. In 2012, while still the goalkeeper’s fiancée, Brandi Bodner gave birth to the couple’s first child, Benjamin Hunter Holtby. The couple’s next child being a girl, her name was Belle Scarlett Holtby.

Like her husband, Brandi was born and raised in Canada, and was educated in the country before deciding to move to the United States.

other facts

• He was named among Forbes 30 under 30 for 2018 in the sports category.
• Her sister, Taryn Holtby, curls. In fact, she was able to compete at the Canadian Women’s Curling Championships
• Braden Holtby’s father, who runs a farm, had hoped his son would also be a farmer. Although he is now happy and proud of himself, he still hopes that one day he will take over the family business.
• Holtby has a good height and athletic build which helped him as a goalie. He has a height of 6 feet 2 inches and a weight of 92 kg.