Matt Rempe

Matt Rempe, Canadian ice hockey player

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Born: June 29, 2002
Age in 2026: 24
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 2002

About Matt Rempe

Matthew Rempe ( REHM-pay; born June 29, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Rangers in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL entry draft. Standing 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, Rempe is one of the tallest players ever to play in the NHL. == Playing career == === Junior === Rempe was not drafted in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft and started his junior career with the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) after being the final cut in training camp of the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Rempe made the Thunderbirds the following year and despite an injury that forced him to miss the first 15 games of the season, he posted 12 goals and 19 assists for 31 points in 47 games for the 2019–20 season. After the season he was drafted by the New York Rangers in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL entry draft with the 165th overall pick. Upon being drafted, Thunderbirds' general manager Bill LaForge Jr. said: I think the Rangers got themselves a steal. I thought he had a chance to go significantly earlier than he did. I was really excited, and he has a chance to play for a storied franchise. I sent him a text and said 'the Big Apple just got bigger'.

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Career and life highlights

Rempe's 2020–21 season was cut short due to COVID-19 and in 2021–22 he recorded 17 goals and six assists in 56 games for the Thunderbirds.
Rempe played his first NHL game against the New York Islanders on February 18, as part of the 2024 NHL Stadium Series, making him the first player to start his NHL career with an outdoor game.
Before the game when it was uncertain whether Rempe would play, teammate Jimmy Vesey said "That'd be a pretty sick first game.

Matt Rempe timeline

2020Rempe's 2020–21 season was cut short due to COVID-19 and in 2021–22 he recorded 17 goals and six assists in 56 games for the Thunderbirds.
2024Rempe played his first NHL game against the New York Islanders on February 18, as part of the 2024 NHL Stadium Series, making him the first player to start his NHL career with an outdoor game.

The world when Matt Rempe was born

Matt Rempe was born in 2002. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 2002

#1 song"How You Remind Me" – Nickelback
Top movieChicago
Top TV showCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Best-selling bookThe Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentBrazil wins 5th World Cup
Top headlineUS creates Department of Homeland Security
Technology milestoneSpaceX founded by Elon Musk
Defining fadAmerican Idol premieres
Notable inventionRoomba robot vacuum
World population6.24 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderGeorge W. Bush
Sports championAnaheim Angels (World Series)
Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
U.S. population287.6M

2002 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Matt Rempe's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	2002	2026
Gas	$1.36	$3.45/gal
Average home	$158,300	$435,000
Average income	$51,680	$67,500
Minimum wage	$5.15	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$5.81	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.37	$0.73
Population	287.6M	341 million

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