Joey Daccord

Joel "Joey" Daccord (born August 19, 1996) is a Swiss–American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL).

During the 2010–11 season, Daccord started playing junior hockey with North Andover High School.

The next season, 2011–12, Daccord helped them achieve a 3–0 record in their first three games of the season.

He then started play with Cushing Academy.

In his third season with Cushing, he achieved a 1.80 goals against average (GAA) and a save percentage of .933.

Daccord was selected in the 21st round (307th overall) in the 2013 USHL Entry Draft by the Omaha Lancers, where he was then traded to the Sioux City Musketeers, before finally ending up with the Muskegon Lumberjacks.

He played three seasons for the Arizona State Sun Devils after being selected 199th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Daccord signed a contract with the Ottawa Senators, and then played with their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Belleville Senators, and their ECHL affiliate, the Brampton Beast.

Daccord then signed with the Seattle Kraken, where he pushed their AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, to the Calder Cup Finals.

He then achieved the first-ever Winter Classic shutout with the Kraken in 2024.

Following his third season at Cushing Academy, Daccord was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the seventh round, 199th overall, in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

He spent the 2015–16 season with the United States Hockey League (USHL)'s Muskegon Lumberjacks.

He eventually joined the Arizona State Sun Devils (ASU) where he stayed for three seasons.

The 2018–19 season, Daccord's final with Arizona State, saw him tied with leading the league with seven shutouts, a .926 save percentage, and a 2.35 GAA.

He was named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award and Mike Richter Award.

On April 1, 2019, the Senators signed Daccord to a two-year, entry-level contract.

In doing so, he became the first player in Arizona State University history to sign a pro contract.

Daccord made his NHL debut on April 4, making 35 saves in a 5–2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.

Daccord split the 2019–20 season between the Belleville Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Brampton Beast of the ECHL, playing 26 games with Belleville and 12 with Brampton.

On October 17, 2020, Ottawa re-signed him to a three-year contract extension.

The following season in February 2021, Daccord was recalled from Belleville by Ottawa after Marcus Hogberg was injured.

On March 14, Daccord was forced to start a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs after Matt Murray suffered an injury during warmups; he went on to make 33 saves in a 4–3 win for his first career NHL victory.

Daccord was named the starting goaltender in a game, featuring the Senators versus the Vancouver Canucks on March 18.

In the third period, Daccord suffered a significant leg injury, forcing him to leave the game and miss the rest of the season.

On July 21, 2021, Daccord was left unprotected by the Senators for the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft where he was selected by the Seattle Kraken.

He entered the Kraken's inaugural season as third on the depth chart in goal, and was assigned to Seattle's AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers after training camp, achieving a .925 save percentage and 2.28 GAA in 34 games.

In October 2021, Daccord was recalled by Seattle and started his first game for the Kraken on October 19, against the New Jersey Devils.

He played in five games for the Kraken in the 2021–22 season, going 0–4–0.

Daccord was still a very dominant player in Charlotte, as there was an injury to fellow goaltender Christopher Gibson, and goaltender Spencer Knight was spending time with the Florida Panthers, which allowed him more time to play.

He was the AHL Goaltender of the Month in March 2022.

In May, Daccord helped the Checkers move to the third round of the 2022 Calder Cup playoffs.

For the 2022–23 season, Daccord was assigned to Seattle's new AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds.

He became a fan favorite in Coachella during the season, setting a 26–8–3 record with a GAA of 2.38, fifth best in the AHL.

In the 2023 Calder Cup playoffs, Daccord improved, playing in all 26 games, registering a GAA of 2.22 and recorded three shutouts, including two during the Calder Cup finals against the Hershey Bears, Daccord being the first goaltender to start the Calder Cup Finals with two straight shutouts since Moe Roberts of the Cleveland Barons in 1939.

Despite Daccord's excellence, the team lost in seven games.

On June 30, 2023, Daccord signed a two-year contract with the Kraken.

He would achieve his first NHL shutout on December 12, in a 4–0 win against the Florida Panthers, making 24 saves.

He would then proceed to get the first-ever Winter Classic shutout in NHL history, in the 2024 Winter Classic against the Vegas Golden Knights, in a 3–0 win, making 35 saves.

Throughout all of this, Daccord would help the Kraken achieve a franchise record nine-game win streak at 13-game points streak.

Daccord's father, Brian, is a former goaltender himself who played professionally in the National League (NL) in Switzerland.