Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Steven Lorentz was born April 13, 1996 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He is a center in the National Hockey League. 

On June 27, 2015, the Carolina Hurricanes selected Lorentz in the seventh round, 186th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Following his fourth completed junior OHL season with the Peterborough Petes, the Hurricanes signed Lorentz on a three-year, entry-level contract on April 21, 2017. Lorentz was one of those 31 players for the Hurricanes invited to the "bubble" as part of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. On October 15, 2020, the Hurricanes signed Lorentz to a two-year, two-way contract. In the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Lorentz made his NHL debut on January 28, 2021, in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He subsequently recorded his first point on January 30 with an assist against the Dallas Stars. Lorentz scored his first career NHL goal on March 2, 2021, in a game against the Nashville Predators. On July 13, 2022, the Hurricanes traded Lorentz, goaltender Eetu Makiniemi and a conditional third-round selection in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Brent Burns and Lane Pederson. On July 22, the Sharks signed Lorentz to a two-year contract extension.