Justin Sourdif

Justin Sourdif (born March 24, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Charlotte Checkers in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect under contract to the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Junior
Sourdif played in the Delta Hockey Academy before he was selected third overall by the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft. He began his major junior career with the Giants in the following 2017–18 season. In the 2018–19 season, Sourdif was a member of the Giants team that advanced all the way to the WHL championship, losing in seven games to the Prince Albert Raiders. During the pandemic-shortened 2019–20 season, Sourdif registered 54 points for the Giants. That season, Sourdif was among those chosen to the play in the Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. He was selected as the Giants captain leading into his final junior season in 2021–22 and with the club out of playoff contention he was dealt to the Edmonton Oil Kings at the trade deadline in exchange for two first-round draft picks and a fellow junior player on January 17, 2022. Sourdif contributed with 14 points through 19 playoff games with the Oil Kings to help capture the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions. As WHL champions, the Oil Kings were one of the four teams at the 2022 Memorial Cup, however, the team finished last in the tournament.

Professional
Sourdif was selected in the third round, 87th overall, by the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on October 7, 2020. Sourdif was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on September 25, 2021. Sourdif began his professional career in the 2022–23 season, assigned by the Panthers to American Hockey League affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. Remaining with the Checkers for the entirety of the season, Sourdif showed offensive potential in posting seven goals and 24 points while limited to just 48 games through injury as a rookie.

In the season, following an impressive training camp with the Panthers, Sourdif was the final cut re-assigned to the Checkers before the commencement of the season. Before joining the Checkers, Sourdif was recalled by the Panthers and was named to the opening season roster. He later made his NHL debut on October 16, 2023, in a 4–3 victory against the New Jersey Devils. He went scoreless in three games with the Panthers before he was re-assigned to the Charlotte Checkers on October 23, 2023.

International play
Sourdif was selected to play for Canada at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. In five games he scored one goal and five points and as the team won a silver medal.