Zachary Boychuk (born October 4, 1989)[1] is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Boychuk has had a three-year career in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Sibir Novosibirsk and before moving on to Europe having won titles in Switzerland and Germany with SC Bern (2018–19), and Eisbären Berlin (2020–21, 2021–22 and 2023–24) respectively.

[2] Leading the Hurricanes to the 2008 WHL Finals – he had 21 points in 18 playoff games – Lethbridge was, however, swept by eventual Memorial Cup winners, the Spokane Chiefs.

Heading into the 2008 NHL entry draft, Boychuk was ranked eighth by the Central Scouting Service among North American skaters.

On December 6, 2013, after starting the season in the AHL, Boychuk was recalled by the Hurricanes after an injury to veteran defenseman Mike Komisarek.

[9] On July 7, 2015, Boychuk continued his tenure with the Hurricanes in signing a one-year, two-way contract with the club which paid him $600,000 in the NHL or $200,000 in the AHL, with his salary being guaranteed at $250,000.

Boychuk was unable to assert the impact from previous seasons with the Checkers and after producing 25 points in 56 games he was loaned by the Hurricanes to the Bakersfield Condors, an affiliate to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Andrew Miller on March 7, 2016.

On November 19, he left the KHL and signed for the remainder of the season with Swiss club, SC Bern of the National League (NL).

[16] SC Bern won the NL championship in 2019 and Boychuk assisted on the championship-winning goal scored by Eric Blum.

[citation needed] On December 27, 2019, Boychuk joined Siwtzerland's Fribourg-Gottéron of the NL for the remainder of the 2019–20 season as a replacement for injured David Desharnais.