Chris Bourque

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Chris Bourque
Date of birth January 29, 1986
place of birth Boston , Massachusetts , USA
size 173 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2004 , 2nd round, 33rd position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
2004-2005 Boston University
2005-2010 Hershey Bears
2009 Pittsburgh Penguins
2010-2011 HC Lugano
2011–2012 Hershey Bears
2012-2013 Boston Bruins
Providence Bruins
2013 Ak Bars Kazan
2013-2014 EHC Biel
2014-2015 Hartford Wolf Pack
2015-2018 Hershey Bears
2018-2019 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
since 2019 EHC Red Bull Munich

Christopher "Chris" Bourque (born January 29, 1986 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American - Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Red Bull Munich in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) since May 2019 . Chris is the son of Hall of Fame member Ray Bourque . His brother Ryan is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

The 1.73 m tall winger began his career on the Boston University team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations before being selected ( drafted ) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft as 33rd in the second round by the Washington Capitals . From the capital city, the left shooter was first used with the Portland Pirates and the Hershey Bears in the AHL, in November 2007 he was then appointed to the NHL squad of the Capitals for the first time. In total, he completed four games this season for the capital city, who sent him back to the Bears in the AHL at the beginning of the following season . He scored his first NHL goal on December 30, 2008 against the Buffalo Sabers , but only played eight games for the Capitals.

The 2009/10 season he began with the Pittsburgh Penguins, who had signed him in September 2009 via the waiver . In December of the same year, the Penguins also put him on the waiver list, from which the Capitals signed him and subsequently used him again with the hershey Bears.

After the season ended, Bourque signed a two-year contract with Atlant Mytishchi from the Continental Hockey League . After eight games for Atlant, he left the KHL in early October 2010 and was signed by HC Lugano .

On July 2, 2011, Bourque signed a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals. However, the striker spent the entire 2011/12 season with their AHL farm team, Hershey Bears, and with 93 points in the regular season became the most successful points collector of the season. On May 26, 2012, the Washington Capitals transferred him to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Zach Hamill . During the following season he was used for both the Providence Bruins in the AHL, and the Boston Bruins in the NHL. During the 2013 NHL play-offs, Bourque was signed by Ak Bars Kazan for the following season. In November 2013 he left Kazan again and moved to Switzerland to EHC Biel , where he spent the rest of the season. In July 2014 he was hired as a free agent by the New York Rangers , where he meets his brother Ryan. As part of the preparation for the 2014/15 season, the Rangers gave him to their AHL farm team Hartford Wolf Pack .

After a year in Hartford, in which he came to no NHL use, he signed a one-year contract with the Washington Capitals , which use him with the Hershey Bears in the AHL. There he was able to build on earlier performances in Hershey and with 30 goals and 50 assists became the top scorer of the league for the second time, so that he was awarded the John B. Sollenberger Trophy . He was also named the most valuable player of the regular season with the Les Cunningham Award and - as in the previous year - he was elected to the AHL First All-Star Team .

After the 2016/17 season, Bourque signed a new, all-AHL-only, one-year contract in Hershey. After three years in Hershey, he finally moved to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers within the league for the 2018/19 season . In spring 2019, he did not receive a new contract there and then moved to EHC Red Bull Munich in May 2019 . The season in Munich was extremely successful for Bourque, because the Red Bulls finished the main round in first place and he scored 47 times (17 goals) in 51 main round games and also led the plus / minus statistics with a value of +26. However, the 2020 playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and no German champions were determined.

International

Bourque has been playing internationally since his youth for his country of birth and not for his father's Canadian homeland. With the U20 national team of the USA he took part in the U20 World Championships in 2005 and 2006 and finished fourth in each case. He made his debut for the senior national team in the 2013 Deutschland Cup before joining Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics . There, the team that competed without NHL players reached seventh place.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2015 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
  • 2015 AHL First All-Star Team
  • 2016 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
  • 2016 Les Cunningham Award
  • 2016 John B. Sollenberger Trophy
  • 2016 AHL First All-Star Team
  • 2017 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
  • 2018 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic
  • 2020 Best plus / minus value of the DEL main round 2019/20

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Bourque in the jersey of the US U20 national team (2005)
Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2004/05 Boston University NCAA 35 10 13 23 50
2004/05 Portland Pirates AHL 6th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
2005/06 Hershey Bears AHL 52 8th 28 36 40 1 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Hershey Bears AHL 76 25th 33 58 49 19th 2 6th 8th 18th
2007/08 Washington Capitals NHL 4th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2007/08 Hershey Bears AHL 73 28 35 63 56 5 1 3 4th 8th
2008/09 Washington Capitals NHL 8th 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Hershey Bears AHL 69 21st 52 73 57 22nd 5 16 21st 30th
2009/10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 20th 0 3 3 10 - - - - -
2009/10 Washington Capitals NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2009/10 Hershey Bears AHL 49 22nd 48 70 26th 21st 7th 20th 27 10
2010/11 Atlant Mytishchi KHL 8th 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2010/11 HC Lugano NLA 39 14th 19th 33 24 2 1 4th 5 0
2011/12 Hershey Bears AHL 73 27 66 93 42 5 1 3 4th 0
2012/13 Boston Bruins NHL 18th 1 3 4th 6th - - - - -
2012/13 Providence Bruins AHL 39 10 28 38 34 12 5 9 14th 14th
2013/14 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 11 2 0 2 6th - - - - -
2013/14 EHC Biel NLA 21st 6th 7th 13 14th 12 4th 4th 8th 4th
2014/15 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 73 29 37 66 68 15th 4th 13 17th 12
2015/16 Hershey Bears AHL 72 30th 50 80 56 21st 4th 8th 12 20th
2016/17 Hershey Bears AHL 76 18th 42 60 46 12 6th 4th 10 4th
2017/18 Hershey Bears AHL 64 17th 36 53 63 - - - - -
2018/19 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 72 15th 39 54 52 5 0 1 1 2
NCAA overall 35 10 13 23 50
AHL total 794 251 495 746 591 138 35 83 118 118
NHL overall 51 2 6th 8th 18th 0 0 0 0 0
NLA total 60 20th 26th 46 38 14th 5 8th 13 4th
KHL total 19th 3 0 3 6th 0 0 0 0 0

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 3 1 1 2 0
2006 United States U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 7th 1 8th 12
2018 United States Olympia 7th place 5 0 2 2 2
Juniors overall 10 8th 2 10 12
Men overall 5 0 2 2 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Chris Bourque  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.hockeyfans.ch, Bourque signs in Lugano
  2. ↑ Sport: EHC Munich signs experienced striker Chris Bourque - EHC Munich. In: merkur.de. May 27, 2019, accessed September 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ice Hockey News Review 2019/20, pages 70–71
Squad EHC München in the season 2020/21
personal data
SURNAME Bourque, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bourque, Christopher (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts