Blair Betts
 Blair Betts 
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| Date of birth | February 16, 1980 |
| place of birth | Edmonton , Alberta , Canada |
| size | 188 cm |
| Weight | 95 kg |
| position | center |
| number | # 15 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1998 , 2nd lap, 33rd position Calgary Flames |
| Career stations | |
| 1996-2000 | Prince George Cougars |
| 2000-2003 | Saint John Flames |
| 2003-2004 | Calgary Flames |
| 2004-2005 | Hartford Wolf Pack |
| 2005-2009 | New York Rangers |
| since 2009 | Philadelphia Flyers |
Blair Betts (born February 16, 1980 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has played for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League on the position of the center since 2009 .
Career
Betts played as a teenager in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League with the Prince George Cougars . He stayed with them for four seasons between 1996 and 2000 and reached the playoffs every year.
After Betts had already been selected in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1998 in 33rd place by the Calgary Flames , they brought him for the first time in their farm team in the American Hockey League at the beginning of the 2000/01 season . At the Saint John Flames , the center performed well and also spent most of the 2001/02 season there. In 67 games in the regular season Betts posted 49 scorer points, which had the consequence that he was appointed to the NHL squad of the Calgary Flames for the first time in February 2002. In total, he came to six missions in which he could score a goal. In the following two seasons, he came only sporadically, as he was repeatedly thrown back by injuries.
At the trade deadline in March 2004, he was transferred to the New York Rangers along with Jamie McLennan and Greg Moore . In return, Chris Simon moved to Calgary. During the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season , Betts played for the Rangers AHL farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack . From the following season 2005/06 he was then part of the regular staff of the Rangers and did particularly well as an excellent outnumbered player.
International
Betts represented his home country at the U20 World Junior Championship in 1999 . During the tournament he played five games and remained pointless. In the final he lost to Canada against Russia and won the silver medal.
Achievements and Awards
- 1999 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
- 2001 Calder Cup win with the Saint John Flames
- 2008 Victoria Cup win with the New York Rangers
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1996-97 | Prince George Cougars | WHL | 58 | 12 | 18th | 30th | 19th | 15th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | ||
| 1997-98 | Prince George Cougars | WHL | 71 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 38 | 11 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 8th | ||
| 1998-99 | Prince George Cougars | WHL | 42 | 20th | 22nd | 42 | 39 | 7th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8th | ||
| 1999-00 | Prince George Cougars | WHL | 44 | 24 | 35 | 69 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 22nd | 6th | ||
| 2000-01 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 75 | 13 | 15th | 28 | 28 | 19th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th | ||
| 2001-02 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 67 | 20th | 29 | 49 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Calgary Flames | NHL | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2002-03 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 19th | 6th | 7th | 13 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Calgary Flames | NHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2003-04 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 20th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004-05 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 16 | 5 | 4th | 9 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | New York Rangers | NHL | 66 | 8th | 2 | 10 | 24 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2006-07 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 9 | 4th | 13 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
| 2007-08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 75 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 20th | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2008-09 | New York Rangers | NHL | 81 | 6th | 4th | 10 | 16 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009-10 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 63 | 8th | 10 | 18th | 14th | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
| 2010-11 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 75 | 5 | 7th | 12 | 8th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WHL overall | 215 | 91 | 116 | 207 | 134 | 46 | 20th | 21st | 41 | 28 | ||||
| AHL total | 177 | 44 | 55 | 99 | 48 | 19th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th | ||||
| NHL overall | 477 | 41 | 37 | 78 | 118 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 12 | ||||
International
Represented Canada to:
| year | team | event | GP | G | A. | Pts | PIM | |
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| 1999 | Canada | U20 World Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Juniors overall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
- Player biography on the Philadelphia Flyers website
- Blair Betts at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Blair Betts at hockeydb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ hockeycanada.ca, 1999 IIHF World Junior Championship - Statistics
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Betts, Blair |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edmonton , Alberta |