Chad Kilger

Chad Kilger
Date of birth	November 27, 1976
place of birth	Cornwall , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	101 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1995 , 1st round, 4th position Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Career stations
1992-1993	Cornwall Colts
1993-1995	Kingston Frontenacs
1995-1996	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1996	Winnipeg Jets
1996-1997	Phoenix Coyotes
1997-1998	Chicago Blackhawks
1998-2000	Edmonton Oilers
2000-2003	Canadiens de Montréal
2003-2008	Toronto Maple Leafs

Chad William Lawrence Kilger (born November 27, 1976 in Cornwall , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 750 games for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Winnipeg Jets , Phoenix Coyotes , Chicago Blackhawks between 1992 and 2008 , Edmonton Oilers , Canadiens de Montréal and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger .

Career

Chad Kilger began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Cornwall Colts, for which he was active in the game year 1992/93. Subsequently, the Canadian acted with the Kingston Frontenacs , for which he played from 1993 to 1995 in the Canadian top junior league Ontario Hockey League . He was subsequently selected in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft as fourth overall in the first round by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . On February 7, 1996 he was transferred in a transfer deal with Oleg Twerdowski and a third-round draft election of the Winnipeg Jets for Teemu Selänne , Marc Chouinard and a four-round suffrage to the Winnipeg Jets. As a result, he spent most of his playing time with their farm team , the Springfield Falcons .

Chad Kilger (left) and Hal Gill in the jersey of the Toronto Maple Leafs (2008)

When his performance did not improve, he was given to the Chicago Blackhawks . In two seasons he scored 36 scorer points in 86 games for the Blackhawks, including 17 goals. In March 1999 he was transferred to the Edmonton Oilers together with Daniel Cleary and Ethan Moreau for Christian Laflamme , Boris Mironow , Dean McAmmond and Jonas Elofsson . After a year and a half, he moved to the Montréal Canadiens in December 2000 , where he was able to assert himself. In his first season with the Canadiens, he stood on the ice for an average of about 18 minutes. In March 2004 he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs .

Chad Kilger made the unofficial hockey record for the hardest slap shot on December 3, 2006, when he mph the old record by former defender of 106.6 San Jose Sharks , Shawn Heins , (106.0 mph) exceeded.

Non-signature in Florida

On February 26, the 2008 Trade Deadline , the Toronto Maple Leafs transferred Chad Kilger to the Florida Panthers for a third-round draft pick . He immediately demanded a leave of absence from the management of the Panthers, which they also granted him. However, since he did not return to Florida in the agreed period, management suspended the contract with the Canadian for an indefinite period. Kilger was also not allowed to go to training camp at the beginning of the 2008/09 season . By the end of the season he had neither played for the Panthers nor publicly given a statement for the non-fulfillment of his contract. His mother confirmed that her son was on leave. Former Maple Leafs general manager Cliff Fletcher stated that Kilger was now retired, although Kilger had never announced it before. Chad Kilger officially retired from professional ice hockey on July 10, 2009. He now works as a firefighter in his native Cornwall in the province of Ontario .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1993/94	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		66	17th	35	52	23		6th	7th	2	9	8th
1994/95	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		65	42	53	95	6th		5	2	7th	10	0
1995/96	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		45	5	7th	12	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		29	2	3	5	12		4th	1	0	1	0
1996/97	Springfield Falcons	AHL		52	17th	28	45	36		16	5	7th	12	56
1997/98	Springfield Falcons	AHL		35	14th	14th	28	33		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		10	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		22nd	3	8th	11	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		64	14th	11	25th	30th		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		13	1	1	2	4th		4th	0	0	0	4th
1999/00	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		40	3	2	5	18th		3	0	0	0	0
1999/00	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		7th	4th	2	6th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		34	5	2	7th	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		43	9	16	25th	34		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		75	8th	15th	23	27		12	0	1	1	9
2002/03	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		60	9	7th	16	21st		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		36	2	2	4th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		2	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		5	1	1	2	2		13	2	1	3	0
2004/05	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		not played because of lockout
2005/06	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		79	17th	11	28	63	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		82	14th	14th	28	58	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		53	10	7th	17th	18th	-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				131	59	88	147	118	12	12	4th	16	18th
AHL total				96	36	44	80	73	16	5	7th	12	56
NHL overall				714	107	111	218	363	36	3	2	5	13

( 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 )

family

His father, Bob Kilger, is a politician and was the acting mayor of Cornwall .

Web links

• Chad Kilger at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Chad Kilger at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Chad Kilger at hockeydb.com (English)