Chris Butler (ice hockey player)
 Chris Butler 
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| Date of birth | October 27, 1986 |
| place of birth | St. Louis , Missouri , USA |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 88 kg |
| position | defender |
| number | # 25 (NHL) |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2005 , 4th round, 96th position Buffalo Sabers |
| Career stations | |
| 2003-2005 | Sioux City Musketeers |
| 2005-2008 | University of Denver |
| 2008-2011 | Buffalo Sabers |
| 2011-2014 | Calgary Flames |
| 2014-2019 |
St. Louis Blues San Antonio Rampage |
Christopher Butler (born October 27, 1986 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is a retired American ice hockey player . The defender played over 400 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League between 2008 and 2019 . With the USA national team , he won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Cup .
Career
Chris Butler began his career as a hockey player with the Sioux City Musketeers from the United States Hockey League , for which he was active for a total of two years from 2003 to 2005. During the 2005 NHL Entry Draft , the defender was selected as the 96th player in the fourth round by the Buffalo Sabers . The following three years he played, however, first for the ice hockey team of the University of Denver in the National Collegiate Athletic Association , which he left prematurely in 2008 because he had been signed by the Sabers.
From the 2008/09 season Butler was both for the NHL team of the Sabers on the ice, as well as for their farm team from the American Hockey League (AHL), the Portland Pirates . The American made his debut in the National Hockey League on December 19, 2008 in a game against the Los Angeles Kings .
On June 25, 2011, the Sabers gave him together with Paul Byron in exchange for Robyn Regehr , Aleš Kotalík and a second-round vote in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft to the Calgary Flames . After three years in Calgary, Butler moved to the St. Louis Blues in July 2014 and signed a one-year contract there. This was extended twice, with the defender was mainly used in the AHL, the Chicago Wolves and the San Antonio Rampage . After the 2018/19 season, he finally ended his active career, in which he had played a total of 414 NHL games and recorded 87 points scorer.
International
At the 2013 World Cup in Stockholm and Helsinki , Butler was part of the US national team and won the bronze medal with it.
Achievements and Awards
- 2005 USHL First All-Star Team
- 2006 WCHA All-Rookie Team
- 2008 WCHA Second All-Star Team
- 2008 NCAA West Second All-American Team
International
- 2013 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 2003/04 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 55 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 37 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | ||
| 2004/05 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | 60 | 6th | 22nd | 28 | 90 | 13 | 1 | 6th | 7th | 10 | ||
| 2005/06 | University of Denver | NCAA | 35 | 7th | 15th | 22nd | 28 | |||||||
| 2006/07 | University of Denver | NCAA | 39 | 10 | 17th | 27 | 42 | |||||||
| 2007/08 | University of Denver | NCAA | 41 | 3 | 14th | 17th | 38 | |||||||
| 2008/09 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 47 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008/09 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 27 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009/10 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 59 | 1 | 20th | 21st | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 49 | 2 | 7th | 9 | 26th | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2011/12 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 68 | 2 | 13 | 15th | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Karlskrona HK | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 44 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 82 | 2 | 14th | 16 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 14th | 1 | 8th | 9 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 33 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 46 | 4th | 14th | 18th | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 72 | 5 | 21st | 26th | 46 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 4th | ||
| 2016/17 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2017/18 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 61 | 8th | 21st | 29 | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2017/18 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2018/19 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 51 | 2 | 19th | 21st | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2018/19 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| USHL total | 115 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 127 | 20th | 1 | 7th | 8th | 16 | ||||
| NCAA overall | 115 | 20th | 46 | 66 | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| AHL total | 271 | 22nd | 93 | 115 | 167 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 4th | ||||
| NHL overall | 407 | 14th | 72 | 86 | 187 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
International
Represented the USA at:
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 2006 | United States | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | United States | WM | 7th place | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | United States | WM |
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10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Juniors overall | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Men overall | 18th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | ||||
( 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
- Chris Butler in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Chris Butler at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ letsgodu.blogspot.com, Chris Butler Gets Called Up To NHL
- ↑ nhl.com: "Butler Signs One-Year, Two-Way Deal" (English, July 16, 2014, accessed on September 8, 2014)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Butler, Chris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butler, Christopher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri |