Chris Minard

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Chris Minard
Date of birth November 18, 1981
place of birth Owen Sound , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
number # 21
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1997-2000 Owen Sound Platers
2000-2001 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
2001-2002 Oshawa Generals
2002-2003 Pensacola Ice Pilots
2003-2004 San Angelo Saints
2004-2005 Alaska Aces
2005-2006 Albany River Rats
2006-2007 Lowell Devils
2007-2009 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2009-2010 Springfield Falcons
2010–2012 Grand Rapids Griffins
2012-2015 Cologne Sharks
2015-2017 Düsseldorfer EG

Chris Minard (born November 18, 1981 in Owen Sound , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was active in the German ice hockey league with the Kölner Haien and the Düsseldorfer EG . He had previously played for many years in the American Hockey League and came to a total of 40 appearances in the National Hockey League , including for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Edmonton Oilers . Minard's brother Mike is also a goalkeeper ice hockey player .

Career

The 1.85 m tall center began his professional career with various teams in the Canadian Junior League OHL , in 2002 he moved to the Pensacola Ice Pilots in the East Coast Hockey League . After two other minor league stations, the left shooter was on the ice for the first time in the 2004/05 season with the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL. After Minard had received an engagement with the Devils farm teams Albany River Rats and Lowell Devils in a training camp for the New Jersey Devils , the attacker switched to the organization of the Pittsburgh Penguins in July 2007 , where he played against the Washington Capitals made his NHL debut. Minard scored his first scorer point in the highest North American professional league five days later with an assist against the New York Islanders , his first NHL goal followed on March 12 against the Buffalo Sabers . However, most of the 2007-08 season was spent by the Canadian with the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League. The 2009/10 season he spent mostly with the Springfield Falcons before his contract with the Edmonton Oilers was not renewed and Minard than in July 2010 free agent a contract with the Detroit Red Wings signed to him in the farm team for the Grand Rapids Griffins inserting . In the 2011/12 season, Minard scored 33 scorer points in 39 games and was awarded the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for his athleticism and dedication.

Minard was a fan of the Red Wings since his youth and did not come to any further NHL use in the two years he played for their farm team.

In the summer of 2012, the left shooter decided to move to the Kölner Haien , with whom he initially signed a one-year contract. He justified his move to a European ice hockey league, among other things, with health reasons, since in his opinion North America was played harder physically.

In January 2013, when Minard was the Haie's top scorer with 18 goals at that time , he agreed with the KEC on an extension of his contract until 2015. After the sportingly and personally disappointing 2014/15 season , he switched to local rivals before the following season Düsseldorfer EG .

After the end of the 2016/17 season , Minard ended his active career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Owen Sound Platers OHL 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
1998/99 Owen Sound Platers OHL 43 6th 9 15th 18th - - - - -
1999/00 Owen Sound Platers OHL 38 12 14th 26th 39 - - - - -
1999/00 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 28 5 14th 19th 6th - - - - -
2000/01 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 40 11 8th 19th 28 - - - - -
2000/01 Oshawa Generals OHL 28 12 12 24 18th - - - - -
2001/02 Oshawa Generals OHL 67 36 35 71 20th 5 2 3 5 6th
2002/03 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 72 15th 17th 32 71 4th 0 0 0 6th
2003/04 San Angelo Saints CHL 64 39 36 75 51 5 1 1 2 2
2004/05 Alaska Aces ECHL 69 49 29 78 54 15th 4th 4th 8th 12
2004/05 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Alaska Aces ECHL 33 26th 16 42 38 22nd 14th 5 19th 54
2005/06 Albany River Rats AHL 37 7th 12 19th 26th - - - - -
2006/07 Lowell Devils AHL 65 32 17th 49 30th - - - - -
2007/08 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 56 25th 17th 42 33 23 11 6th 17th 10
2007/08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 15th 1 1 2 10 - - - - -
2008/09 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 54 34 23 57 38 12 6th 3 9 12
2008/09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 20th 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
2009/10 Springfield Falcons AHL 40 22nd 16 38 18th - - - - -
2009/10 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2010/11 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 79 18th 17th 35 45 - - - - -
2011/12 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 39 21st 11 32 25th - - - - -
2012/13 Cologne Sharks DEL 52 23 15th 38 32 12 3 1 4th 18th
2013/14 Cologne Sharks DEL 52 18th 15th 33 93 17th 8th 2 10 8th
2014/15 Cologne Sharks DEL 45 12 11 23 55 - - - - -
OHL total 253 82 93 175 129 6th 2 3 5 8th
ECHL total 141 64 46 110 125 19th 4th 4th 8th 18th
AHL total 332 138 102 240 190 35 17th 9 26th 22nd
NHL overall 40 2 4th 6th 14th - - - - -
DEL total 149 53 41 94 180 29 11 3 14th 26th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Minard in the Haimspiel Interview , In: Haimspiel, November 14, 2013, accessed on April 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ I was often afraid to fall asleep , In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger, October 11, 2012, accessed on April 13, 2015.
  3. ^ Haie: Minard defends himself against rumors , In: Köln Sport, March 5, 2015, accessed on April 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Minard is looking forward to a new start at DEG , In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , March 4, 2015, accessed on April 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Ice hockey: Düsseldorfer EG separates from another six players. In: Focus Online . April 25, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Minard, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Owen Sound , Ontario , Canada