Chris Summers

United States Chris Summers


Date of birth	5th February 1988
place of birth	Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	86 kg

position	defender
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 1st round, 29th position Phoenix Coyotes

Career stations

2004-2006	US National Development Team
2006-2010	University of Michigan
2010-2011	San Antonio Rampage
2011-2015	Arizona Coyotes Portland Pirates
2015-2017	Hartford Wolf Pack
2017-2019	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
since 2019	Nuremberg Ice Tigers

Christopher Clay "Chris" Summers (born February 5, 1988 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League since July 2019 .

Career

After spending two years in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , Summers played on the University of Michigan team from 2006 to 2010 in the Big Ten Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

In March 2010, the defender was signed by the Phoenix Coyotes from the National Hockey League , who had previously drafted him in the first round of the 2006 NHL Draft . After a few appearances in the American Hockey League (AHL), in the then farm team San Antonio Rampage , Summers made his debut in the 2010/11 season in the NHL and has since been alternately either with the Coyotes or with the current farm team, the Portland Pirates , in the AHL used. In May 2014, his contract with the Coyotes was extended by two years.

After five years, the Coyotes gave him along with Keith Yandle and a four-round vote for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft to the New York Rangers . In return, the Rangers transferred Anthony Duclair , John Moore and two entry-draft options (second round in 2015 and first round in 2016 ) to Arizona.

After the 2016/17 season, the Rangers did not extend his expiring contract, so Summers joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as a free agent in July 2017 .

In July 2019, Chris Summers signed a two-year contract with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

2008 CCHA Championship with the University of Michigan
2010 CCHA Championship with the University of Michigan
2013 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic

International

2006 gold medal at the U18 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Summers in the jersey of the Phoenix Coyotes (2013)

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

			Regular season					Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004/05	US National Development Team	NEAR	31	2	5	7th	20th	7th	1	0	1	0
2005/06	US National Development Team	NEAR	17th	2	2	4th	20th	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	University of Michigan	NCAA	41	6th	8th	14th	58
2007/08	University of Michigan Wolverines	NCAA	41	2	11	13	65
2008/09	University of Michigan Wolverines	NCAA	41	4th	13	17th	40
2009/10	University of Michigan Wolverines	NCAA	40	4th	12	16	28
2009/10	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	6th	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	75	1	9	10	54	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	2	0	0	0	4th	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Portland Pirates	AHL	28	0	2	2	37	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	21st	0	3	3	11	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Portland Pirates	AHL	60	2	10	12	53	3	0	0	0	0
2012/13	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	6th	0	0	0	9	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Portland Pirates	AHL	48	2	7th	9	47	-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	18th	2	1	3	15th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Portland Pirates	AHL	8th	0	1	1	6th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	17th	0	3	3	8th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	13	0	1	1	17th	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	New York Rangers	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	74	3	8th	11	51	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	New York Rangers	NHL	3	0	0	0	4th	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL	74	4th	8th	12	71	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL	64	1	10	11	51	3	0	0	0	4th
2018/19	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL	59	3	13	16	54	-	-	-	-	-
NAHL total			48	4th	7th	11	40	7th	1	0	1	0
NCAA overall			163	16	44	60	191
AHL total			509	17th	69	86	441	6th	0	0	0	4th
NHL overall			70	2	7th	9	51	-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2005	United States	U17-WHC	5th place	5	2	0	2	2
2006	United States	U18 World Cup		6th	1	0	1	37
2008	United States	U20 World Cup	4th Place	6th	0	1	1	2
Juniors overall				17th	3	1	4th	41

( 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 Summers - collection of images, videos and audio files

Chris Summers in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
Chris Summers at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ coyotes.nhl.com Coyotes sign Summers to entry level contract
↑ coyotes.nhl.com Coyotes sign Summers to Two-Year-Contract
↑ Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers equip Chris Summers with a two-year contract. In: eishockeynews.de. July 24, 2019, accessed August 29, 2019 .

Squad of the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the 2020/21 season

personal data
SURNAME	Summers, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Summers, Christopher Clay (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	5th February 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ann Arbor , Michigan

[1] yotes.nhl.com Coyotes sign Summers to entry level contract

[2] yotes.nhl.com Coyotes sign Summers to Two-Year-Contract

[eishocke-038779-3] Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers equip Chris Summers with a two-year contract. In: eishockeynews.de. July 24, 2019, accessed August 29, 2019 .