Chris Tamer

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United StatesUnited States  Chris Tamer Ice hockey player
Date of birth 17th November 1970
place of birth Dearborn , Michigan , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 96 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 4th lap, 68th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1987-1989 Redford Royals
1989-1993 University of Michigan
1993-1998 Pittsburgh Penguins
1998-1999 New York Rangers
1999-2004 Atlanta Thrashers
2005-2006 Chicago Wolves

Christopher Thomas Tamer (born November 17, 1970 in Dearborn , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player and coach who played 681 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , New York Rangers and Atlanta Thrashers between 1989 and 2006, among others has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Tamer took part as a player in two world championships and once again as assistant coach of the women's national ice hockey team of the United States .

Career

Tamer spent part of his junior career first in the North American Hockey League with the Redford Royals, for which he was active between 1987 and 1989. Then the defense attorney moved to the University of Michigan because of his studies . There he played in the following four years until 1993 - parallel to his studies - for the university team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With the Wolverines he won the division championship in the 1991/92 season. In addition, after his first year in the college league in the NHL Entry Draft in 1990, he was selected in the fourth round in 68th position by the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League .

After graduation, Tamer was signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins before the 1993/94 season . The defender was initially used by the Cleveland Lumberjacks , the Pittsburgh farm team , in the International Hockey League , but also sporadically played in the NHL in his first professional season. Due to the lockout at the beginning of the NHL season 1994/95 , the defensive player initially collected further game practice with the Lumberjacks in the IHL, before he was able to get a place in the NHL squad of the Penguins after the player lockout . He maintained this for the following three seasons until the beginning of the 1998/99 season when he was given to the New York Rangers in November 1998 together with Petr Nedvěd and Sean Pronger in exchange for Alexei Kowaljow and Harry York . With the Rangers he ended the game year, but then went unprotected by the Rangers in the NHL Expansion Draft in 1999 , where he was selected by the newly formed Atlanta Thrashers .

The experienced tamer played a leading role in the Thrashers in the following years. In his second year with Atlanta, he completed his best NHL season with 17 points scorer, which earned him an early extension of his expiring contract in March 2002. Due to another lockout, which canceled the entire 2004/05 NHL season , the American played his last games for the Thrashers in the 2003/04 season . He himself did not play any games for another team in the 2004/05 season, as he completely recovered from a back injury suffered in January 2004. It was not until the 2005/06 season that the defender returned to the ice and ran 14 games for the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League . He then ended his active career at the age of 36.

International

For his home country Tamer played at the World Championships in Norway in 1999 and in Sweden in 2002 . He could not place himself in the medal ranks with the national team in both events and ended the tournament with one scorer point.

Tamer recorded his third World Cup participation at the 2016 Women's World Cup as assistant coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team , with the US women winning the gold medal under the leadership of head coach Ken Klee .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1987/88 Redford Royals NEAR 40 10 20th 30th 217 - - - - -
1988/89 Redford Royals NEAR 31 6th 13 19th 79 - - - - -
1989/90 University of Michigan CCHA 42 2 7th 9 147
1990/91 University of Michigan CCHA 45 8th 19th 27 130
1991/92 University of Michigan CCHA 43 4th 15th 19th 125
1992/93 University of Michigan CCHA 39 5 18th 23 113
1993/94 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 53 1 2 3 160 - - - - -
1993/94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12 0 0 0 9 5 0 0 0 2
1994/95 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 48 4th 10 14th 204 - - - - -
1994/95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 36 2 0 2 82 4th 0 0 0 18th
1995/96 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 70 4th 10 14th 153 18th 0 7th 7th 24
1996/97 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 45 2 4th 6th 131 4th 0 0 0 4th
1997/98 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 79 0 7th 7th 181 6th 0 1 1 4th
1998/99 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 11 0 0 0 32 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Rangers NHL 52 1 5 6th 92 - - - - -
1999/00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 69 2 8th 10 91 - - - - -
2000/01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 4th 13 17th 128 - - - - -
2001/02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 78 3 3 6th 111 - - - - -
2002/03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 72 1 9 10 118 - - - - -
2003/04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 38 2 5 7th 55 - - - - -
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Chicago Wolves AHL 14th 0 3 3 16 - - - - -
NAHL total 71 16 33 49 296 - - - - -
NCAA overall 169 19th 59 78 515
IHL total 101 5 12 17th 364 - - - - -
NHL overall 644 21st 64 85 1183 37 0 8th 8th 52

International

Represented USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1999 United States WM 6th place 6th 1 0 1 8th
2002 United States WM 7th place 7th 0 1 1 2
Men overall 13 1 1 2 10

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Tamer, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tamer, Christopher Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Dearborn , Michigan