Chris Therien

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CanadaCanada  Chris Therien Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 14, 1971
place of birth Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size 196 cm
Weight 107 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1990 , 3rd round, 47th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1988-1989 Ottawa Junior Senators
1989-1990 Northwood Huskies
1990-1993 Providence College
1993-1994 Hockey Canada
1994-1995 Hershey Bears
1995-2004 Philadelphia Flyers
2004 Dallas Stars
2005-2006 Philadelphia Flyers

Christopher Bowie "Chris" Therien (born December 14, 1971 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League from 1994 to 2006 . Therien celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics .

Career

Therien began his career in 1988 in his native Ottawa with the Ottawa Junior Senators in the Canadian Junior Hockey League . For this he played a few games in the 1988/89 season and also began the 1989/90 season there. The defender found his way into the American college system through the Northwood Huskies high school team , where he played in the US state of New York until the summer of 1990 . The defender, who was selected in the third round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft in 47th place by the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League , then moved to Providence College . In addition to his studies there, he was also active for the ice hockey team in Hockey East , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , for the next three years . During this time he was appointed to the league's all-rookie team in 1991 and to the second all-star team two years later.

Before joining the franchise the Philadelphia Flyers to Therien completed in autumn 1993 that for the Canadian Hockey Association Hockey Canada on and started preparing for the ice hockey tournament of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway Lillehammer . During the tournament, Therien was used in six of the eight Canadian games. In the final, the Ahornblätter lost to Sweden in a penalty shootout .

After the Winter Olympics ended, the Canadian returned to North America. He went to the end of the 1993/94 season to January 1995 for the Hershey Bears from the American Hockey League on the ice before he was included in the Flyers squad at the beginning of the late 1994/95 NHL season . Therien was appointed to the NHL All-Rookie Team at the end of the season and stayed in Philadelphia until March 2004. His best playing year was the 1996/97 season , when he set career records with 22 assists, 24 points and a plus / minus balance of +27. In addition, the Flyers reached the final of the Stanley Cup , in which they were clearly defeated by the Detroit Red Wings . He scored the most goals in the 1995/96 season when he scored six times.

Therien's nine years with the Flyers came to an end on March 8, 2004, when he was given an eight-round vote in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round vote in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft to the Dallas Stars . For this, the defender played 16 games by the end of the 2003/04 season . Since the following season in the NHL was completely canceled due to the lockout , the Canadian paused a year with ice hockey. In August, the player who had become an unrestricted free agent returned to the Philadelphia Flyers. During the 2005/06 season, however, a head injury forced him to end his career.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1990/91 Providence College NCAA 36 4th 18th 22nd 36
1991/92 Providence College NCAA 36 16 25th 41 38
1992/93 Providence College NCAA 33 8th 11 19th 52
1992/93 Hockey Canada International 8th 1 4th 5 8th
1993/94 Hockey Canada International 59 7th 15th 22nd 46
1993/94 Hershey Bears AHL 6th 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1994/95 Hershey Bears AHL 34 3 13 16 37 - - - - -
1994/95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 48 3 10 13 38 15th 0 0 0 10
1995/96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 6th 17th 23 89 12 0 0 0 18th
1996/97 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 71 2 22nd 24 64 19th 1 6th 7th 6th
1997/98 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 3 16 19th 80 5 0 1 1 4th
1998/99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74 3 15th 18th 48 6th 0 0 0 6th
1999/00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 4th 9 13 66 18th 0 1 1 12
2000/01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 2 12 14th 48 6th 1 0 1 8th
2001/02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 4th 10 14th 30th 5 0 0 0 2
2002/03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 67 1 6th 7th 36 13 0 2 2 2
2003/04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 56 1 9 10 50 - - - - -
2003/04 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Dallas Stars NHL 11 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 2 0
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 47 0 4th 4th 34 - - - - -
NCAA overall 105 28 54 82 126
AHL total 42 3 13 16 29 - - - - -
NHL overall 764 29 130 159 585 104 4th 10 14th 68

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Canada Olympia 2nd place, silver 4th 0 0 0 4th
Men overall 4th 0 0 0 4th

( 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 Therien, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Therien, Christopher Bowie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario