Chris Thorburn

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Chris Thorburn
Date of birth June 3, 1983
place of birth Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2001 , 2nd round, 50th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1999-2002 North Bay Centennials
2002-2003 Saginaw Spirit
2003 Plymouth Whalers
2003-2006 Buffalo Sabers
2006-2007 Pittsburgh Penguins
2007-2011 Atlanta Thrashers
2011-2017 Winnipeg Jets
2017-2018 St. Louis Blues
2018-2019 San Antonio Rampage

Chris Thorburn (born June 3, 1983 in Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The right winger denied from 2005 to 2018 more than 800 appearances for a total of five teams in the National Hockey League (NHL), most of which was for the franchise of the Atlanta Thrashers / Winnipeg Jets .

Career

Thorburn in the Jersey of the St. Louis Blues (2017)

During the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , Chris Thorburn was selected as the 50th player by the Buffalo Sabers . After Thorburn played for three years with the North Bay Centennials in the Ontario Hockey League from 1999 to 2002 , he was in the 2002/03 season with the two league competitors Saginaw Spirit and Plymouth Whalers under contract.

In the summer of 2003, the attacker played his first season in professional ice hockey with the Rochester Americans , the Sabers' farm team , in the American Hockey League . In the 2005-06 season , the Canadian made his National Hockey League debut when he appeared in two games for the Sabers.

In October 2006 he was put on the waiver list by the Sabers and then selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins . After a season in which he was also used three times for the Pittsburgh farm team, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , he was given to the Atlanta Thrashers in exchange for a third-round vote during the NHL Entry Draft 2007 . From then on, the attacker played in Atlanta for four years and also accompanied the franchise during its move to Winnipeg , where he has been active for the Jets ever since .

In June 2017, he was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft . In addition to being elected - and to protect other players from voting - Vegas received a third-round vote from the Jets in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft . In addition, the teams exchanged their first-round voting rights in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft , so that the Golden Knights rose to eleven positions there. This also happened in view of the fact that Vegas refrained from a further commitment of the Canadian, whose contract expired at the end of the month. The striker therefore signed a contract with the St. Louis Blues on July 1, 2017 as a free agent . There he was active until the end of the 2018/19 season before his contract was not extended. Finally, in June 2020, Thorburn officially announced the end of his active career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1999/00 North Bay Centennials OHL 56 12 8th 20th -17 33 6th 0 2 2 +2 0
2000/01 North Bay Centennials OHL 66 22nd 32 54 -1 64 4th 0 1 1 +1 9
2001/02 North Bay Centennials OHL 67 15th 43 58 -19 112 5 1 2 3 -4 8th
2002/03 Saginaw Spirit OHL 37 19th 19th 38 –6 68 - - - - - -
2002/03 Plymouth Whalers OHL 27 11 22nd 33 +22 56 18th 11 9 20th -1 10
2003/04 Rochester Americans AHL 58 6th 16 22nd ± 0 77 16 3 2 5 ± 0 18th
2004/05 Rochester Americans AHL 73 12 17th 29 +10 185 4th 0 1 1 +1 2
2005/06 Rochester Americans AHL 77 23 27 50 -1 134 - - - - - -
2005/06 Buffalo Sabers NHL 2 0 1 1 -1 7th - - - - - -
2006/07 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins AHL 3 0 1 1 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
2006/07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 39 3 2 5 +1 69 - - - - - -
2007/08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 73 5 13 18th -4 92 - - - - - -
2008/09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 7th 8th 15th -10 104 - - - - - -
2009/10 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 76 4th 9 13 +6 89 - - - - - -
2010/11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 9 10 19th -4 77 - - - - - -
2011/12 Winnipeg Jets NHL 72 4th 7th 11 –6 83 - - - - - -
2012/13 Winnipeg Jets NHL 42 2 2 4th -5 70 - - - - - -
2013/14 Winnipeg Jets NHL 55 2 9 11 ± 0 65 - - - - - -
2014/15 Winnipeg Jets NHL 81 7th 7th 14th -5 76 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2015/16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 82 6th 6th 12 -1 81 - - - - - -
2016/17 Winnipeg Jets NHL 64 3 1 4th –7 95 - - - - - -
2017/18 St. Louis Blues NHL 50 1 6th 7th -4 60 - - - - - -
2018/19 San Antonio Rampage AHL 40 2 5 7th −2 45 - - - - - -
2018/19 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
OHL total 253 79 124 203 -21 333 33 12 14th 26th -2 27
AHL total 251 43 66 109 +7 443 20th 3 3 6th +1 20th
NHL overall 801 53 81 134 -40 968 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 0

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2000 Canada Ontario U17-WHC 2nd place, silver 1
Juniors overall 1

( 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 Thorburn, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario