Christopher Gibson

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Christopher Gibson
Date of birth December 27, 1992
place of birth Karkkila , Finland
size 186 cm
Weight 85 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2011 , 3rd round, 51st position
Ak Bars Kazan
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 2nd round, 49th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
until 2008 Espoo Blues
2008-2009 Notre Dame Hounds
2009-2013 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi
2013-2015 Toronto Marlies
since 2015 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
since 2016 New York Islanders

Christopher Gibson (* 27. December 1992 in Karkkila ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who since September 2015, the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League is under contract and in parallel for their farm team , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League play .

Career

Gibson in the trial training of the LA Kings (2012)

Gibson was born the son of an artist and kickboxer from the island of St. Lucia and a Finnish woman in Karkkila and grew up in Espoo , where he was active in the junior division of the Espoo Blues . At the age of 15 in 2008 Gibson moved to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and enrolled there at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox - a school with an outstanding ice hockey promotion. With the team he played in the 2008/09 season in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League .

For the 2009/10 season Gibson joined the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , who had selected him the previous summer in the CHL Import Draft . The goalkeeper spent a total of four years with the French Canadians and was selected during this time in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in the second round in 49th place by the Los Angeles Kings . After the Kings had not managed to contract the Finn within two years, he decided to run again in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft . Instead, however, the Toronto Maple Leafs used the opportunity and secured the services of the goalkeeper for the following three years, so that at the beginning of the 2013/14 season he ran up for their farm team , the Toronto Marlies , in the American Hockey League . He also played a few games for the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL . Gibson was unable to play with the Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League until he joined the New York Islanders in September 2015. In exchange for Michael Grabner , Toronto gave Gibson and four other young talents to New York - namely Taylor Beck , Carter Verhaeghe , Tom Nilsson and Matthew Finn .

In the organization of the Islanders, Gibson was mostly active for the AHL farm team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , during the 2015/16 season . He finally made his NHL debut in January 2016, before three more appearances followed the following April. In August 2016, New York's expired contract was extended by a year, as was the year after.

International

On the international stage, Gibson played at the 2010 U18 World Junior Championship in Belarus and the 2012 U20 World Junior Championship in Canada . He won the bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship, where he was the third goalkeeper behind Jonathan Iilahti and Sami Aittokallio . At the U20 Junior World Championship he came as a substitute for Aittokallio on two missions. Finland finished the tournament in fourth place.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2009/10 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi LHJMQ 29 8th 19th 0 1592 93 2 3.50 88.4 4th 2 1 230 13 0 3.39 87.1
2010/11 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi LHJMQ 37 14th 15th 8th 2235 90 4th 2.42 92.0 4th 0 4th 219 19th 0 5.20 86.5
2011/12 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi LHJMQ 48 27 17th 4th 2809 139 3 2.97 89.3 18th 9 9 1116 58 1 3.12 90.3
2012/13 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi LHJMQ 41 17th 18th 4th 2279 117 4th 3.08 90.2 6th 2 4th 356 23 0 3.87 89.8
2013/14 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 20th 8th 9 2 1178 62 0 3.16 89.2 2 1 1 123 4th 0 1.94 95.1
2013/14 Toronto Marlies AHL 12 5 6th 0 640 26th 0 2.44 91.6 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Toronto Marlies AHL 45 24 17th 3 2605 105 2 2.42 92.1 4th 2 2 231 15th 0 3.90 86.6
2015/16 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 42 19th 11 6th 2351 106 2 2.70 90.9 1 0 1 59 6th 0 6.15 86.0
2015/16 New York Islanders NHL 4th 1 1 1 195 11 0 3.40 88.2 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 7th 6th 0 0 380 16 0 2.52 91.2 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 37 19th 14th 3 2131 86 4th 2.42 90.6 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 New York Islanders NHL 8th 2 3 2 427 26th 0 3.65 90.8 - - - - - - - -
2018/19 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 40 22nd 11 5 2201 104 1 2.84 90.2 4th 2 2 283 9 0 1.91 92.7
2018/19 New York Islanders NHL 2 0 0 0 40 1 0 1.50 94.1 - - - - - - - -
LHJMQ total 155 66 69 16 8915 439 13 2.95 90.0 32 13 18th 1921 113 1 3.53 89.4
AHL total 183 95 59 17th 10308 443 9 2.58 91.1 9 4th 5 573 30th 0 3.14 89.2
NHL overall 14th 3 4th 3 661 38 0 3.45 90.4 - - - - - - - -

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
2010 Finland U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze Without any effort
2012 Finland U20 World Cup 4th Place 2 1 1 120 9 0 4.50 86.6
Juniors overall 2 1 1 120 9 0 4.50 86.6

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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personal data
SURNAME Gibson, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Karkkila , Finland