Christopher Higgins

United States Christopher Higgins


Date of birth	June 2nd 1983
place of birth	Smithtown , New York , USA
size	183 cm
Weight	92 kg

position	Left wing
number	# 20
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 1st lap, 14th position Montreal Canadiens

Career stations

2001-2003	Yale University
2003-2009	Montréal Canadiens
2009-2010	New York Rangers
2010	Calgary Flames
2010-2011	Florida panthers
2011-2016	Vancouver Canucks

Career

The 1.83-meter-tall left winger played for the Yale University team in ECAC Hockey , a league in the game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association , during his college years before being 14th in the first round of the Canadiens in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft selected ( drafted ). In 2002, Higgins was voted ECAC Rookie of the Year and the ECAC All-Rookie Team. A year later he made the jump to the ECAC First All-Star Team and was named ECAC Player of the Year.

Already in the 2003/04 season , the left-shooter was twice on the ice for the Montréal Canadiens in the NHL, the rest of the time, as well as the lockout in the following season , Higgins spent with the Hamilton Bulldogs , a farm team of the Canadiens in the American Hockey League . Since 2005 the striker has played regularly for the "Habs" in the highest North American professional league. Higgins scored his first NHL goal on October 6, 2005 in a game against the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden, in his home state New York . In July 2010, he joined the Florida Panthers . They gave it to the Vancouver Canucks at the end of February 2011 shortly before the trade deadline .

With the US national junior team , Christopher Higgins took part in the U20 World Championships in 2002 and 2003 . In a total of 14 finals, the attacker scored seven goals and five assists . In the senior sector, he made his debut at the 2009 World Championships and made six appearances.

Status: end of the 2015/16 season

Represented the USA at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002	United States	U20 World Cup	5th place	7th	4th	2	6th	6th
2003	United States	U20 World Cup	4th Place	7th	3	3	6th	4th
2009	United States	WM	4th Place	6th	1	0	1	2
Juniors overall				14th	7th	5	12	10
Men overall				6th	1	0	1	2

( 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	Higgins, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Higgins, Christopher Robert (full name); Higgins, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2nd 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Smithtown , New York