Chuck Kobasew

Chuck Kobasew
Date of birth	April 17, 1982
place of birth	Osoyoos , British Columbia , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 1st lap, 14th position Calgary Flames
Career stations
2000-2001	Boston College
2001-2002	Kelowna Rockets
2002-2007	Calgary Flames
2007-2009	Boston Bruins
2009-2011	Minnesota Wild
2011-2013	Colorado Avalanche
2013-2014	Pittsburgh Penguins
2014-2016	SC Bern

Nicolas James "Chuck" Kobasew (born April 17, 1982 in Osoyoos , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 645 games for the Calgary Flames , Boston Bruins , Minnesota Wild , Colorado during his active career between 2000 and 2016 Avalanche and Pittsburgh Penguins played in the National Hockey League on the right winger position .

Career

Kobasew at the bully .

The 1.88 m tall winger began his career on the Boston College team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations before being selected ( drafted ) 14th in the first round by the Calgary Flames during the 2001 NHL Entry Draft . In the final series of the 2001 NCAA ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four , Kobasew was voted Most Valuable Player .

His first NHL bets graduated the right shooter in the 2002-03 season , the lockout 2004/05 he spent at the Lowell Lock Monsters in the American Hockey League . Kobasew scored 75 points in 79 games and became the new captain of the Lock Monsters during the season . He was also appointed to the Canadian team of the AHL All-Star Classic . In January 2006, Chuck Kobasew scored in the game of his Calgary Flames against the Colorado Avalanche , the first NHL hat trick of his career, but a year later he was transferred to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau .

On July 1, 2011, Kobasew signed a two-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche . After this contract expired, he was signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins in October 2013 as a free agent for one year.

In July 2014 he signed a two-year contract with SC Bern of the National League A . During Bern's 2015/16 championship season, he was only used in ten games. He suffered a concussion in October 2015 in a clash with a referee. The Canadian then ended his active career.

International

For the Canadian junior national team , Chuck Kobasew played the U20 World Cup in 2002 , scoring five goals and one assists in seven games .

Achievements and Awards

2000 BCHL Interior Division First All-Star Team 2000 BCHL Interior Division MVP 2001 Hockey East Second All-Star Team 2001 Hockey East All- Rookie Team 2001 Hockey East Rookie of the Year

2001 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team 2001 NCAA Championship Tournament MVP 2005 Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic 2005 AHL First All-Star Team 2015 Swiss Cup winner with SC Bern

International

• 2002 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	Penticton Panthers	BCHL		30th	11	17th	28	18th		7th	1	5	6th	6th
1999/00	Penticton Panthers	BCHL		58	54	52	106	83		6th	0	3	3	30th
2000/01	Boston College	Hockey East		43	27	22nd	49	38
2001/02	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		55	41	21st	62	114		15th	10	5	15th	22nd
2002/03	Saint John Flames	AHL		48	21st	12	33	61		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Calgary Flames	NHL		23	4th	2	6th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Calgary Flames	NHL		70	6th	11	17th	51		26th	0	1	1	24
2004/05	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL		79	38	37	75	110		11	6th	3	9	27
2005/06	Calgary Flames	NHL		77	20th	11	31	64		7th	1	0	1	0
2006/07	Calgary Flames	NHL		40	4th	13	17th	37		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Boston Bruins	NHL		10	1	1	2	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Boston Bruins	NHL		73	22nd	17th	39	29		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Boston Bruins	NHL		68	21st	21st	42	56		11	3	3	6th	14th
2009/10	Boston Bruins	NHL		7th	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Minnesota Wild	NHL		42	9	5	14th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Minnesota Wild	NHL		63	9	7th	16	19th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		58	7th	7th	14th	51		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		37	5	4th	9	21st		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		33	2	0	2	15th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		12	11	2	13	20th		14th	8th	6th	14th	40
2014/15	SC Bern	NLA		29	9	9	18th	24		3	0	1	1	4th
2015/16	SC Bern	NLA		10	4th	4th	8th	25th		-	-	-	-	-
BCHL total				88	65	69	134	101		13	1	8th	9	36
AHL total				139	70	51	121	191		25th	14th	9	23	67
NHL overall				601	110	100	218	394		44	4th	4th	8th	38
NLA total				39	13	13	26th	49		3	0	1	1	4th

International

Represented Canada to:

• U20 Junior World Championship 2002

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002	Canada	U20 World Cup			7th	5	1	6th	2
Juniors overall					7th	5	1	6th	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 )

Web links

Commons : Chuck Kobasew  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Chuck Kobasew at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Chuck Kobasew at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nhl.com: "Penguins Sign Forward Chuck Kobasew" (English, October 2, 2013, accessed on November 29, 2013)
2. ↑ Adrian Ruch: The Dark Days of Chuck Kobasew. Berner Zeitung, April 15, 2016, accessed on May 29, 2016 .