Eric Flinton

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CanadaCanada  Eric Flinton Ice hockey player
Date of birth 2nd February 1972
place of birth Williams Lake , British Columbia , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Supplemental Draft 1993 , 1st round, 1st position
Ottawa Senators
Career stations
1991-1995 University of New Hampshire
1995-1996 Charlotte Checkers
1996-1997 Binghamton Rangers
1997-1998 Manchester Storm
Charlotte Checkers
1998-1999 London Knights

Eric Flinton (born February 2, 1972 in Williams Lake , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player .

Career

Flinton first played from 1991 at the University of New Hampshire before he was selected in the 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft in the first overall position by the Ottawa Senators . After he was drafted , he played two more years at the university before the left winger signed a contract with the Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League before the 1995/96 season . For the following season he moved to the Binghamton Rangers , the then farm team of the New York Rangers .

After returning to the Checkers in the ECHL in the 1997/98 season, he went to Europe during the season and initially played for Manchester Storm in the British Ice Hockey Superleague . After another season in the BISL with the London Knights , he ended his ice hockey career. Flinton never played a game in the National Hockey League .

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