Justin Keller

This article deals with the Canadian ice hockey player Justin Keller, born in 1986, for the Canadian ice hockey player of the same name born in 1983, see Justin Keller (ice hockey player, 1983) .

Justin Keller
Date of birth	March 4th 1986
place of birth	Nelson , British Columbia , Canada
size	181 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	striker
number	# 88
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 8th round, 245th position Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
2003-2006	Kelowna Rockets
2006-2007	Springfield Falcons
2007-2010	Norfolk Admirals
2010–2012	EHC Linz
2012	EC Red Bulls Salzburg
2012-2014	Vienna Capitals
2014-2015	HC Bolzano

Justin Keller (born March 4, 1986 in Nelson , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with HC Bozen in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League .

Career

Mario Altmann (left) and Justin Keller (right), November 2013

Justin Keller played from 2003 to 2006 with the Kelowna Rockets in the Western Hockey League . In 2004 he was selected in the 8th round in 245th place by the Tampa Bay Lightning .

In 2006 he made his AHL debut with the Springfield Falcons , which he left again in 2007. From 2007 to 2010, Keller played with the Norfolk Admirals in the AHL. In 2008 he also played four games with the Augusta Lynx in the ECHL .

In 2010 he moved to Black Wings Linz , which at the time of the move from Keller urgently needed an offensive strength like him. The striker won the Austrian championship title with these in 2012 , scoring the most hits (9) in the play-offs and the game winning goal against the EC KAC , which ultimately led to the championship win. After initial plans to continue his career in North America, he left despite an offer from the champions and signed a contract with EC Red Bull Salzburg . During the following season 2012/13 Justin Keller moved to the Vienna Capitals in December 2012 , for which he played until 2014. He then moved to HC Bozen within the EBEL .

Achievements and Awards

2004 Memorial Cup win with the Kelowna Rockets 2005 President's Cup win with the Kelowna Rockets 2006 WHL West First All-Star Team

2008 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic 2012 Austrian champion with the EHC Linz

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003/04	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		72	25th	21st	46	44		17th	4th	5	9	18th
2004/05	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		72	31	22nd	53	103		23	12	10	22nd	44
2005/06	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		72	51	37	88	82		12	3	6th	9	14th
2006/07	Springfield Falcons	AHL		60	13	11	24	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		70	15th	22nd	37	45		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		58	18th	19th	37	52		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		68	17th	7th	24	45		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	EHC Linz	EBEL		35	21st	12	33	24		4th	1	0	1	10
2011/12	EHC Linz	EBEL		44	20th	19th	39	32		17th	9	5	14th	10
2012/13	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		29	9	14th	23	10		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		23	7th	5	12	16		15th	6th	4th	10	16
2013/14	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		50	14th	15th	29	81		5	1	2	3	10
WHL overall				216	107	80	187	229		52	19th	21st	40	76
AHL total				256	63	59	122	168		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Justin Keller at hockeydb.com (English)
• Justin Keller at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Salzburg catches Justin Keller
2. ↑ Justin Keller moves from Salzburg to Vienna
3. ↑ EBEL-Transfernews: Bozen gets Justin Keller. (No longer available online.) In: hockey-news.info. August 22, 2014, archived from the original on June 26, 2015 ; accessed on September 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.