Kevin Klein

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Kevin Klein
Date of birth December 13, 1984
place of birth Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
size 186 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
number #8th
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 2nd round, 37th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
2000-2003 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
2003-2004 Guelph Storm
2004-2007 Milwaukee Admirals
2007-2014 Nashville Predators
2014-2017 New York Rangers
2017-2019 ZSC Lions

Kevin R. Klein (born December 13, 1984 in Kitchener , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with the ZSC Lions from the Swiss National League and played for them on the position of defender . Prior to that, Klein played a total of 700 games for the Nashville Predators and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League between 2007 and 2017 .

Career

Klein began his career in 2000 with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey League . After playing for that team for three years, Klein was drawn 37th in the second round in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators . He then spent another season in the OHL, where he initially ran up for the Toronto St. Michael's Majors and after a transfer for the Guelph Storm . With the Storm he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup at the end of the season and found himself personally in the Third All-Star Team of the OHL.

After a total of four seasons in the OHL, the defender was briefly active for the Rockford IceHogs in the United Hockey League . Due to his good performance, the Predators brought him to the Milwaukee Admirals , their farm team in the American Hockey League . Klein was regularly employed there until 2007. During this time, the defender also completed five missions with the Predators in the National Hockey League . With the beginning of the 2008/09 season he was part of the main squad of the Nashville Predators before they gave him up to the New York Rangers in January 2014 . In return, defender Michael Del Zotto moved to Nashville.

Klein was in the service of the Rangers until the end of the 2016/17 season before he announced his retirement from active sport in July 2017 at the age of 32. In the course of his career he completed a total of 700 games in the NHL over a period of twelve seasons and collected 173 points scorer . However, only a few days after his resignation announcement, the Canadian signed a one-year contract with the ZSC Lions from the Swiss National League , with whom he became Swiss champions at the end of the season . After he himself was named the most valuable player in the playoffs, his expiring contract was extended for another year. He was subsequently appointed team captain.

He finally ended his career in April 2019.

International

Klein represented his home country at the U20 World Junior Championship in 2004 , where he and the team won the silver medal. In six tournaments he stayed without points. He also won the bronze medal with the Canada Ontario team at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2002 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2000/01 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 58 3 16 19th 21st 18th 0 5 5 17th
2001/02 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 68 5 22nd 27 35 15th 2 7th 9 12
2002/03 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 67 11 33 44 88 17th 1 9 10 8th
2003/04 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHL 5 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2003/04 Guelph Storm OHL 46 6th 23 29 40 22nd 10 11 21st 12
2004 Guelph Storm Memorial Cup 3 0 0 0 0
2004/05 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 65 4th 12 16 22nd 7th 0 0 0 11
2004/05 Rockford IceHogs UHL 3 2 1 3 0 - - - - -
2005/06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 76 10 32 42 31 21st 3 7th 10 31
2005/06 Nashville Predators NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2006/07 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 70 5 15th 20th 67 4th 1 0 1 0
2006/07 Nashville Predators NHL 3 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2007/08 Nashville Predators NHL 13 0 2 2 6th - - - - -
2007/08 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 9 0 3 3 2 - - - - -
2008/09 Nashville Predators NHL 63 4th 8th 12 19th - - - - -
2009/10 Nashville Predators NHL 81 1 10 11 27 6th 0 2 2 4th
2010/11 Nashville Predators NHL 81 2 16 18th 24 12 1 2 3 6th
2011/12 Nashville Predators NHL 66 4th 17th 21st 4th 10 2 2 4th 2
2012/13 Herlev Eagles AL-Bank Ligaen 8th 1 2 3 29 - - - - -
2012/13 Nashville Predators NHL 47 3 11 14th 9 - - - - -
2013/14 Nashville Predators NHL 47 1 2 3 21st - - - - -
2013/14 New York Rangers NHL 30th 1 5 6th 0 25th 1 3 4th 6th
2014/15 New York Rangers NHL 65 9 17th 26th 25th 14th 0 4th 4th 2
2015/16 New York Rangers NHL 69 9 17th 26th 19th 5 0 1 1 7th
2016/17 New York Rangers NHL 60 3 11 14th 31 1 0 1 1 0
2017/18 ZSC Lions NL 45 10 12 22nd 60 17th 3 9 12 16
2018/19 ZSC Lions NL 47 10 14th 24 16 - - - - -
OHL total 244 25th 95 120 186 72 13 32 45 49
AHL total 220 19th 63 82 122 32 4th 7th 11 42
NHL overall 627 38 116 154 185 73 4th 15th 19th 27
NL total 92 20th 26th 46 76 17th 3 9 12 16

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2002 Canada Ontario U17-WHC 3rd place, bronze 4th 0 0 0 6th
2004 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 0 0 0 0
Juniors overall 10 0 0 0 6th

( 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 : Kevin Klein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kevin Klein: Announces retirement. In: cbssports.com. April 16, 2019, accessed October 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Little Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein, Kevin R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitchener , Ontario , Canada