Kyle Calder

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Kyle Calder
Date of birth 5th January 1979
place of birth Mannville , Alberta , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 5th round, 130th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
1995-1999 Regina Pats
1999 Kamloops Blazers
1999-2006 Chicago Blackhawks
2004-2005 Södertälje SK
2006-2007 Philadelphia Flyers
2007 Detroit Red Wings
2007-2009 Los Angeles Kings
2009-2010 Anaheim Ducks
2010-2011 Bakersfield Condors
2011 Barys Astana
2012 Bakersfield Condors

Kyle Charles Calder (born January 5, 1979 in Mannville , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 608 games for the Chicago Blackhawks , Philadelphia Flyers , Detroit Red Wings , Los Angeles Kings and among others between 1995 and 2012 Anaheim Ducks has played in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . Calder celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the gold medal at the 2002 World Cup .

Career

Kyle Calder began his career in 1995 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League with the Regina Pats , but could not convince in his first year. In his second season he played stronger and was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round at position 130. He stayed two more years in the WHL and was able to increase his points yield from year to year. During the 1998/99 season he moved to the Kamloops Blazers within the WHL .

In summer 1999, he received his first professional contract and joined the Cleveland Lumberjacks at which time the IHL - farm team of the Chicago Blackhawks were. He was appointed to the NHL squad for eight games in 1999/2000 and scored his first goal during that time. He spent most of the 2000/01 season in the NHL, but also played for the AHL farm team Norfolk Admirals . From the fall of 2001 he was an integral part of the Chicago Blackhawks. While the NHL season 2004/05 was canceled because of the lockout , he joined Södertälje SK from the Swedish Elitserien .

The 2005/06 season was his most successful season with 26 goals and 33 assists . His contract was extended by the Blackhawks in the summer of 2006 for a year, but he was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers before the start of the season . Philadelphia had a miserable 2006/07 season and Kyle Calder also lost the performance from the previous year. In February 2007 he was transferred back to the Chicago Blackhawks for Lasse Kukkonen and a third-round draft pick, but they only sent him to the Detroit Red Wings a few hours later for Jason Williams . In the remaining games of the regular season he was able to convince with good performances, but in the playoffs he contributed only one assist in 13 games and was even deleted from the squad.

In the summer of 2007 he received a new contract with the Los Angeles Kings , for which he was in action over the next two years. In October 2009, Calder was signed by the Anaheim Ducks , with whom he signed a contract until the end of June 2010. The left shooter spent most of the following season with the Toronto Marlies in the AHL, for the Ducks he was in 14 games and scored two points. In the summer of 2010, his expiring contract in Anaheim was not extended.

In October 2010, Calder signed a contract with the Bakersfield Condors in the ECHL . After five games and seven points for the Condors, he was committed in January 2011 by Barys Astana from the Continental Hockey League . In May of the same year, his contract with Barys was canceled. In the following season, the Canadian was mostly without a contract, before he again entered into a contractual relationship with the Bakersfield Condors from the ECHL in February 2012. After the season he ended his active career in the summer of 2012 at the age of 33.

International

Calder represented his home country at the U20 World Junior Championships in 1999 and the 2002 , 2003 and 2006 World Championships . At the U20 World Junior Championship in 1999, he scored two goals and six assists. In the final he lost to Canada against Russia and won the silver medal. At the 2003 World Cup, the winger contributed two points for Canada to win the World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1995/96 Regina Pats WHL 27 1 7th 8th 10 11 0 0 0 0
1996/97 Regina Pats WHL 62 25th 34 59 17th 5 3 0 3 6th
1997/98 Regina Pats WHL 62 27 50 77 58 2 0 1 1 0
1998/99 Regina Pats WHL 34 23 28 51 29 - - - - -
1998/99 Kamloops Blazers WHL 27 19th 18th 37 30th 15th 6th 10 16 6th
1999/00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 74 14th 22nd 36 43 9 2 2 4th 14th
1999/00 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 8th 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
2000/01 Norfolk Admirals AHL 37 12 15th 27 21st 9 2 6th 8th 2
2000/01 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 43 5 10 15th 14th - - - - -
2001/02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 17th 36 53 47 5 2 0 2 2
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 15th 27 42 40 - - - - -
2003/04 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 66 21st 18th 39 29 - - - -
2004/05 Södertälje SK Elitserien 12 5 1 6th 6th 10 5 1 6th 2
2005/06 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 79 26th 33 59 52 - - - - -
2006/07 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 9 12 21st 36 - - - - -
2006/07 Detroit Red Wings NHL 19th 6th 8th 14th 22nd 13 0 1 1 8th
2007/08 Los Angeles Kings NHL 65 7th 13 20th 18th - - - - -
2008/09 Los Angeles Kings NHL 74 8th 19th 27 41 - - - - -
2009/10 Anaheim Ducks NHL 14th 0 2 2 8th - - - - -
2009/10 Toronto Marlies AHL 40 14th 16 30th 18th - - - - -
2009/10 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 5 3 3 6th 0 10 5 5 10 4th
2010/11 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 5 3 4th 7th 6th - - - - -
2010/11 Barys Astana KHL 13 3 4th 7th 16 3 0 1 1 6th
2011/12 Bakersfield Condors ECHL 27 12 11 23 6th - - - - -
WHL overall 212 95 137 232 144 33 9 11 20th 12
ECHL total 37 18th 18th 36 12 10 5 5 10 4th
IHL total 74 14th 22nd 36 43 9 2 2 4th 14th
AHL total 77 26th 31 57 39 9 2 6th 8th 2
NHL overall 590 114 180 294 309 18th 2 1 3 10

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1999 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 2 6th 8th 2
2002 Canada WM 6th place 3 0 0 0 0
2003 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 1 1 2 0
2006 Canada WM 4th Place 9 3 2 5 10
Juniors overall 7th 2 6th 8th 2
Men overall 21st 4th 3 7th 10

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ducks.nhl.com, Ducks Sign Calder to One-Year Deal
personal data
SURNAME Calder, Kyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calder, Kyle Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannville , Alberta