Andrew McKim

Andrew Harry McKim ( born July 6, 1970 in Saint John, New Brunswick ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who has played in its active period from 1986 to 2001, including for the polar bear in Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Career

McKim began his career in 1986 in the Canadian Junior Football League Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Verdun Junior Canadiens. There he was one of the best players within the team point. So achieved the offensive player in his first season with the Junior Canadiens in 70 league games 87 points scorer. In the following years he was able to increase its yield point. In the summer of 1989, he moved within the league to the Olympiques de Hull, where he was able to convince and also scored points in 70 games 130 times. Despite the good performance McKim was never taken into account in a Draft NHL Entry.

For the season 1990/91 he signed a contract with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles from the former International Hockey League. A season later he was in the squad of the St. John 's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League, the former farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs. In St. John's, he completed a total of 95 games and scored 116 points. McKim reached with the Maple Leafs this season, the finale of the AHL, but which went against the Adirondack Red Wings lost. After just one season he left the club and joined the then League rival Providence Bruins. There he was two years running. During this time, McKim was the first time in the National Hockey League action. The leaders of the Boston Bruins appointed him during the seasons 1992/93 and 1994/95 several times in their team, so he ultimately carried the Boston jersey on 36 times.

After another career station at the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL in the 1994/95 season, he forced the summer of 1995 a move to Europe. There he undertook the then Swiss second division HC Servette Genève, where he shows good performance and thus attracted the attention of top European clubs to be. Finally, he left Switzerland in 1996 to sign a contract with the polar bear Berlin from the German Hockey League. With the polar bears of the right shooter in 1999 could reach the third place at the European Hockey League. Overall, it was 154 times for Berlin on the ice, scoring 139 points.

At the end of the season 1998/99 he received from the person in charge of the polar bear Berlin a new contract more. Finally, he left the DEL in 1999 and returned to Switzerland. There he was in season 1999/ 00 initially active for the EHC Kloten.

After 18 games and 9 points in the season 2000/ 01 with the ZSC Lions his career ended on 31 October 2000, when his opponent Kevin Miller first met him through a check from behind with his head into the boards. He suffered a severe concussion that forced him to end his career. According to the judgment dispositive of the former HCD striker Kevin Miller is the simple and negligent bodily harm. Miller was punished due to three months in prison, has 10,000 francs satisfaction to Andrew McKim pay, accept the court fee of CHF 2,500 and is liable in damages for the consequences of the act to 100 percent.

Internationally

McKim played 16 A- international matches for the Canadian national team, with which he participated in the World Championships in 1991 and 1995. He scored twelve goals, 13 assists and collected 25 penalty minutes.

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