Chris Collins (ice hockey)
Chris Collins ( born June 8, 1984 in Fairport, New York ) is an American professional ice hockey player. His brother Greg is also a professional hockey player.
Career
Chris Collins, who was never drafted, began his career as a hockey player in the 2001/ 02 season in the United States Hockey League at the Des Moines Buccaneers. The next four years played Collins for Hockey Team Boston College in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. On 12 July 2006, the Americans received a two- year contract with the Boston Bruins, for which he, however, was never used in the NHL. In his first season in professional hockey, the attacker came in the 2006/07 season for Boston's farm team, the. Long Beach Ice Dogs of the ECHL for use Towards the end of the season he came on for another 17 missions in the regular season for the other Boston farm team, the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League. In addition, he was employed in a playoff game.
On 10 July 2008, Collins moved to Lukko Rauma of the Finnish SM- liiga, for which he 19 games five scorer points, including three goals. From 11 November 2008, the winger was to attend an NHL camp in September 2010 the Augsburger Panther of the DEL group, but he left after the 2009/10 season. Collins took part in the training camp of the Pittsburgh Penguins in part, however, could not be recommended for inclusion in the NHL squad and was sent to the farm team for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In 2011 he moved back to Germany to the Nuremberg Ice Tigers, but returned after the season in the ECHL, where he played for the Las Vegas Wranglers, before becoming a professional try-out completed at the Springfield Falcons in December 2012, but not resulted in a commitment.
Awards and achievements
- 2003 Hockey East All- Academic Team
- 2003 Hockey East All- Rookie Team
- 2005 Hockey East champion with the Boston College
- 2006 Hockey East First All-Star Team
- 2006 Hockey East Player of the Year
- 2006 NCAA New England Most Valuable Player
- 2006 NCAA All-American First Team
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )