Chris Higgins (ice hockey, born 1983)
Christopher " Chris " Higgins ( born June 2, 1983 in Smithtown, Long Iceland, New York ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is since February 2011 the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League contract.
Career
The 1.83 m wide center played during his college time for the team at Yale University in the ECAC Hockey, a league game in the operation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association before he selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 as 14th in the first round by the Canadiens ( drafted ) was. 2002 Higgins was elected to the All- Rookie Team ECAC Rookie of the Year and the ECAC. A year later, he made the jump to the ECAC First All -Star Team and received the award for the ECAC Player of the Year.
Already in the 2003/04 season was the links Sagittarius twice for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL on the ice, the rest of the time as well as the lockout in the following season spent Higgins at the Hamilton Bulldogs, a farm team of the Canadiens in the American Hockey League. Since 2005, the striker plays regularly for the " Habs " in the highest North American professional league, his first NHL goal came Higgins on October 6, 2005 in a game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden, and thus in his home state of New York. In July 2010 he moved to the Florida Panthers. This gave him the end of February 2011 from just before the trade deadline to the Vancouver Canucks.
Internationally
With the U.S. junior national team Christopher Higgins took part in the U20 World Championships in 2002 and 2003. In a total of 14 finals games the attacker scored seven goals and five assists.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 ECAC All- Rookie Team
- 2002 ECAC Second All-Star Team
- 2002 ECAC Rookie of the Year
- 2003 ECAC First All -Star Team
- 2003 ECAC Player of the Year (shared with David LENEVEU )
- 2003 NCAA East First All-American 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 )