Chris Minard

Chris Minard ( born November 18, 1981 in Owen Sound, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently at the Cologne Sharks of the German Ice Hockey League contract.

Career

The 1.85 m wide center began his professional career with various teams in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL, 2002, he moved to the Pensacola Ice Pilots in the East Coast Hockey League. After two more minor league stops the Links Sniper stood in the 2004/05 season for the first time with the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL on the ice. After Minard had received a commitment for the Devils farm team Albany River Rats and Lowell Devils in a training camp of the New Jersey Devils, the attacker changed in July 2007 in the organization of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in which the game against he the January 21, 2008 Washington Capitals made ​​his NHL debut. His first point scorer in the highest North American professional league Minard scored five days later with an assist against the New York Islanders, his first NHL goal came on 12 March against the Buffalo Sabres. However, most of the time the season 2007/ 08 spent the Canadians at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League. The season 2009/10 he spent mostly at the Springfield Falcons before his contract with the Edmonton Oilers was not renewed and Minard as a free agent signed a contract with the Detroit Red Wings in July 2010, which put him in the farm team for the Grand Rapids Griffins. In the season 2011/12 Minard scored 33 points scorer in 39 games and was awarded the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for his sportsmanship and dedication. In the summer of 2012, the links Sagittarius decided a change to the Cologne Sharks, where he initially signed a one year contract. In January, 2013, Minard was at this time with 18 goals top scorer in the sharks, he agreed with the KEC on an extension of his contract until 2015.

Chris Minard's brother Mike is also an active hockey player on the position of the goalkeeper.

Awards and achievements

  • 2006 Kelly Cup win with the Alaska Aces
  • 2009 AHL All- Star Classic
  • 2012 Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award

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 )

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