Chris Taylor (ice hockey)
Chris Taylor ( born March 6, 1972 in Stratford, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played during his active career, among others, for the New York Islanders, Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. His brother Tim was also a professional hockey player.
Playing career
The 1.83 m wide center began his career with the London Knights in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League before he was selected by the New York Islanders NHL Entry Draft in 1990 as 27 in the second round.
First, the links Sagittarius played for various NY farm team, his first NHL inserts for the Islanders he graduated in the season 1994 / 95th About this substitute role, he came and in its future NHL stations, the Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres, not beyond, most recently he played even just exclusively for the Rochester Americans, the AHL farm team of the Sabres. There he was awarded the 2005 Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award.
Before the season 2006/ 07 the Canadians joined the DEL to Frankfurt Lions in his first season for which he played all 52 season games and scored twelve goals and 34 assists. In the play-offs Taylor failed with the lions finally in the quarterfinals at the Adler Mannheim.
On 16 July 2009, Taylor announced that he would sign a two -year contract with the Rochester Americans. After the 2010/11 season, the striker finally ended his active career.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 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 )