Eric Boulton

Eric Boulton (2010)

Eric Boulton ( born August 17, 1976 in Halifax, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since July 2012 at the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League contract.

Career

During the NHL Entry Draft 1994 Boulton was selected in the ninth round than a total of 234 players from the New York Rangers. Previously, he had already been active for the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League. In the years 1995 and 1996 Boulton played for their league rivals Sarnia Sting. Further stations before his NHL time were for the attacker the Charlotte Checkers and Florida Everblades, each from the East Coast Hockey League, the Binghamton Rangers, Kentucky Thoroughblades and Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, and the Fort Wayne Komets and Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League.

After Boulton had played in five years for eight clubs in four different leagues, he was taken in 2000 by the Buffalo Sabres under contract and was in the 2000 /01 season his debut in the National Hockey League. The Sabres of Canadians remained four years. The lockout of the NHL season 2004/ 05 he bridged at the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL. Following the resumption of gaming operations in the NHL, he signed a contract with the Atlanta Thrashers.

In October 2005, Boulton was suspended for six games after he injured Paul Ranger of the Tampa Bay Lightning in a game on October 20, with his elbow. About a week ago caused the Canadians in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs for a similar lack of sportsmanship, which he almost hurt his opponent Eric Lindros. Both Tampa coach John Tortorella, as well as Toronto coach Pat Quinn appeared annoyed by this behavior. On 18 December 2010, achieved the winger, who played for the Thrashers mainly in the fourth row, in the home game of the Atlanta Thrashers against the New Jersey Devils his first hat trick in the NHL and was subsequently elected as man of the match.

On 15 July 2011 Boulton signed as a free agent contract with the New Jersey Devils. A year later, the Canadians were, in turn, as a free agent, taken from the New York Islanders under contract.

NHL stats

(End of season 2012/ 13)