Kelly Fairchild
Kelly Fairchild ( born April 9, 1973 in Hibbing, Minnesota ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. In 2005 and 2006 he was two German championships with the polar bear Berlin.
Career
Fairchild began his hockey career in 1991 at the University of Wisconsin -Madison, where he played in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. In his first year, he performed well and scored in 41 games 21 points scorer. Then some NHL scouts were aware of the then 18 -year-olds. Finally, it was the Los Angeles Kings, who selected him during the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 in the seventh round in a total of 152 positions. Fairchild lingered for two years at the University and completed his studies. He then moved to the American Hockey League with the St. John 's Maple Leafs, the farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He played mostly in the AHL and finished only in its second season NHL game. In the season 1996/97 was followed by a further 22 appearances in the NHL, where it could reach two points scorer. For the 1998/99 season, the 1.81 m wide striker joined the Dallas Stars as a free agent on. In Dallas Fairchild could not prevail. Other career positions in the following years included the Colorado Avalanche.
After he eventually barely figured there are opportunities on a long-term commitment in the NHL, he moved to the 2002/03 season in the German Ice Hockey League to the polar bear Berlin. Fairchild developed into one of the service providers and was also one of the main scorer on the team. In 2003 he was in the squad of the U.S. national team, with whom he participated at the World Ice Hockey Championship for Men in 2003 in Finland. The U.S. team played a bad tournament and even had to tremble for the league, they could only secure in the relegation round. The trained striker completed six games in which he scored five goals and could have a plus / minus stats by 3.
In the years 2005 and 2006 he won the German championship with the Polar Bears Berlin. After his performances in the 2006 /07 subsided, Fairchild's contract was not renewed in Berlin. Then could convince the management of the Vienna Capitals of a commitment it Vienna. In the summer of 2009, he ended his active career Hockey.