Kris King

Kris King ( born February 18, 1966 in Bracebridge, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who from 1987 to 2001 for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets and Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League played.

Career

As a junior he played in the Ontario Hockey League for the Peterborough Petes. The Washington Capitals selected him in the NHL Entry Draft in 1984 in the fourth round as the 80th from. He remained for some time in Peterborough and also played seven games in the AHL for the Binghamton Whalers. At the conclusion of a contract with the Capitals but it never came.

In 1987, he signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings. In the 1987/88 season he played mostly in the AHL farm team in Adirondack Red Wings and only came to three inserts in the NHL. The following year he made ​​his breakthrough in the NHL. We value his robust physical play manner. But it brought to the 1989/90 season, the New York Rangers. There he spent his best three and a half years before you transferred it together with Tie Domi for Ed Olczyk to the Winnipeg Jets. With the team he moved in 1996 to Phoenix has to offer.

For the 1997/98 season he signed on with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In his third season there, he often had to make room for younger players court. In the 2000 /01 season, he tried again for the Chicago Blackhawks. But even here, he brought it in to 13 bets before he finished his career.

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