Krys Kolanos
Krystofer " Krys " Stanley Kolanos (born 27 July 1981 in Calgary, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since February 2012 with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
Kolanos began his career at Boston College, where he was active for the local ice hockey team in the American College Football Hockey East. There he was one of the best scorers team internally and scored in 83 games 82 points scorer. During the NHL Entry Draft in 2000, it was the leaders of the Phoenix Coyotes, who selected him in the first round at 19th overall position. For the 2001/02 season, the offensive player decided for a change in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes, in his first season for which he completed 59 missions and was able to score 22 times. In the following season Kolanos suffered a shock and thus only wore the jersey twice the Coyotes.
The NHL season 2004/ 05, which turned out due to the players strike, he first spent in the Finnish SM- liiga at the Espoo Blues and then in the German Ice Hockey League at the Krefeld Penguins. In the summer of 2005 he returned to Phoenix. After a brief stint at the Edmonton Oilers, he signed a contract with the Carolina Hurricanes. The current season he finally ended at the Pittsburgh Penguins him but exclusively on their farm team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the American Hockey League, exert. There, his contract was not renewed. Kolanos then joined as a free agent the Detroit Red Wings at, for which he, however, did not play in the AHL and instead went for the Grand Rapids Griffins on the ice.
At the end of the 2006 / 07 season, he forced a move to Europe and went from then on for the SCL Tigers and the EV train from the Swiss National League A on the ice. The right-handed shooter, who scored 17 points scorer in 22 NLA games, recommended for a renewed commitment in North America and moved in the summer of 2007 in his hometown of Calgary at the Calgary Flames. The management of the Flames, however, gave it to the farm team, the Quad City Flames of the AHL, from. After just one season he left the club and the Minnesota Wild joined them, for he was in 21 games on the ice. Most of the time the season he laced up skates for the Houston Aeros in the American Hockey League.
In July 2009, the Philadelphia Flyers him committed as a free agent, but Kolanos came for the Flyers in the NHL never used and played instead at their farm team, the Adirondack Phantoms in the AHL. In the spring of 2010, Kolanos injured his hip and underwent a short time later an operation, so he was only 27 missions in the AHL in the season 2009/10. Before the start of season 2010/11 he took part in the training camp of the New York Islanders, but Kolanos got no contract in the organization of the Islanders. For the entire 2010/11 season he then suspended from the game before he himself aimed his comeback in the fall of 2011 at the training camp of the Abbotsford Heat. Mid-November 2011 took him the Heat firmly under contract after Kolanos had convinced with seven goals and six assists in seven AHL games.
On February 1, 2012, he was taken by the Calgary Flames under contract, for which he still came into the NHL season 2011/12 in 13 games for use.
Internationally
Kolanos first time in 2003 was appointed to the Canadian national team, with which he participated in the World Championships in Finland in the same year. There he could win with his team after a 3-2 final victory over Sweden the gold medal. The offensive player was used in nine games and scored one Assist In addition, he had a plus / minus stats by 1.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 NCAA Championship All- Tournament Team
- 2001 NHL Rookie of the Month for November
- 2002 NHL Young Stars Game
- 2012 AHL All- Star Classic
Internationally
- 2003 Gold Medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- 2003 World Cup
( 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 )