T. J. Kemp

Thomas James " T. J. " Kemp (born 3 July 1981 in Pickering, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since the summer of 2012 at Ritten Sport in the Italian Serie A1 under contract.

Career

TJ Kemp began his career as a hockey player in the team of Mercyhurst College, where he was active from 2001 to 2005, before he was towards the end of the 2004/05 season for the Missouri River Otters of the United Hockey League debut in professional hockey.

In the season 2005/ 06 the defender was at the Reading Royals of the ECHL under contract, but also completed games for the American Hockey League teams Peoria Rivermen, Iowa Stars, Milwaukee Admirals and Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Following this season played the links Sagittarius exclusively in the AHL, where he stood for a season for the Manchester Monarchs and Springfield Falcons and in the 2008/ 09 season in succession for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Hamilton Bulldogs on the ice.

In the summer of 2009, the Canadian was finally obliged by the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In summer 2010, replaced T. J. Kemp within the DEL for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers. This was followed by two seasons in Nuremberg the change in the Italian Serie A1, where he signed with Ritten Sport.

Awards and achievements

• 2006 ECHL All- Rookie Team

AHL stats

(End of season 2008/ 09)