Chris Kelly (ice hockey)
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| Position | Forward |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb) |
| NHL Team | Ottawa Senators |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | November 11, 1980 , Toronto, ON |
| NHL Draft | 94th Overall, 1999 Ottawa Senators |
| Pro career | 2004 – present |
Chris Kelly (born November 11, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He is a forward, and he plays on a line with Antoine Vermette and Chris Neil.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] OHL career
At the major junior level, Chris had played for the Sudbury Wolves and London Knights. In 1998-99, he scored 36 goals, his best season goal-wise in the OHL. He also played for the Bobby Orr team in the mid-season of the CHL Top Prospects Game. In the playoffs he scored 9 goals and 26 points in 25 games as the Knights reached the OHL Final.
[edit] AHL career
He spent three seasons in the American Hockey League, mostly with the Binghamton Senators. He also played with the Grand Rapids Griffins and Muskegon Fury. In 2004-05, he had finished 5th in the AHL in plus-minus with +30. He also finished 5th on the Binghamton Senators with 60 points, as the team finished fourth overall in the league. When he was a professional rookie in 2001-02, he helped the Grand Rapids Griffins finish fourth in the AHL.
[edit] NHL career
Kelly was drafted 94th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 1999. He played in his first four games in 2003-04, with the Senators. He made his NHL debut on February 5th, 2004, in a match against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kelly is currently playing in his third full NHL season with Ottawa. He frequently plays on a line with Antoine Vermette and Chris Neil. He has a job as a penalty killer, usually playing with Vermette, and Mike Fisher. On July 31, 2007, he re-signed with the Senators to a one-year contract worth $1.263 million. He is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2008.
[edit] Personal life
Kelly is currently planning to get married during the summer of 2008, in Mexico. He met his fiancee Krissy Broderick while attending Saunders; Broderick now teaches elementary school in Ottawa
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997-98 | London Knights | OHL | 54 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 1998-99 | London Knights | OHL | 68 | 36 | 41 | 77 | 60 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 22 | ||
| 1999-00 | London Knights | OHL | 63 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 57 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | London Knights | OHL | 31 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 19 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 14 | ||
| 2001-02 | Muskegon Fury | UHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 31 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2002-03 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 77 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2003-04 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 54 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2003-04 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 77 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2004-05 | DNP — Lockout | NHL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 72 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006-07 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 82 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2007-08 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 75 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| OHL Totals | 235 | 110 | 148 | 254 | 184 | 53 | 24 | 33 | 51 | 48 | ||||
| AHL Totals | 239 | 59 | 72 | 131 | 190 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| NHL Totals | 243 | 36 | 62 | 98 | 146 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Allen Panzeri (2007-10-25). Stats don't tell Kelly's story. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
