Kelly Chase

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Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
Pro clubs St. Louis Blues
Hartford Whalers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born October 25, 1967 (1967-10-25) (age 40),
Porcupine Plain, SK, CAN
Pro career 1989 – 2000

Kelly Chase (born October 25, 1967 in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current radio sportscaster.

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[edit] Playing career

Chase played a tough, physical game that earned him a reputation as an enforcer as well as many penalty minutes, a statistic in which he led the WHL in 1987–88 while playing with the Saskatoon Blades.

Chase was signed as an undrafted free agent in February of 1988 by the St. Louis Blues, and spent the majority of the three following seasons with the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL. Chase subsequently became a regular on the Blues' bench, with his play on the ice and quick wit off the ice earning him a spot in the hearts of Blues fans.

In January of 1995, the Hartford Whalers selected Chase in the NHL Waiver Draft. Chase would spend most of the next three seasons with the Whalers before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1997. Prior to the 1997–98 season, Chase was reacquired by the Blues for future considerations. It was at the end of that season that Chase was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his charity work with the Gateway Special Hockey Program, a program started by Chase in the early 1990s to help those with developmental disabilities participate in organized hockey.

Chase retired from professional hockey on July 28, 2000 and is currently the colour commentator for St. Louis Blues radio broadcasts on KMOX.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1985–86 Saskatoon WHL 57 7 18 25 172 10 3 4 7 37
1986–87 Saskatoon WHL 68 17 29 46 285 11 2 8 10 37
1987–88 Saskatoon WHL 70 31 24 55 343 9 3 5 8 32
1988–89 Peoria IHL 38 14 7 21 278 -- -- -- -- --
1989–90 St. Louis NHL 43 1 3 4 244 9 1 0 1 46
1989–90 Peoria IHL 10 1 2 3 76 -- -- -- -- --
1990–91 St. Louis NHL 2 1 0 1 15 6 0 0 0 18
1990–91 Peoria IHL 61 20 34 54 406 10 4 3 7 61
1991–92 St. Louis NHL 46 1 2 3 264 1 0 0 0 7
1992–93 St. Louis NHL 49 2 5 7 204 -- -- -- -- --
1993–94 St. Louis NHL 68 2 5 7 278 4 0 1 1 6
1994–95 Hartford NHL 28 0 4 4 141 -- -- -- -- --
1995–96 Hartford NHL 55 2 4 6 230 -- -- -- -- --
1996–97 Hartford NHL 28 1 2 3 122 -- -- -- -- --
1996–97 Toronto NHL 2 0 0 0 27 -- -- -- -- --
1997–98 St. Louis NHL 67 4 3 7 231 7 0 0 0 23
1998–99 St. Louis NHL 45 3 7 10 143 -- -- -- -- --
1999–2000 St. Louis NHL 25 0 1 1 118 -- -- -- -- --
NHL Totals 458 17 36 53 2017 27 1 1 2 100

[edit] See also

Preceded by
Trevor Linden
Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
1998
Succeeded by
Rob Ray
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