- Chris Kelly (ice hockey)
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Chris Kelly 
Born November 11, 1980
Toronto, ON, CANHeight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) Position Forward Shoots Left NHL team
Former teamsBoston Bruins
Ottawa SenatorsNHL Draft 94th overall, 1999
Ottawa SenatorsPlaying career 2004–present Chris Kelly (born November 11, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is an alternate captain for the Bruins during away games.
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Playing career
Minor Hockey
Kelly was born in Toronto, Ontario but grew up east of the city in the small community of Bowmanville. He grew up playing in the Clarington Recreational Hockey League and with the Clarington Toros AA program. For one year he played for the Toronto Marlboros Bantams and then OHA Jr.A. hockey with the Aurora Tigers. Kelly was a 4th round pick (56th overall) in the 1997 OHL Priority Selection by the London Knights.
OHL career
At the major junior level, Kelly had played for the Sudbury Wolves and London Knights. In 1998–99, he scored 36 goals, his best season goal-wise in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He also played for the Bobby Orr team in the mid-season of the Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects Game. In the playoffs, he scored 9 goals and 26 points in 25 games as the Knights reached the OHL Final.
AHL career
Kelly spent one year in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Grand Rapids Griffins and three seasons in the same league with the Binghamton Senators. He also played with the Muskegon Fury (of the UHL) for four games (recovering from an injury). In 2004–05, he had finished fifth in the AHL in plus-minus with +30. He also finished fifth 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 Griffins finish fourth in the AHL. In his two final seasons in Binghamton, Kelly served as team captain.
NHL career
Kelly was drafted 94th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 1999. He made his NHL debut on February 5, 2004, in a match against the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of four games in 2003–04 with Ottawa. Kelly's role with the Senators is to kill penalties or checking duty. On July 31, 2007, he re-signed with the Senators to a one-year contract worth $1.263 million. Kelly was set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2008 but re-signed with the Senators on a four-year contract extension worth $8.5 million on June 20, 2008.
Kelly was dealt to the Boston Bruins on Feb. 15, 2011 for a second-round selection in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
On June 15, 2011, Kelly and the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup in seven games against the Vancouver Canucks.
Personal life
Kelly was married during the summer of 2008, in Mexico.[1] He met his fiancée Krissy Broderick while attending Saunders; Broderick now teaches elementary school in Ottawa.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Toronto Marlboros Bantam MTHL 42 25 45 70 25 — — — — — 1996–97 Aurora Tigers Jr.A. OHA 49 14 20 34 11 — — — — — 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 — — — — — 2004–05 Binghamton Senators AHL 77 24 36 60 57 6 1 2 3 1 2005–06 Ottawa Senators NHL 82 10 20 30 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 — — — — — 2008–09 Ottawa Senators NHL 82 12 11 23 38 — — — — — 2009–10 Ottawa Senators NHL 81 15 17 32 38 6 1 5 6 2 2010–11 Ottawa Senators NHL 57 12 11 23 27 — — — — — 2010–11 Boston Bruins NHL 24 2 3 5 6 25 5 8 13 6 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 487 77 104 181 255 61 9 17 26 14 See also
References
- Allen Panzeri (2007-10-25). "Stats don't tell Kelly's story". Ottawa Citizen. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/sports/story.html?id=230bb756-5f38-4085-aa58-da903da730f9&k=49112&p=1. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ Garrioch, Bruce (September 16, 2008). "NHL Team Reports: Summer Vacation". The Hockey News: p. 49.
- ^ Kressman, Jim (May 11, 2006). "Kelly finding feet with Sens". Slam! Sports. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Playoffs/Ottawa/2006/05/11/1574729-sun.html. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
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Categories:- 1980 births
- Binghamton Senators players
- Boston Bruins players
- Canadian ice hockey forwards
- Grand Rapids Griffins players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Living people
- London Knights alumni
- Ottawa Senators players
- Ottawa Senators draft picks
- Sudbury Wolves alumni
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Stanley Cup champions
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