Chad Kilger

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 224 lb (102 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Toronto Maple Leafs Montreal Canadiens Edmonton Oilers Chicago Blackhawks Phoenix Coyotes Winnipeg Jets Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Nationality	Canada
Born	November 27, 1976, Cornwall, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	4th overall, 1995 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Pro Career	1995 – present

Chad Kilger (born 27 November 1976 in Cornwall, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. On December 3rd, 2006, at a Toronto Maple Leaf's Skills Competition, Kilger's slapshot was clocked at 106.6 mph (faster than NHL All-Star skills competition record holder Al Iafrate's 105 mph).

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Career statistics 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Playing career

Chad Kilger began his playing career by playing two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Kingston Frontenacs. He was subsequently drafted 4th overall by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He made the team that fall, but on 7 February 1996 he was traded with Oleg Tverdovsky and a 3rd round draft pick to the Winnipeg Jets for Teemu Selänne, Marc Chouinard and a 4th round draft choice.

Kilger's numbers did not improve until he came to the Chicago Blackhawks. In 86 games in parts of two seasons with the Blackhawks, he managed to score 36 points. But for the third time in his career, he was traded in a deal involving at least 4 players. This time he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers with Daniel Cleary, Ethan Moreau, and Christian Laflamme for Boris Mironov, Dean McAmmond and Jonas Elofsson.

He was never more than a fringe player in Edmonton, and once again he was traded. This was when he became a Montreal Canadien, and he had early success, but as his ice-time dropped so did his point totals. In his first season with the Canadians he averaged 17:57 in ice-time.

He was subsequenty claimed on waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is known as "The Scoring Machine" by his fan base while playing for the Ontario Hockey League's Kingston Frontenacs.

Kilger's father is Canadian Politician Bob Kilger.

Chad Kilger set the unofficial hockey record for the hardest shot on Sunday, December, 3rd, 2006 which was clocked at 106.6 mph, beating the old record which was held by a minor league player, Shawn Heins (106.0 mph). The old NHL record was held by a former Leaf player, Al Iafrate, whose record was 105.2 mph.^[1]

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993-94	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		66	17	35	52	23		6	7	2	9	8
1992-93	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL		65	42	53	95	95		6	5	2	7	10
1995-96	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	NHL		45	5	7	12	22		-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		29	2	3	5	12		4	1	0	1	0
1996-97	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		24	4	3	7	13		-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Springfield Falcons	AHL		52	17	28	45	36		16	5	7	12	56
1997-98	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		10	0	1	1	4		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Springfield Falcons	AHL		35	14	14	28	33		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		22	3	8	11	6		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		64	14	11	25	30		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		13	1	1	2	4		4	0	0	0	4
1999-00	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		40	3	2	5	18		3	0	0	0	0
1999-00	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		7	4	2	6	4		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		34	5	2	7	17		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		43	9	16	25	34		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		75	8	15	23	27		12	0	1	1	9
2002-03	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		60	9	7	16	21		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		36	2	2	4	14		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		2	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		5	1	1	2	2		13	2	1	3	0
2005-06	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		79	17	11	28	63		'	'	'	'	'
10 seasons	NHL career			579	83	90	173	287		36	3	2	5	13

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20061203_163548_5160

[edit] See also

• List of NHL players
• List of NHL seasons