Luke Pither
| Luke Pither | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
April 26, 1989 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| ECHL team Former teams |
Brampton Beast Adirondack Phantoms Charlotte Checkers KalPa EC KAC St. John's IceCaps Syracuse Crunch | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Luke Pither (born April 26, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He is currently playing for the Brampton Beast of the ECHL.
Playing career
After five seasons of playing junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League, Pither signed a three-year entry level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on March 4, 2010.[1]
On January 13, 2013, it was announced Pither was traded by the Flyers to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for goalie Brian Boucher and Mark Alt.[2]
On July 29, 2013, Pither moved abroad and signed a one-year contract as a free agent in Finland with KalPa who competed in the Liiga.[3] In the 2013–14 season, Pither was hampered by injury and played in just 20 games, contributing with 5 goals.
Pither opted to change European leagues, in agreeing to a one-year contract with Austrian club EC KAC of the EBEL on May 22, 2014.[4]
After two seasons in Europe, Pither returned to North America and with the 2015–16 season underway, signed a contract with the Brampton Beast of the ECHL on October 28, 2015.[5]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Bowmanville Eagles | OPJHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 68 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 52 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 51 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 41 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 23 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 67 | 36 | 58 | 94 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 67 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 39 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Wheeling Nailers | ECHL | 24 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 23 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | KalPa | Liiga | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | EC KAC | EBEL | 48 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | Brampton Beast | ECHL | 26 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 136 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ "Flyers Sign Three Prospects". Philadelphia Flyers. March 4, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Canes acquire Pither from Flyers for Boucher, Alt". Carolina Hurricanes. January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "KalPa signs Canadian". KalPa. July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Luke Pither reinforces the Redcoats!" (in German). EC KAC. May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Former NHLer and Battalion legend Vernace joins beast". Brampton Beast. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
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External links
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or TSN.ca
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- Adirondack Phantoms players
- Barrie Colts players
- Belleville Bulls players
- Brampton Beast players
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players
- Guelph Storm players
- KalPa players
- Kingston Frontenacs players
- Klagenfurter AC (ice hockey) players
- St. John's IceCaps players
- Sportspeople from Oshawa
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Trenton Titans players
- Wheeling Nailers players
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