Cade Fairchild

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Cade Fairchild
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Fairchild with the Chicago Wolves in 2013
Born (1989-01-15) January 15, 1989 (age 36)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
team
Former teams		Free Agent
St. Louis Blues
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Rögle BK
Dinamo Riga
KalPa
NHL draft 96th overall, 2007
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2011–present

Cade Patrick Fairchild (born January 15, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for KalPa in the Finnish Liiga. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the 4th round (96th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fairchild competed at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships where he won a gold medal as a member of Team USA. [1] He was also a member of the USA U-18 team at the 2007 IIHF U-18 World Championship, where he led all defensemen in points.

Playing career

Prior to turning professional, Fairchild attended the University of Minnesota where he was the top scoring defenseman with the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey team which competes in NCAA's Division I in the WCHA conference. [2] On March 18, 2011, Fairchild was signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues. [3]

On November 29, 2011, Fairchild made his NHL debut playing 14 shifts in the Blues' 2-1 victory over the home team Washington Capitals. Five days after his NHL debut, Fairchild was returned to the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League (AHL). [4]

In 2012, Fairchild was named an AHL All-Star, and also named to the AHL All Rookie Team. He was recalled 4 times to St. Louis and played 5 games, tallying 1 assist. [5]

During the 2013–14 season, having had his season hampered by injury and his development stagnating within the Blues organization, on March 12, 2014 Fairchild was traded by St. Louis to the Phoenix Coyotes and assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates. [6]

Fairchild was not re-signed by the Coyotes, and on July 8, 2014, he agreed to a one-year with Russian club, Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the KHL. [7] He left Metallurg after a second season with the club and took up an offer from Sweden, signing with Rögle BK on July 9, 2016. [8]

In October 2018, Fairchild joined KalPa in the Finnish Liiga from Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League. [9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2005–06 U.S. National Development Team NAHL 36891710—————
2006–07U.S. National Development TeamNAHL1316716—————
2007–08 University of Minnesota WCHA 402131522—————
2008–09 University of MinnesotaWCHA359243352—————
2009–10 University of MinnesotaWCHA394172136—————
2010–11 University of MinnesotaWCHA356182412—————
2011–12 Peoria Rivermen AHL 688263432—————
2011–12 St. Louis Blues NHL 50110—————
2012–13 Peoria RivermenAHL4308816—————
2013–14 Chicago Wolves AHL332192118—————
2013–14 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 20002—————
2013–14 Portland Pirates AHL140446—————
2014–15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 534101428—————
2015–16 Metallurg NovokuznetskKHL564182216—————
2016–17 Rögle BK SHL 506243014—————
2017–18 Rögle BKSHL2013416—————
2018–19 Dinamo Riga KHL61010—————
2018–19 KalPa Liiga 413101318—————
NHL totals50110—————
KHL totals1159283744—————

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2006 United States U17 Silver medal icon.svg61120
2006 United States WJC18 Gold medal icon.svg60000
2007 United States WJC18 Silver medal icon.svg716710
2008 United States WJC 4th60114
2009 United StatesWJC5th61342
Junior totals313111416

Awards and honors

AwardYear
College
WCHA All-Rookie Team 2007–08 [10]
WCHA All-Academic Team 2010–11 [11]

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. National Under-18 Team Takes On No. 14 Clarkson University and SUNY Plattsburgh". OurSportsCentral.com. 2006-04-05. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
  2. ↑ "WCHA 2011-12 season preview part two". HockeysFuture.com. 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  3. ↑ "Blues Sign Prospect Cade Fairchild". St. Louis Blues. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Fairchild returned to AHL by Blues". National Hockey League. 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Rivermen get Cheechoo, trio of All-Stars from Blues". pjstar.com. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  6. ↑ "Pirates pick up Fairchild, Stalberg". American Hockey League. 2014-03-12. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  7. ↑ "Transfer news: Kontinental Hockey League" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  8. ↑ "Rögle värvar back från KHL" . Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  9. ↑ "Vahvistusta puolustukseen - Cade Fairchild liittyy KalPaan". kalpa.fi. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  10. ↑ National Hockey League (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2012. Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc. p.  293. ISBN   978-1-894801-22-5.
  11. ↑ "NCAA (WCHA) All-Academic Team". eliteprospects.com. 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2011-04-03.


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