Chris Blight

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Chris Blight
Born (1982-10-14) October 14, 1982 (age 41)
Cambridge, Ontario, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
EIHL team
Former teams		 Dundee Stars
Worcester Sharks
Manitoba Moose
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Albany River Rats
Nordsjaelland Cobras
Ravensburg Towerstars
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Hershey Bears
Portland Pirates
Ritten Renon
Cardiff Devils
Sheffield Steelers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present

Chris Blight (born October 14, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who last played for the Dundee Stars of Elite Ice Hockey League. [1]

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Playing career

Blight played four-years of hockey for Clarkson University of the NCAA starting in 2001. He was ranked 156th in the NHL draft by NHL central scouting for the 2002 draft. After college hockey he signed with the Toledo Storm of the ECHL as an undrafted free agent. A prolific scoring career in the ECHL allowed him to be signed by many AHL teams during his four-year career in North America. He was signed by the Reading Royals on 4 October 2010. [2]

On 25 July 2011, Blight signed with Ritten Renon of Italy's Serie A. [3] On 8 June 2012, Blight moved to the United Kingdom to sign with the Cardiff Devils of the EIHL. [4] where he played in the 2013–14 season. [5] In the 2014–15 season, Blight played for the EIHL Gardiner Conference Champions Dundee Stars.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2001–02 Clarkson University ECAC 368122014—————
2002–03 Clarkson UniversityECAC30761322—————
2003–04 Clarkson UniversityECAC4119203930—————
2004–05 Clarkson UniversityECAC376182442—————
2005–06 Toledo Storm ECHL 652932615213481218
2006–07 Toledo StormECHL7126285410530114
2006–07 Worcester Sharks AHL —————10000
2007–08 Reading Royals ECHL40211839581344816
2007–08 Manitoba Moose AHL110224—————
2007–08 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL10000—————
2007–08 Albany River Rats AHL2005517—————
2008–09 Nordsjaelland Cobras DEN 39121830109—————
2008–09 Ravensburg Towerstars 2.GBun 984121411371049
2009–10Ravensburg Towerstars2.GBun72244—————
2010–11 Reading RoyalsECHL462534595282246
2010–11 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL131342—————
2010–11Worcester SharksAHL10220—————
2010–11 Hershey Bears AHL50112—————
2010–11 Portland Pirates AHL10000—————
2011–12 Ritten-Renon ITL 4322173940—————
2012–13 Cardiff Devils EIHL 5921547558478150
2013–14 Cardiff DevilsEIHL387334035—————
2013–14 Sheffield Steelers EIHL1951116940334
ECHL totals2221011122132673710152544
AHL totals52113142510000

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References

  1. ↑ "Chris Blight". Elite Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  2. ↑ "Royals Sign Forward Chris Blight". Our Sports Central. October 4, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Blight Joins Faulkner in Italy". ECAC Hockey. 2011-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Blight Joins Devils". Cardiff Devils press release. Elite Ice Hockey League. 2012-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  5. ↑ "New Devils Deal for Blight". Cardiff Devils press release. Elite Ice Hockey League. 2013-06-10. Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
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