Christian Kyrou | |||
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![]() Kyrou in 2024 | |||
Born | Komoka, Ontario, Canada | September 3, 2003||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NHL team | Dallas Stars | ||
NHL draft | 50th overall, 2022 Dallas Stars | ||
Playing career | 2023–present |
Christian Kyrou (born September 16, 2003) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] He was drafted in the second round, 50th overall, of the 2022 NHL entry draft. [2]
Kyrou started his junior career off in the 2019–20 OHL season, playing for the Erie Otters, where he would stay for around two more seasons. [3] At some point in the 2022–23 season, Kyrou would transfer to Sarnia Sting, and in the 2023–24 season, Kyrou went to play on the Texas Stars team, leaving the OHL and moving into the AHL. [3] [2]
On October 30th, 2022, while playing for the Erie Otters, Kyrou scored his first hat trick in his career, against the Kitchener Rangers. [4]
In his Sting season, he was dubbed the Cogeco OHL Player of the Week by the Ontario Hockey League for his game-winning goal and assist, sending the team into the 2023 OHL playoffs; for his contributions in their game they won against the London Knights; and for scoring the goal that won their match against the Windsor Spitfires. [5] He was also chosen as an Ontario Hockey League all-star during his time at Sting. [6]
Kyrou was born to Aki Kyrou and Roula Economou on September 16, 2003, and of Greek ancestry, his grandparents Iordanis and Maria moved to Toronto in the early 1960s, from Greece. [7] He is the youngest of his two siblings, Matina and Jordan. [8]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2019–20 | Erie Otters | OHL | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Erie Otters | OHL | 68 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Erie Otters | OHL | 27 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 37 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||
2023–24 | Texas Stars | AHL | 57 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
AHL totals | 57 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
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