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. [2]
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. [3]
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. [4] 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. [5]
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. [6] He played two seasons with the Beast, with short stints spread throughout the AHL, before agreeing to return abroad in signing a one-year deal with Swedish outfit, Almtuna IS, of the HockeyAllsvenskan on June 7, 2017. [7]
In January 2018, Pither moved to the UK's EIHL to sign for the Nottingham Panthers, remaining with the team until 2019. [8]
After a season in Germany's DEL2 with EHC Freiburg, Pither returned to Canada to sign with former club, the Brampton Beast of the ECHL on October 16, 2020. [9] With the Beast later suspending operations for the season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Pither was subsequently released as a free agent.
Pither later had a short spell in the Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL) with HC Pustertal Wölfe before returning to the DEL2 for the 2021-22 season with Bayreuth Tigers.
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