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. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ↑ "Canes acquire Pither from Flyers for Boucher, Alt". Carolina Hurricanes. 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ↑ "KalPa signs Canadian". KalPa. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- ↑ "Luke Pither reinforces the Redcoats!" (in German). EC KAC. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- ↑ "Former NHLer and Battalion legend Vernace joins beast". Brampton Beast. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or TSN.ca