Chris Kelly (ice hockey)
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November 11, 1980 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Center/Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Ottawa Senators Boston Bruins |
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| NHL Draft | 94th overall, 1999 Ottawa Senators |
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| Playing career | 2001–present | ||
Christopher Kelly (born November 11, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kelly has also previously played in the NHL for the Boston Bruins. He was an alternate captain for the Bruins during away games and was a member of Boston's 2011 Stanley Cup-winning team.
Kelly was born in Toronto and grew up one hour east of the city in Bowmanville. He started playing in the Clarington Recreational Hockey League and with the Clarington Toros AA program. For one year, he played for the Toronto Marlboros bantam team and then OHA Jr. A. hockey with the Aurora Tigers. Kelly was then selected in the fourth round, 56th overall, by the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s London Knights in the 1997 OHL Priority Selection.
At the major junior level, Kelly played for both the Knights and the Sudbury Wolves. In 1998–99, he scored 36 goals, his career-high scoring mark in the OHL. He also played for the Team Orr in the mid-season at the CHL Top Prospects Game. In the OHL playoffs, he scored nine goals and 26 points in 25 games as the Knights reached the OHL Final.
Kelly was drafted 94th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He spent one year in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Grand Rapids Griffins and three seasons in the same league with the Binghamton Senators. He also played with the Muskegon Fury (of the UHL) for four games (recovering from an injury). In 2004–05, he had finished fifth in the AHL in plus-minus with +30. He also finished fifth on Binghamton with 60 points, as the team finished fourth overall in the League. When he was a professional rookie in 2001–02, he helped the Griffins finish fourth in the AHL. In his two final seasons in Binghamton, Kelly served as team captain.
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