Kyle Quincey | |||
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Born |
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
August 12, 1985 ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NHL team Former teams |
Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Los Angeles Kings Colorado Avalanche New Jersey Devils |
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NHL Draft | 132nd overall, 2003 Detroit Red Wings |
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Playing career | 2005–present |
Kyle Quincey (born August 12, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, Colorado Avalanche, and New Jersey Devils.
Quincey grew up in the Caledon, Ontario, area playing most of his minor hockey for the Halton Hurricanes AAA program of the OMHA. He was drafted in the third round, 47th overall, of the 2001 OHL Priority Selection by the London Knights.
Quincey was drafted 132nd overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft after finishing his first Major junior hockey season with the Knights in 2002–03. At the beginning of the 2003–04 season in early October, Quincey was traded from London to the Mississauga IceDogs in a blockbuster deal for star forward Rob Schremp. Quincey helped the IceDogs to the OHL Final in 2004 before the IceDogs were swept in four games by the Guelph Storm.
Developing as an offensively-able defensive-defenceman, Quincey was named in the OHL Second All-Star Team in the 2004–05 season after finishing with 46 points in 59 games. Selected as the Eastern Conference's Best Defensive Defenceman, he also placed third in voting for the OHL's top defenceman award, the Max Kaminsky Trophy.