Riley Armstrong (ice hockey)
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Riley Armstrong playing for SaiPa in 2012.
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| Born |
November 8, 1984 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
San Jose Sharks Barys Astana Augsburger Panther SaiPa HC Vita Hästen |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2004–2016 | ||
Riley Armstrong (born November 8, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward, currently the head coach of the Maine Mariners of the ECHL. He previously played two games with the San Jose Sharks during the 2008–09 season. Armstrong was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Riley attended Sacred Heart High School in Yorkton, Saskatchewan for grade 11 and 12 while playing AAA Midget, and also St. Joseph High School in Saskatoon with his brother Colby Armstrong who also played in the National Hockey League.
After playing minor hockey with the Saskatoon Redwings and figure skating out of Martensville and Saskatoon Figure Skating Club (coached by his mom Rosemary Armstrong), Armstrong left to play Midget AAA with the Yorkton Mallers where he scored 44 goals and 77 points in 40 games, finishing 3rd in league scoring. Armstrong began playing for the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the 2002–03 season, scoring 6 goals. He was then traded to the Everett Silvertips during the 2003–04 season in the WHL, scoring 18 goals.
On September 15, 2004, he was signed as a free agent by the San Jose Sharks. Armstrong was immediately sent down to the Cleveland Barons for two seasons, scoring a combined 12 goals. Armstrong spent the next three years with new Sharks affiliate, the Worcester Sharks before he made his NHL debut in the 2008-09 season with San Jose on November 29, 2008 in a 3-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes playing on a line with Jeremy Roenick and Jody Shelley.
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