Chris Thorburn

Chris Thorburn
Thorburn with the Blues in 2017
Born (1983-06-03) June 3, 1983
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg; 16 st 11 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NHL team
Former teams		 St. Louis Blues
Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins
Atlanta Thrashers
Winnipeg Jets
NHL Draft 50th overall, 2001
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2003–present

Chris Thorburn (born June 3, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Thorburn with the Thrashers.

Thorburn grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario playing most of his minor hockey in the Sault Major Hockey Association (NOHA). He played for the Soo Thunder Minor Bantam club before making the jump to Tier II Jr.A. hockey with the Elliot Lake Vikings of the NOJHL. After an impressive season as a 15-year-old in the NOJHL, Thorburn was selected in the first round (6th overall) as an underage by the North Bay Centennials in the 1999 OHL Priority Selection.

He was drafted 50th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. On October 3, 2006, Thorburn was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins.[1] After one season with the Penguins, Thorburn was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for a third-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.[2]

Thorburn with the Jets in April 2016

Enjoying a career year during the 2010–11 season and in his fourth year with the Thrashers, Thorburn was signed to a three-year contract extension on February 26, 2011.[3]

On June 30, 2014, the Winnipeg Jets re-signed Thorburn to a three-year, $3.6 million contract extension.[4]

On June 21, 2017, as an impending free agent from the Jets, he was left exposed and claimed by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft.[5] For selecting Thorburn the Jets traded their first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Columbus' first-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft which was previously acquired by the Golden Knights.[6]

Although being selected by the Golden Knights in the expansion draft, Thorburn would become a free agent. On July 1, 2017, he signed a two-year, $1.8 million deal with the St. Louis Blues.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98 Soo Thunder NOHA 42 50 56 106 40 — — — — —
1998–99 Elliot Lake Ice NOJHA 46 33 37 70 42 — — — — —
1999–00 North Bay Centennials OHL 56 12 8 20 33 6 0 2 2 0
2000–01 North Bay Centennials OHL 66 22 32 54 64 4 0 1 1 9
2001–02 North Bay Centennials OHL 67 15 43 58 112 5 1 2 3 8
2002–03 Saginaw Spirit OHL 37 19 19 38 68 — — — — —
2002–03 Plymouth Whalers OHL 27 11 22 33 56 18 11 9 20 10
2003–04 Rochester Americans AHL 58 6 16 22 77 16 3 2 5 18
2004–05 Rochester Americans AHL 73 12 17 29 185 4 0 1 1 12
2005–06 Buffalo Sabres NHL 2 0 1 1 7 — — — — —
2005–06 Rochester Americans AHL 77 23 27 50 134 — — — — —
2006–07 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 39 3 2 5 69 — — — — —
2007–08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 73 5 13 18 92 — — — — —
2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 7 8 15 104 — — — — —
2009–10 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 76 4 9 13 89 — — — — —
2010–11 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 82 9 10 19 77 — — — — —
2011–12 Winnipeg Jets NHL 72 4 7 11 83 — — — — —
2012–13 Winnipeg Jets NHL 42 2 2 4 70 — — — — —
2013–14 Winnipeg Jets NHL 55 2 9 11 65 — — — — —
2014–15 Winnipeg Jets NHL 81 7 7 14 76 4 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Winnipeg Jets NHL 82 6 6 12 81 — — — — —
2016–17 Winnipeg Jets NHL 64 3 1 4 95 — — — — —
2017–18 St. Louis Blues NHL 50 1 6 7 60 — — — — —
NHL totals 800 53 81 134 968 4 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ "Penguins claim Chris Thornburn off waivers from Buffalo". NHL.com. October 3, 2006. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Penguins agree to 1-year deals with Recchi, Roberts". NHL.com. July 22, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ Vivlamore, Chris (February 26, 2011). "Updated: Thrashers sign Thorburn to three-year deal". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Chris Thorburn, Jets agree on 3-year deal". cbc.ca. July 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Vegas Golden Knights do the unexpected and select Chris Thorburn from Winnipeg Jets". Global News. June 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jets swap first-round picks with Golden Knights". June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Blues sign Thorburn to replace Reaves". Stltoday. 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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