Greg Carey (ice hockey)

Greg Carey
Born (1990-04-05) April 5, 1990
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 Philadelphia Flyers
Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL)
Portland Pirates
Springfield Falcons
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present

Greg Carey (born April 5, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently under contract to the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

As an Undrafted Free Agent, Carey played college hockey with the St. Lawrence Saints in the a NCAA Men's Division I ECAC Hockey conference. In his junior year, Carey's outstanding play was rewarded with a selection to the 2012–13 ECAC Hockey All-Conference First Team.[1]

At the conclusion of his senior year with the Saints, Carey was signed as a free agent by the Arizona Coyotes to a one-year entry level deal on March 19, 2014. He then immediately joined the Coyotes' AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates, on a try-out contract for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.[2] In his first full professional season, he split the season between the Pirates the Coyotes ECHL affiliate, the Gwinnett Gladiators.

On the first day of 2016 Free Agency, the Philadelphia Flyers signed Carey to a two year contract and reassigned him to their AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.[3] He signed a contract extension with the Flyers on March 8, 2017.[4]

Personal

Carey grew up in Hamilton, Ontario to parents Debra and Alan Carey with younger brother Matt.[5] Matt plays ice hockey for the Karlskrona HK organization in the HockeyAllsvenskan.[6]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Burlington Cougars OPJHL 46 10 12 22 16 — — — — —
2008–09 Burlington Cougars OJHL 45 31 34 65 24 — — — — —
2009–10 Burlington Cougars OJHL 48 72 42 114 46 10 7 4 11 13
2010–11 St. Lawrence University ECAC 40 23 17 40 24 — — — — —
2011–12 St. Lawrence University ECAC 36 15 22 37 22 — — — — —
2012–13 St. Lawrence University ECAC 38 28 23 51 38 — — — — —
2013–14 St. Lawrence University ECAC 38 18 39 57 39 — — — — —
2013–14 Portland Pirates AHL 13 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
2014–15 Portland Pirates AHL 29 2 4 6 18 — — — — —
2014–15 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 30 15 12 27 6 — — — — —
2015–16 Springfield Falcons AHL 64 26 17 43 20 — — — — —
2016–17 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 74 28 23 51 17 5 2 1 3 4
2017–18 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 72 31 22 53 32 13 3 4 7 12
AHL totals 252 88 67 155 91 18 5 5 10 16

Awards and honours

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 2010–11
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2012–13 [7]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2012–13
Hobey Baker Award Finalist 2012–13, 2013–14 [8][9]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 2013–14 [10]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2013–14

References

  1. ↑ "2012-13 Post season awards". ECAC Hockey. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Coyotes sign Greg Carey to entry-level contract". Phoenix Coyotes. 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  3. ↑ Herrmann, Wes (July 13, 2016). "Phantoms Load Up For Playoff Return". thehockeywriters.com. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Flyers re-sign LW Greg Carey". NHL.com. March 8, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Radley, Scott (March 14, 2014). "Brothers are beating the hockey odds". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Matt Carey". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Conference Honors, 2012-13". College Hockey. Inc. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  8. ↑ "North Dakota, St. Lawrence each have two finalists for Hobey Baker". USCHO.com. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  9. ↑ "2014 hat-trick of finalists". Hobey Baker. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  10. ↑ "All-Conf All-Rookie Team". ECAC Hockey. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Eric Hartzell		 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
(co-winner with Shayne Gostisbehere)
2013–14		 Succeeded by
Jimmy Vesey
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