Justin Kelly (ice hockey)

Justin Kelly (born March 17, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

This article is about the ice hockey player. For other uses, see Justin Kelly (disambiguation).
Justin Kelly
Born (1981-03-17) March 17, 1981
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Lowell Lock Monsters
Springfield Falcons
EHC Black Wings Linz
Krefeld Pinguine
DEG Metro Stars
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2002–2019

Career

Kelly was born in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Kelly spent five seasons in the WHL, including three and a half with the Saskatoon Blades. In 2001-02, he tallied 86 points (39 goals, 47 assists) in 72 games for the Blades, which ranked him tenth in the league.[1]

The 2002-03 season saw him skate for Swedish side IF Troja/Ljungby.

Upon his return from Europe, Kelly spent three years playing on five teams in three leagues, AHL, UHL and ECHL, before bringing his game back to Europe: In the course of the 2006-07 season, Kelly featured for three clubs: Eishockey-Club Olten of Switzerland, EHC Linz of Austria and Val Pusteria of Italy.[2]

Kelly embarked on a three-year stint with German second-division club Bietigheim Steelers in 2008 and would make 129 DEL2 appearances in three seasons, amassing a total of 167 points (64 goals, 103 assists).[3] In 2009-10, he received Player of the Year honors.[4][5] That attracted the attention of German top-tier side Krefeld Pinguine, who signed Kelly for the 2010-11 Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) season. He moved to fellow DEL club DEG Metro Stars for the following campaign,[6] which was hampered by a knee injury sustained in October 2011.[7]

The 2012-13 season saw him return to IF Troja/Ljungby of Sweden,[8] where he had signed his first overseas contract ten years earlier. Kelly then inked a deal with the Ravensburg Towerstars for the 2013-14 campaign, which turned out to be a very successful one: He scored 32 goals on the season to go along with 58 assists for a shared top spot in the DEL2 scoring ranks.

Kelly then returned to the Bietigheim Steelers for the 2014-15 season[9] and in June 2015, had his contract renewed for 2015-16.[10] In the 2015-16 season, he led the DEL2 in scoring with 85 points[11] and for the second time was named DEL2 Player of the Year.[12]

Career statistics
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 2248122 —————
1997–98 Spokane Chiefs WHL 130000 —————
1998–99 Saskatoon Blades WHL 203586 —————
1998–99 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 3034713 —————
1999–00 Saskatoon Blades WHL 546111736 110119
2000–01 Saskatoon Blades WHL 6016405638 —————
2001–02 Saskatoon Blades WHL 7239478647 74264
2002–03 IF Troja-Ljungby Allsvenskan 2311132414 1045914
2003–04 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 3112112320 21010
2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 3445910 —————
2004–05 Adirondack Frostbite UHL 5723426529 62462
2004–05 Springfield Falcons AHL 42130 —————
2005–06 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 5931407145 52242
2005–06 Springfield Falcons AHL 50004 —————
2006–07 EHC Olten NLB 1046106 —————
2006–07 EHC Linz EBEL 11691510 —————
2006–07 HC Pustertal Wölfe Italy 2212193120 85101510
2007–08 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 3214183218 50226
2008–09 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 4826376340 1288164
2009–10 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 4924487254 126101614
2010–11 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 5211182916 81342
2011–12 DEG Metro Stars DEL 140224 711218
2012–13 IF Troja-Ljungby Allsvenskan 4621194036 —————
2013–14 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 5432589046 73368
2014–15 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 151311246 14612188
2015–16 Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 5234518553 11415194
AHL totals 43 6 6 12 14 — — — — —
DEL totals 66 11 20 31 20 15 2 4 6 20

References
  1. "WHL Network". www.whl.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  2. GmbH, Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler - Sports Trade. "Statistiken - Spielpläne - Archiv der DEL2". www.del-2.org. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  3. "RODI-DB - Die deutsche Eishockey-Datenbank". www.rodi-db.de. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  4. Scheer, Mareike. "Justin Kelly bei DEG: Nach 37 Tagen ausgeflittert". NRZ. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Krefeld Pinguine: Pinguine holen Bundesliga-Topscorer Kelly - Weitere Spieler aus Liga 2 und dem eigenen Nachwuchs". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  6. DEG Metro Stars 2011/2012 Roster Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Zwangspause für Eishockey-Stürmer Justin Kelly". BILD.de. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  8. "Justin Kelly comes back to Troja!" (in Swedish). IF Troja/Ljungby. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  9. peter. "Justin Kelly - ein Publikumsliebling kehrt zurück ins Ellental". www.esbg.de. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  10. GmbH, Südwest Presse Online-Dienste. "Auch Justin Kelly bleibt bei den Steelers". swp.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  11. del-2.org. "DEL2 Topscorer". www.del-2.org (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  12. GmbH, Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler - Sports Trade. "Justin Kelly bester DEL2-Profi der Saison | del-2.org". del-2.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.