Chris Whitley (ice hockey)

Chris Whitley
Born (1983-02-21) February 21, 1983
Oshawa, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Right
Played for Allen Americans
Lake Erie Monsters
Dundee Stars
Cardiff Devils
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 20092013

Chris Whitley (born February 21, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the North American minor leagues before competing in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Playing career

Undrafted, Whitley attended Lakehead University in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports from 2004–2009 and obtained several awards including OUA MVP, OUA First Team All-Star and First Team All-Canadian. Chris competed in the Detroit Red Wings rookie tournament and later attended the Red Wings training camp in 2009.[1]

He had a four-year minor pro hockey career that began with the Allen Americans of the then Central Hockey League in the 2009–10 season. He finished that year with a 31-8-4 record and led the Americans to a league final where they eventually lost to the Rapid City Rush in 6 games. During the 09-10 season Whitley earned two AHL call-ups with the Texas Stars and the Lake Erie Monsters. With Lake Erie, Whitley started one game making 37 saves and earned a 6-5 shootout victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins.

After two years in Allen, Whitley moved on to play in Dundee Scotland playing for the Dundee Stars in the EIHL. Whitley finished his career with the Cardiff Devils in the EIHL in 2012.[2] He currently resides in Thunder Bey, Ontario, Canada, where he was an assistant coach to the Thunder Bay Kings midget hockey club.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1999–00 Port Hope Buzzards OPJHL 33
2000–01 Oshawa Legionaires OPJHL 42
2000–01 Oshawa Generals OHL 1 0 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 .912
2001–02 Aurora Tigers OPJHL 23 2573 123 1 2.87 .907
2002–03 Aurora Tigers OPJHL 32
2003–04 Aurora Tigers OPJHL 33
2004–05 Lakehead University CIS 17 2.37 .920
2005–06 Lakehead University CIS 14 2.13 .923
2006–07 Lakehead University CIS 23 3.68 .894
2007–08 Lakehead University CIS 18 2.04 .924
2008–09 Lakehead University CIS 15 2.39 .924
2009–10 Allen Americans CHL 43 31 8 4 2560 111 1 2.60 .914 20 10 10 1206 61 0 3.04 .912
2009–10 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 1 1 0 0 65 5 0 4.62 .881
2010–11 Allen Americans CHL 36 24 10 2 2122 101 1 2.86 .904 13 7 4 738 36 0 2.93 .893
2011–12 Dundee Stars EIHL 58 16 36 3 3451 206 3 3.58 .897 2 0 2 120 14 0 7.00 .839
2012–13 Williamsport Outlaws FHL 27 15 9 1 1455 90 0 3.71 .910
2012–13 Cardiff Devils EIHL 18 3 12 3 1085 64 0 3.54 .885
CHL totals 79 55 18 2 4682 212 2 2.72 .909 33 17 14 1944 97 0 3.00 .906

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