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Kris Beech
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Position Centre
Shoots Left
Height
Weight 		6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
208 lb (95 kg)
SM-Liiga Team
F. Teams 		Rauman Lukko
Washington Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins
Nashville Predators
Columbus Blue Jackets
Vancouver Canucks
Born (1981-02-05)February 5, 1981,
Salmon Arm, BC, CAN[1][2]
NHL Draft 7th overall, 1999
Washington Capitals
Pro Career 2001 – present


Kristopher Beech (born February 5, 1981) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Rauman Lukko in the Finnish elite league SM-Liiga.

Playing career[]

Beech was drafted 7th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. At the time he was playing for the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL. Beech was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in July 2001 with Michal Sivek, Ross Lupaschuk and future considerations for Jaromir Jagr and Frantisek Kucera.

Beech appeared in 79 games for the Penguins recording 10 goals and 15 assists for 25 points. Disappointed with his development, the Penguins traded Beech on September 9, 2005 to the Nashville Predators for a conditional draft pick. Beech returned to the Capitals organization on March 9, 2006, having been traded, along with a first-round pick, for defenseman Brendan Witt. He was sent down to the Hershey Bears to join their AHL playoff campaign and helped them to Calder Cup victory against the Milwaukee Admirals.

On January 10, 2008, Beech was claimed off waivers from Columbus by the Vancouver Canucks.[3] However, on January 23, 2008, after just four games with the Canucks in which he recorded one goal and one assist, Beech was subsequently placed on waivers and claimed by the Washington Capitals.[4] Before playing a single game with Washington, Beech was once again placed on waivers, which led to him being re-acquired by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Beech's fourth team in the month of January.[5]

October 10, 2008, Beech signed one-year contract with the Swedish Elitserien team HV71. He joined his new team three days later.[6]

On April 28, 2009, Beech re-signed to a two-year contract extension with HV71.[7] Prior to the 2009–10 season on September 4, 2009, Beech signed a six week loan contract with HC Genève-Servette.[8] In his eight games with Genève-Servette, he scored two goals. On October 14, 2009, Beech was returned to HV71.[9]

On May 25, 2011, Rauman Lukko announced that Beech has signed a one-year contract with the team[10].

Personal[]

During the offseason, Beech is a guest instructor at the Sicamous Hockey School, located in Sicamous, British Columbia[11]. Kris Beech founded Aimability in 2017.

Awards[]

Career statistics[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Calgary Hitmen WHL 8 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
1997–98 Calgary Hitmen WHL 58 10 15 25 24 12 4 5 9 14
1998–99 Calgary Hitmen WHL 68 26 41 67 103 6 1 4 5 8
1999–00 Calgary Hitmen WHL 66 32 54 86 99 5 3 5 8 16
2000–01 Calgary Hitmen WHL 40 22 44 66 103 10 2 8 10 26
2000–01 Washington Capitals NHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2001–02 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 79 10 15 25 45 — — — — —
2002–03 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 50 19 24 43 76 5 1 1 2 0
2002–03 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12 0 1 1 6 — — — — —
2003–04 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 53 20 25 45 97 22 9 6 15 4
2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 4 0 1 1 6 — — — — —
2004–05 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 68 14 48 62 146 11 4 6 10 14
2005–06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 22 10 13 23 30 — — — — —
2005–06 Nashville Predators NHL 5 1 2 3 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Washington Capitals NHL 5 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
2005–06 Hershey Bears AHL 10 8 6 14 6 21 14 14 28 30
2006–07 Washington Capitals NHL 64 8 18 26 46 — — — — —
2007–08 Syracuse Crunch AHL 16 5 10 15 22 — — — — —
2007–08 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 16 5 4 9 2 — — — — —
2007–08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2007–08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2008–09 HV71 SEL 45 17 17 34 116 18 3 3 6 22
2009–10 Genève-Servette HC NLA 8 2 0 2 12 — — — — —
2009–10 HV71 SEL 44 4 8 12 56 16 5 2 7 10
2010-11 HV71 SEL 48 14 17 31 50 4 0 0 0 6
AHL totals 245 84 145 229 395 59 28 27 55 48
NHL totals 198 25 42 67 113 — — — — —
SEL totals 137 35 42 77 222 38 8 5 13 38

References[]

  1. ↑ ESPN.com: Kris Beech Player Profile
  2. ↑ TheHockeyNews.com: Kris Beech Player Profile
  3. ↑ "Canucks claim Beech off waivers", TSN, 10 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. Archived from the original on 2008-01-16. 
  4. ↑ "Beech claimed off waivers by Capitals", TSN, 23 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. 
  5. ↑ "Penguins acquire Beech on waivers", TSN, 26 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. 
  6. ↑ Wengel, Daniel (2008-10-10). Kris Beech klar för HV71 (Swedish). HV71.se. HV71. Retrieved on 2008-10-10.
  7. ↑ Kris Beech stannar i HV71 (Swedish). svt.se. SVT (2008-04-28). Retrieved on 2008-07-06.
  8. ↑ Genève-Servette engage le Canadien Kris Beech (Swiss). 20min.ch (2009-09-04). Retrieved on 2009-10-10.
  9. ↑ HVTV - Beech (Swedish). Eliteprospects.com (2009-10-14). Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
  10. ↑ Robert Pettersson (May 25, 2011). Beech fortsätter karriären i Finland (Finnish). hockeysverige.se. Retrieved on June 1, 2011.
  11. ↑ Sicamous Hockey School: Instructors

External links[]

Preceded by
Nick Boynton 		Washington Capitals first round draft pick
1999 		Succeeded by
Brian Sutherby
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