Position Right Wing Role Ice hockey player Salary 1.2 million USD (2015) Name Chris Thorburn Spouse Sara Thorburn | Playing career Height 1.91 m Shoots Right Nationality Canadian | |
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Born June 3, 1983 (age 41) Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN ( 1983-06-03 ) Weight 230 lb (100 kg; 16 st 6 lb) NHL Draft 50th overall, 2001Buffalo Sabres Similar People Andrew Ladd, Anthony Peluso, Ben Chiarot, Paul Maurice, Dustin Byfuglien | ||
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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).
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- Hockey player chris thorburn s training at cosens mma
- Thorburn on rejoining Blues Im just honored to be here
- Playing career
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Thorburn on rejoining Blues: "I'm just honored to be here"
Playing career
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. After one season with the Penguins, Thorburn was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for a third-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
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.
On June 30, 2014, the Winnipeg Jets re-signed Thorburn to a three-year, $3.6 million contract extension.
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. 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.
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.