George Halkidis

George Halkidis (born June 18, 1982 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently a Portfolio Manager at Richardson Wealth.

George Halkidis
Born (1982-06-18) June 18, 1982
Newmarket, Ontario, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Played for Peoria Rivermen
HC Fassa
Ritten Sport
Wichita Thunder
Alleghe Hockey
Hull Stingrays
HC Eppan Pirates
IF Björklöven
National team  Canada
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 20032011

Playing career

The defencemen played in the Ontario Hockey League for the North Bay Centennials from 1999-2002. He was then traded to the Kitchener Rangers during his overage season where he scored the game winner in the 2003 Memorial Cup Championship. He had 91 points in 252 OHL career games.

Halkidis signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2003 and played for the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL in 2003-2004 where he was a plus 18 with 19 points in 65 games. During the 2004–05 lockout season, Halkidis went overseas to the Italian A league where he played for Val Di Fassa in 2004-2005 tallying 12 points in 32 games and Renon in 2005-2006 notching 27 points in 42 games. During the 2006-2007 season George came back to North America where he played for the Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League notching 29 points in 48 games. Halkidis returned to Europe for the 2007-2008 season, playing in Italy Series A with HC Alleghe.[1]

In 2009-2010, he played in the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Hull Stingrays, where he had 7 goals, 15 assists for 22 points in 46 games. He has signed with the Eppan Pirates of the Italian A2 League for the 2010-2011 season. In February 2011 he signed for Björklöven in the Swedish division 1.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Newmarket Hurricanes OPJHL 392101224
1999–00 North Bay Centennials OHL 6623515 60000
2000–01 North Bay Centennials OHL 583151831 41014
2001–02 North Bay Centennials OHL 688293748 50336
2002–03 Kitchener Rangers OHL 6010213164 21115166
2003–04 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 655141922 801110
2004–05 HC Fassa Italy 32391210 40110
2005–06 Ritten Sport Italy 476232942 811212
2006–07 Wichita Thunder CHL 485242923 61232
2007–08 Alleghe Hockey Italy 321121326
2009–10 Hull Stingrays EIHL 466152136 20000
2010–11 HC Eppan Pirates Italy2 184172126
2010–11 IF Björklöven Division 1 61128
Italy totals 111 10 44 54 78 18 2 2 4 18

References

  1. "George Halkidis". hockeydby.com. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
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