Matt Kinch

Matt Kinch (born February 17, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman playing in Germany for the EV Ravensburg of the 2nd Bundesliga. He played major junior in the Western Hockey League (WHL) before also playing pro in the American Hockey League (AHL), ECHL, Austrian Hockey League, Swiss Nationalliga A and Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Matt Kinch
Born (1980-02-17) February 17, 1980
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Hartford Wolf Pack
EC Salzburg
SC Langnau
ERC Ingolstadt
Straubing Tigers
Binghamton Senators
Worcester Sharks
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
NHL Draft 146th overall, 1999
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 2001–2012

Playing career

Kinch was born in Red Deer, Alberta. He began playing major junior with the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL in 1995–96. He amassed 83 points in 1998–99 en route to helping lead the Hitmen to the 1999 President's Cup as WHL champions. In the subsequent off-season, he was drafted in the fifth round, 146th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Two seasons later, Kinch recorded an 84-point season, bettering his previous WHL best to set the Hitmen's single-season points record by a defenceman (tied by Paul Postma in 2008–09).

Kinch turned pro in 2001 with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL. He worked his way up to the Hartford Wolfpack of the AHL the next season, where he played through to 2003–04. Before earning the opportunity to play for the Sabres in the NHL, Kinch went overseas in 2004–05 to play for EC Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League. He then moved to the Swiss Nationalliga A with SC Langnau before going to the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga, playing for ERC Ingolstadt and the Straubing Tigers.

In 2007, Kinch returned to North America in the AHL, playing one season with the Binghamton Senators during the 2007-08. After playing three games for the Worcester Sharks the following season, Kinch returned to Germany once more to play for the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg.

Records

Awards and honours
Award Year
WHL East First All-Star Team 1999
WHL East Second Team All-Star 2000
WHL East First Team All-Star 2001 [1]

References
  1. Jesse Watts (2014). Western Hockey League 2014-2015 Official Guide (PDF). pp. 242–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
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