| Luke Pither | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Pither with the Charlotte Checkers in 2013 | |||
| Born |
(1989-04-26) April 26, 1989 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| DEL2 team Former teams |
Bayreuth Tigers Adirondack Phantoms Charlotte Checkers KalPa EC KAC St. John's IceCaps Syracuse Crunch Utica Comets Almtuna IS Nottingham Panthers EHC Freiburg HC Pustertal Wölfe | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Luke Pither (born April 26, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He is currently signed with Saugeen Shores Winterhawks of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League.1
Playing career
After five seasons of playing junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League, Pither signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on March 4, 2010.2
On January 13, 2013, it was announced Pither was traded by the Flyers to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for goalie Brian Boucher and Mark Alt.3
On July 29, 2013, Pither moved abroad and signed a one-year contract as a free agent in Finland with KalPa who competed in the Liiga.4 In the 2013–14 season, Pither was hampered by injury and played in just 20 games, contributing with 5 goals.
Pither opted to change European leagues, in agreeing to a one-year contract with Austrian club EC KAC of the EBEL on May 22, 2014.5
After two seasons in Europe, Pither returned to North America and with the 2015–16 season underway, signed a contract with the Brampton Beast of the ECHL on October 28, 2015.6 He played two seasons with the Beast, with short stints spread throughout the AHL, before agreeing to return abroad in signing a one-year deal with Swedish outfit, Almtuna IS, of the HockeyAllsvenskan on June 7, 2017.7
In January 2018, Pither moved to the UK's EIHL to sign for the Nottingham Panthers, remaining with the team until 2019.8
After a season in Germany's DEL2 with EHC Freiburg, Pither returned to Canada to sign with former club, the Brampton Beast of the ECHL on October 16, 2020.9 With the Beast later suspending operations for the season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Pither was subsequently released as a free agent.
Pither later had a short spell in the Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL) with HC Pustertal Wölfe before returning to the DEL2 for the 2021-22 season with Bayreuth Tigers.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Bowmanville Eagles | OPJHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 68 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 52 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 51 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 41 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 23 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 67 | 36 | 58 | 94 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 67 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Adirondack Phantoms | AHL | 39 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Wheeling Nailers | ECHL | 24 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 23 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | KalPa | Liiga | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | EC KAC | EBEL | 48 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 | Brampton Beast | ECHL | 26 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Brampton Beast | ECHL | 37 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Utica Comets | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Almtuna IS | Allsv | 31 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 22 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 60 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | EHC Freiburg | DEL2 | 47 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | HC Pustertal Wölfe | AlpsHL | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Bayreuth Tigers | DEL2 | 40 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | WOAA | 10 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 2023–24 | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | OEHL | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 137 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
References
- "Luke Pither at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- "Flyers Sign Three Prospects". Philadelphia Flyers. March 4, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- "Canes acquire Pither from Flyers for Boucher, Alt". Carolina Hurricanes. January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
- "KalPa signs Canadian". KalPa. July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
- "Luke Pither reinforces the Redcoats!" (in German). EC KAC. May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Former NHLer and Battalion legend Vernace joins beast". Brampton Beast. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- "Almtuna presents Luke Pither who last represented the Brampton Beast of the ECHL" (in Swedish). Almtuna IS. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- "Canadian Pither signs with Panthers". Nottingham Panthers. January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- "Luke Pither returns from Europe and inks deal with Beast". Brampton Beast. October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
External links
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or TSN.ca