Kyle Helms
| Kyle Helms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 21, 1986 Cambridge, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Oberliga team Former teams |
Saale Bulls Halle EHC München Augsburger Panther | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
Kyle Helms (born April 21, 1986) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Saale Bulls Halle in the third German division, the Oberliga.
Playing career
[edit]Helms played for the Streetsville Derbys (OPJHL) and the Cambridge Winter Hawks (MWJHL) in his native Canada, before moving to Germany in 2007. After spending the 2007-08 season with EV Landsberg, he joined fellow second-division side EV Ravensburg for the following two season.
He was set to join the Hamburg Freezers of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for the 2010-11 campaign, but had his contract terminated before the season due to medical concerns: Helms had sustained a shoulder injury in January 2010.[1] He signed with another DEL team, EHC München, instead and spent the 2010-11 season with the club.
From 2011 to 2013 he played for the Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[2] In 2013, he moved to German DEL2 side EC Bad Nauheim, where he spent three years and left at the conclusion of the 2015-16 season. In May 2016, he signed with Heilbronner Falken of the German DEL2.[3] Helms left the Heilbronn side after three years, signing with Oberliga team MEC Halle 04 in April 2019.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Helms' father is a native of Hameln, Germany.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kyle Helms spielt nicht für die Freezers". Schwäbische.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ^ Augsburger Panther 2011/2012 Roster
- ^ GmbH, Thomas Röstel, Matthias Geissler - Sports Trade. "Falken verpflichten Henry Martens und Kyle Helms | del-2.org". del-2.org. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Saale Bulls Halle verpflichten Angreifer Kyle Helms aus Heilbronn". www.eishockeynews.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "Rote Teufel verpflichten DEL-Stürmer Kyle Helms". Hockeyweb. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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