Kris Porter (born August 31, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played most of his career in the ECHL and WCHL.
Early life and education Porter was born in Wawota, Saskatchewan and later moved to Wynyard, Saskatchewan. He played for a midget level team in his small town throughout high school. Porter played defense until age 15, when he moved to forward. There he was a prolific goal scorer. After high school Porter played junior hockey for the Weyburn Red Wings. In his last year of junior hockey he led the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in scoring.
Though he received offers from Ivy League programs Porter attended Merrimack College and played there from 1995 to 1999. Though he initially lacked skating skill compared to his teammates in his first season, by his sophomore year Porter had greatly improved and shared the team's Most Improved Player award with Rejean Stringer. He led the team in goals scored in the 1996–97 season and led the team in overall scoring the next two years. In the 1997–98 season he scored the second most goals in the nation. In one game that season he scored 4 goals in a 9-1 victory over Air Force. While at Merrimack he spent four consecutive seasons on the Hockey East All-Academic team.
Professional career After leaving Merrimack, Porter played three games for the Worcester IceCats of the AHL in the 1998–99 season. In the 1999–2000 he split his time between the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the AHL and the New Orleans Brass and Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL. The next year, he moved to the Fresno Falcons of the now-defunct WCHL. Porter played a key role in Fresno's 2003 playoff run. He played for Fresno for six seasons before retiring from professional hockey.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM 1995–96 Merrimack College HE 25 4 9 13 18 — — — — — 1996–97 Merrimack College HE 34 16 17 33 47 — — — — — 1997–98 Merrimack College HE 38 33 21 54 48 — — — — — 1998–99 Merrimack College HE 36 24 21 45 48 — — — — — 1998–99 Worcester IceCats AHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1999–2000 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1999–2000 New Orleans Brass ECHL 35 6 7 13 16 — — — — — 1999–2000 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 30 13 13 26 16 7 4 1 5 8 2000–01 Fresno Falcons WCHL 30 17 16 33 18 5 1 2 3 6 2001–02 Fresno Falcons WCHL 54 29 27 56 44 15 6 12 18 14 2002–03 Fresno Falcons WCHL 64 35 39 74 74 13 3 8 11 14 2003–04 Fresno Falcons ECHL 70 22 30 52 66 — — — — — 2004–05 Fresno Falcons ECHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Fresno Falcons ECHL 9 0 1 1 6 — — — — — ECHL totals 145 42 51 93 104 7 4 1 5 8
References
External links Kris Porter statistics at Hockeydb.com