Luke Pither

Luke Pither
Pither with the Charlotte Checkers in 2013
Born (1989-04-26) April 26, 1989 (age 35)
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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

  1. ^ "Luke Pither at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Flyers Sign Three Prospects". Philadelphia Flyers. March 4, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "Canes acquire Pither from Flyers for Boucher, Alt". Carolina Hurricanes. January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "KalPa signs Canadian". KalPa. July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  5. ^ "Luke Pither reinforces the Redcoats!" (in German). EC KAC. May 22, 2014. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  6. ^ "Former NHLer and Battalion legend Vernace joins beast". Brampton Beast. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "Almtuna presents Luke Pither who last represented the Brampton Beast of the ECHL" (in Swedish). Almtuna IS. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  8. ^ "Canadian Pither signs with Panthers". Nottingham Panthers. January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  9. ^ "Luke Pither returns from Europe and inks deal with Beast". Brampton Beast. October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.