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
- ^ “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
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or TSN.ca