Kelly Chase

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
position = Right Wing
played_for = St. Louis Blues
Hartford Whalers
Toronto Maple Leafs
shot = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 200
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|10|25|mf=y
birth_place = Porcupine Plain, SK, CAN
career_start = 1989
career_end = 2000

Kelly Chase (born October 25, 1967 in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current radio sportscaster.

Playing career

Chase played a tough, physical game that earned him a reputation as an enforcer as well as many penalty minutes, a statistic in which he led the WHL in 1987–88 while playing with the Saskatoon Blades.

Chase was signed as an undrafted free agent in February 1988 by the St. Louis Blues, and spent the majority of the three following seasons with the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL. Chase subsequently became a regular on the Blues' bench, with his play on the ice and quick wit off the ice earning him a spot in the hearts of Blues fans.

In January 1995, the Hartford Whalers selected Chase in the NHL Waiver Draft. Chase would spend most of the next three seasons with the Whalers before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1997. Prior to the 1997–98 season, Chase was reacquired by the Blues for future considerations. It was at the end of that season that Chase was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his charity work with the Gateway Special Hockey Program, a program started by Chase in the early 1990s to help those with developmental disabilities participate in organized hockey.

Chase retired from professional hockey on July 28, 2000 and is currently the colour commentator for St. Louis Blues radio broadcasts on KMOX.

Awards

*Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, 1997–98

Career statistics

ee also

*List of NHL players
*List of NHL seasons