Cory Pecker

Cory Pecker
Born	March 20, 1981 (1981-03-20) (age 30) Montreal, PQ, CAN
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
NLB team Former teams	EHC Olten Binghamton Senators Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Manitoba Moose San Antonio Rampage Lausanne HC EC VSV
NHL Draft	166th overall, 1999 Calgary Flames
Playing career	2002–present

Cory Pecker (born March 20, 1981, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He is currently playing with EHC Olten of the National League B. Pecker is Jewish.^[1][2]

Playing career

He was drafted in the sixth round, 166th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

In 2002, he was the Player of the Year in the Ontario Hockey League, despite missing six weeks with a broken arm.^[1] After playing five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and Erie Otters, Pecker made his professional debut with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League in the 2002–03 season. He had spent his entire North American professional career to date in the AHL, with the exception of two brief stints in the ECHL with the San Diego Gulls and Phoenix RoadRunners. He signed with HC Lausanne of the Swiss League in 2007.

On October 18, 2011, Pecker signed with EC VSV in Austria.^[3] On November 12, Pecker left EC VSV and signed with EHC Olten in Switzerland.^[4]

Maccabiah Games

At 15 years of age, Pecker was the youngest player to play in the 1997 Maccabiah Games ice hockey tournament.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of select Jewish ice hockey players

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bob Wechsler. Day by day in Jewish sports history. http://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA116&dq=Cory+Pecker+jewish&hl=en&ei=DeGdTtDvILPr0QHw3fyzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
2. ^ "Jews in pro hockey await NHL contract talks". The Canadian Jewish News. October 24, 2003. http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4884&Itemid=101. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
3. ^ "Cory Pecker zum EC REKORD-Fenster VSV". October 18, 2011. http://www.ecvsv.at/?p=1805. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
4. ^ "Der EHC Olten hat den 30-jährigen Stürmer Cory Pecker zum Probetraining eingeladen.". 12 November 2011. http://www.ehco.ch/de/newsdetail---0--0--0--1--523.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 

External links

• Cory Pecker's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
• Cory Pecker's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Persondata
Name	Pecker, Cory
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	March 20, 1981
Place of birth	Montreal, PQ, CAN
Date of death
Place of death