Warren Norris

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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team = EC KAC
league = Austrian
former_teams = St. John's Maple Leafs Grand Rapids Griffins Michigan K-Wings Sheffield Steelers HC Slovan Bratislava Graz 99ers HC Lugano
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height_ft = 6
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weight_lb = 185
nickname = Chucky
nationality = Canada
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birth_place = St. John's, NL, Canada
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Warren Norris (born birth date|1974|09|19 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for EC KAC in the Austrian Hockey League. He has previously played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL) in North America and in the British Ice Hockey Superleague, the Slovak Extraliga and the Swiss Nationalliga A. He has also played two season with the touring Canadian national ice hockey team.

Norris is the younger brother of the former National Hockey League player Dwayne Norris.

Playing career

Whilst playing for the UMass Minutemen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1996–97, Norris signed with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL as a free agent. He also played for St. John's the following season, 1997–98, before he joined the Grand Rapids Griffins in the IHL for the 1998–99 and 1999–00 seasons. However, Norris only played a handful of games for Grand Rapids as he spent the majority of those seasons with the Canadian touring team for whom he made 78 appearances.

In 2000, Norris went to the United Kingdom where he joined the Sheffield Steelers for the 2000–01 ISL season. During this season, Norris helped Sheffield win a of all available trophies when they won the Benson & Hedges Cup, the Challenge Cup, the league championship and the playoffs. The following season, 2001–02, Norris joined HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga before rejoining Sheffield for the 2002–03 season. During his second spell with Sheffield, Norris again helped them to win the Challenge Cup and the league championship.

Norris signed for the Graz 99ers in the Austrian Hockey League for the 2003–04 season. Playing for Graz for three seasons, he was the club's top point scorer in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons and the club's and the league's top goal scorer in 2004–05. Norris finished the 2005–06 season playing one game for HC Lugano in the Swiss Nationalliga A playoffs before he returned to the Austrian Hockey League to play for the EC KAC in 2006–07 and for whom he has played for since.

Records

*Most points (54) in 2003–04 for Graz 99ers.
*Most goals (40) in the 2004–05 Austrian Hockey League season.
*Most goals (40) and most points (67) in 2004–05 for Graz 99ers.

Career statistics

International play

Played for Canada in:
*1998–99 touring team
*1999–00 touring team

International statistics

References

* [http://www.eurohockey.net/ European Hockey.Net]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ The Internet Hockey Database]

External links

*eurohockey|17023
*hockeydb|22520

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NAME= Norris, Warren
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH= 1974–09–19
PLACE OF BIRTH= St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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