Kris Beech
| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
ft in
( m) 208 lb (95 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams |
Columbus Blue Jackets Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins Nashville Predators |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | February 5 1981 , Salmon Arm |
| NHL Draft | 7th overall, 1999 Washington Capitals |
| Pro Career | 2001 – present |
Kris Beech (born February 5, 1981 in Salmon Arm, British Columbia) is a Canadian ice hockey center playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Beech was drafted 7th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. At the time he was playing for the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL. Beech was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Summer of 2001 with Michal Sivek, Ross Lupaschuk and future considerations for Jaromir Jagr and Frantisek Kucera.
Beech appeared in 79 games for the Penguins recording 10 goals and 15 assists for 25 points. Disapointed with his development, the Penguins traded Beech on September 9, 2005 to the Nashville Predators for a conditional draft pick. Beech returned to the Capitals organization on March 9, 2006, having been traded, along with a first-round pick, for defenseman Brendan Witt. He was sent down to the Hershey Bears to join their AHL playoff campaign and helped them to Calder Cup victory against the Milwaukee Admirals.
Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996-97 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997-98 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 58 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 1998-99 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 68 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 103 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1999-00 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 66 | 32 | 54 | 86 | 99 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 2000-01 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 40 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 103 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 2000-01 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 79 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 50 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002-03 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 53 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 97 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 2003-04 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2004-05 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 68 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 146 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 2005-06 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 22 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 30 | |||||||
| 2005-06 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 30 | ||
| 2006-07 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 64 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 6 Seasons | NHL Career | 173 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
References
Joly • Forsyth • R. Green • Carroll • Picard • Walter • Coulis • Gartner • Veitch • Carpenter • Stevens • Hatcher • Corriveau • Greenlaw • Savage • Kolzig • Slaney • Peake • Halverson • Gonchar • Witt • Allison • Baumgartner • Kharlamov • Church • Elomo • Volchkov • Svejkovsky • Boynton • Beech • Sutherby • Eminger • Semin • Gordon • Fehr • Ovechkin • Schultz • M. Green • Pokulok • Finley • Backstrom • Varlamov • Alzner
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