Chris Tamer's NHL career
Defenceman Chris Tamer was drafted 68th overall by Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990. He played 11 seasons for 3 clubs, 1993-2004. That came to 644 games and 85 points, 21 goals and 64 assists.
Below: the whole of Chris Tamer's career, season by season.
- Year 19901990 NHL Draft
Chris Tamer is drafted 68 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
First off the board- 1Owen NolanQUE
- 2Petr NedvedVAN
- 3Keith PrimeauDET
Swedes from the same draftMikael Renberg661 GP · 464 P
Tommy Söderström156 GP · 0 P
Erik Andersson12 GP · 3 P
- 3 years, 8 months and 20 days later · 4 seasonsYear 19941993-1994 seasonNHL debut
Chris Tamer makes his NHL debut in 7–3 win against Boston Bruins
Chris was 23 years old ·
Civic Arena, USA
Swedes on the ice:
Kjell Samuelsson,
Tomas Sandström,
Markus Näslund, among others.
Season1993-1994
Chris Tamer's first NHL season: 0 points
Events72games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1993-1994PlayoffsEliminated by Washington Capitals5 of 6 games0 pointsFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals2–4 - Year 1995Season
1994-1995
Chris Tamer scores 2 points
Events12games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1994-1995PlayoffsEliminated by New Jersey Devils4 of 12 games0 pointsFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals4–3Second roundNJDNew Jersey Devils1–4 - Year 1996Season
1995-1996
Chris Tamer scores 4 goals — his best goal-scoring season
EventsCareer bestHis best goal-scoring seasonThe whole season and the playoff run1995-1996PlayoffsEliminated by Florida Panthers18 games7 points0 G · 7 AFirst roundWSHWashington Capitals4–2Second roundNYRNew York Rangers4–1Conference finalFLAFlorida Panthers3–4 - Year 1997Season
1996-1997
Chris Tamer plays only 45 games for 6 points
Events37games missedThe whole season and the playoff run1996-1997PlayoffsEliminated by Philadelphia Flyers4 of 5 games0 pointsFirst roundPHIPhiladelphia Flyers1–4 - Year 1998Season
1997-1998
Chris Tamer scores 7 points
The whole season and the playoff run1997-1998PlayoffsEliminated by Montréal Canadiens6 games1 points0 G · 1 AFirst roundMTLMontréal Canadiens2–4 - Year 2001Season
2000-2001
Chris Tamer scores 17 points — the best season of his career
The whole season2000-2001EventsCareer bestHis best points season - Year 2004
- The career
Chris Tamer played his last NHL game in 2004
The career ended after 11 seasons, the last of them with Atlanta Thrashers.