Chris Beckford-Tseu

Chris Beckford-Tseu (born June 22, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues during the 2007–08 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2004 to 2011, was spent in the minor leagues. He was drafted in the fifth round, 159th overall, by the Blues in the 2003 NHL entry draft.

Playing career As a youth, Beckford-Tseu played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Vaughan, Ontario.

Beckford-Tseu began his career playing in the Ontario Hockey League. He was drafted 91st overall in the 2000 OHL Priority Draft. He played for the Guelph Storm, the Oshawa Generals and the Kingston Frontenacs. His best OHL year was with the Generals in 2002-03, where he had 25 wins and a 3.16 GAA.

In 2003, he was chosen 159th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the NHL Entry Draft.

In 2004, Beckford-Tseu started his professional career by appearing with the Peoria Rivermen, the Blues AHL affiliate. During the 2004-05 season, he accumulated a 2.71 GAA and a .908 SV% backing up Alfie Michaud.

NHL Beckford-Tseu played in his only NHL game on February 21, 2008 against the Los Angeles Kings. In that game, he saved 8 shots out of 9.

The Panthers signed him as a free agent on July 3, 2008.

Beckford-Tseu played for the Worcester IceCats, Alaska Aces, Peoria Rivermen, and Rochester Americans.

Post career Beckford-Tseu is currently the Goaltender Coach for Toronto Metropolitan University men's hockey team, the TMU Bold. As well, he also started a program called "Professional Goaltending Development" where he, and former AHL player Rob Gherson, train young goalies.

Playing style At 6’4”, Beckford-Tseu is a large man who generally covers a lot of net. Despite that size, he tends not to challenge the shooters. He also is known to have good reflexes.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2000–01 St. Michael's Buzzers OJHL 25 9 15 1 — 1506 119 1 4.75 — 4 1 3 240 10 0 2.50 — 2001–02 Guelph Storm OHL 5 2 0 0 — 207 16 0 4.64 .818 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Oshawa Generals OHL 7 2 3 0 — 341 19 0 3.34 .900 5 1 4 310 16 0 3.10 .902 2002–03 Oshawa Generals OHL 54 25 26 2 — 2978 157 4 3.16 .891 13 6 7 727 48 1 3.96 .878 2003–04 Oshawa Generals OHL 9 1 5 2 — 495 28 0 3.39 .888 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 40 16 19 2 — 2226 121 3 3.26 .911 5 1 4 303 18 0 3.56 .918 2004–05 Worcester IceCats AHL 1 0 0 0 — 29 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Peoria Rivermen ECHL 29 11 12 3 — 1594 72 1 2.71 .908 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Peoria Rivermen AHL 16 7 5 — 1 737 38 0 3.10 .885 4 0 4 238 15 0 3.78 .872 2005–06 Alaska Aces ECHL 19 16 1 — 2 1152 36 2 1.87 .929 12 8 4 795 27 3 2.04 .930 2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 29 12 11 — 4 1654 75 1 2.72 .900 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Alaska Aces ECHL 7 7 0 — 0 426 9 2 1.27 .950 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 — 0 27 1 0 2.25 .889 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Peoria Rivermen AHL 34 15 14 — 2 1871 82 1 2.63 .899 — — — — — — — — 2007–08 Alaska Aces ECHL 16 12 4 — 0 921 36 1 2.34 .923 2 0 2 99 7 0 4.27 .887 2008–09 Rochester Americans AHL 22 3 14 — 1 1112 73 0 3.94 .870 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Florida Everblades ECHL 1 0 0 — 1 65 5 0 4.62 .857 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Phoenix Roadrunners ECHL 11 2 7 — 1 577 49 0 5.09 .863 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Rochester Americans AHL 6 0 4 — 0 296 23 0 4.66 .869 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Florida Everblades ECHL 38 19 11 — 4 2145 114 2 3.19 .903 9 3 5 467 30 0 3.85 .889 2010–11 Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL 8 1 5 — 0 383 31 0 4.86 .832 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Greenville Road Warriors ECHL 5 4 1 — 0 300 8 1 1.60 .940 4 2 2 264 7 1 1.59 .920 NHL totals 1 0 0 — 0 27 1 0 2.25 .889 — — — — — — — —