Chris Holt

Christopher Holt (born June 5, 1985) is a Canadian-born American former professional hockey goaltender who last played with the Braehead Clan of the Elite Ice Hockey League. He also played for the New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, Dinamo Riga, HC Donbass of the Kontinental Hockey League and Orli Znojmo of the Austrian Hockey League.

Playing career Holt was drafted 180th overall in the 2003 NHL entry draft by the New York Rangers. Holt was first called up from the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL) in December 2005 as backup to Henrik Lundqvist while starting goalie Kevin Weekes was injured. He played just over 10 minutes in one game, not allowing a goal becoming the first former Billings Bulls player to play in the NHL. He was sent back down to Hartford but was recalled to the Rangers on February 23, 2006.

On October 30, 2008, Holt was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues after playing two games for their affiliate the Peoria Rivermen. On October 31, Holt was called up to the Blues on emergency before returning to Peoria. He was again recalled by the Blues on February 6, 2009. He made his first appearance for the Blues, and only his second appearance in the NHL on February 18, 2009, as a replacement for Chris Mason after Mason started the first two periods against the Columbus Blue Jackets, totaling 19 min., giving up no goals on three shots.

In September 2009, prior to the 2009–10 season, he attended the Ottawa Senators training camp. He was demoted to the Binghamton Senators organization which demoted him to the Elmira Jackals on September 30. He was promoted to Binghamton in March 2010. On March 19, 2010, he became the tenth goaltender in AHL history to score a goal, and the sixth to score it by shooting the puck himself. Holt scored on the Rochester Americans while the Americans goalie was pulled for a sixth attacker. In June 2010, it was announced that Holt has signed a two-year deal with the Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga.

On June 29, 2012, Holt signed a free agent deal with fellow KHL club, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. After appearing in 27 games for only 4 wins with the cellar-dwelling Avtomobilist, Holt was traded to HC Donbass for their playoff push to end the 2012–13 season on January 10, 2013.

International play Despite his Canadian birth, Holt is an American citizen due to his mother being a native of California. He has represented the USA at the 2003 World Junior Championships on the US Under-18 National Team.

On October 20, 2011, he was selected as one of two goalies on the 21-man roster for the 2011 U.S. Men's Select Team that competed at the Deutschland Cup from in Munich, Germany.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2001–02 Billings Bulls AWHL 24 13 7 1 — 1184 59 2 2.99 .906 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 U.S. National Development Team USDP 32 9 15 2 — 1774 95 1 3.20 — — — — — — — — — 2003–04 U. of Nebraska-Omaha CCHA 27 15 17 2 — 1499 81 0 3.24 .900 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 U. of Nebraska-Omaha CCHA 37 19 14 4 — 2190 106 1 2.90 .903 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 23 7 11 — 1 1229 84 0 4.10 .887 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 9 3 2 — 1 459 31 0 4.06 .879 8 4 4 487 24 0 2.96 .912 2005–06 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 — 0 10 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 45 24 18 — 2 2650 139 1 3.15 .898 4 2 2 223 11 0 2.97 .904 2006–07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 6 2 1 — 0 240 8 0 2.00 .918 1 0 0 26 1 0 2.28 .917 2007–08 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 32 15 13 — 2 1808 82 3 2.72 .915 3 0 3 179 10 0 3.35 .895 2007–08 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 9 5 3 — 0 447 18 0 2.42 .906 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Alaska Aces ECHL 5 3 2 — 0 300 9 1 1.80 .946 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 20 10 6 — 2 1111 32 1 1.73 .931 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 — 0 19 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Elmira Jackals ECHL 15 9 5 — 1 896 45 0 3.01 .899 5 2 3 297 16 0 3.23 .868 2009–10 Binghamton Senators AHL 33 16 15 — 1 1872 92 4 2.95 .905 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Dinamo Riga KHL 33 13 11 — 8 1966 81 1 2.47 .924 7 2 5 404 22 0 3.27 .890 2011–12 Dinamo Riga KHL 45 20 16 — 6 2590 98 5 2.27 .919 5 2 2 287 13 0 2.72 .887 2012–13 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 27 4 16 — 5 1630 77 1 2.83 .912 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Donbass Donetsk KHL 5 2 2 — 1 303 9 1 1.78 .940 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Ritten Sport ITA 11 — — — — — — — 1.72 .941 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Orli Znojmo AUT 27 — — — — 1576 69 1 2.52 .917 2 — — 50 7 — 8.40 .811 2015–16 Braehead Clan EIHL 41 22 15 — 4 2396 103 4 2.58 .917 2 — — — — — 1.92 .939 KHL totals 110 39 45 — 20 6489 265 8 2.45 .920 12 4 7 691 35 0 3.04 .889 NHL totals 2 0 0 — 0 29 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA 2003 United States WC 2 1 1 0 120 4 0 2.00 Junior int'l totals 2 1 1 0 120 4 0 2.00