Kris Sparre

Kris Sparre (born January 12, 1987) is a Canadian-German retired professional ice hockey player. He is the inaugural head coach for the PWHL Hamilton of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

Playing career Sparre played major junior hockey with the Barrie Colts and Mississauga St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey League before joining the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL towards the end of the 2007-08 ECHL season. He then spent a season with the Idaho Steelheads, playing 56 regular season games and scoring 16 goals. In 2009, Sparre moved to Germany and signed for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He would also play for ERC Ingolstadt, Eisbären Berlin and Düsseldorfer EG, as well as stints in DEL2 with Dresdner Eislöwen and Löwen Frankfurt before retiring in 2016.

Coaching career Sparre served as an assistant coach for the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL) for three seasons.

On July 23, 2025, Sparre was named the head coach for the Boston Fleet of the PWHL.

On May 27, 2026, he was named the head coach for the PWHL Hamilton expansion team.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2003–04 Brampton Capitals OPJHL 17 2 4 6 6 — — — — — 2004–05 Mississauga Chargers OPJHL 48 13 25 38 14 — — — — — 2005–06 Mississauga Chargers OPJHL 9 3 3 6 22 — — — — — 2005–06 Couchiching Terriers OPJHL 9 1 4 5 2 — — — — — 2005–06 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2005–06 Barrie Colts OHL 23 1 3 4 6 — — — — — 2006–07 Barrie Colts OHL 68 29 22 51 34 8 1 1 2 6 2007–08 Barrie Colts OHL 3 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2007–08 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors OHL 56 22 13 35 33 — — — — — 2007–08 Columbia Inferno ECHL 9 1 3 4 10 — — — — — 2008–09 Idaho Steelheads ECHL 56 16 19 35 95 — — — — — 2009–10 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 55 5 1 6 46 — — — — — 2010–11 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 37 4 7 11 24 — — — — — 2011–12 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 52 11 18 29 59 9 0 3 3 2 2012–13 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 45 5 9 14 24 6 0 0 0 6 2013–14 Eisbären Berlin DEL 50 2 5 7 26 — — — — — 2014–15 Dresdner Eislöwen DEL2 30 16 36 52 22 — — — — — 2014–15 Dusseldorf EG DEL 18 5 3 8 8 11 1 0 1 10 2015–16 Frankfurt Lions DEL2 33 17 24 41 38 4 1 2 3 6 DEL totals 257 32 43 75 187 29 1 3 4 18