#28 Luke Pither
| Position |
Center |
| Height |
6'0" |
| Weight |
194 |
| Shoots |
Left |
| Born |
April 26, 1989 |
| Birthplace |
Burketon, Ontario |
| Drafted |
Undrafted |
Career Statistics
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Regular Season |
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Playoffs |
| Season |
Team |
League |
|
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
|
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
| 2005-06 |
Kingston |
OHL |
|
68 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
26 |
|
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 2006-07 |
Kingston |
OHL |
|
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Guelph |
OHL |
|
52 |
15 |
13 |
28 |
22 |
|
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 2007-08 |
Guelph |
OHL |
|
51 |
13 |
29 |
42 |
31 |
|
10 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| 2008-09 |
Guelph |
OHL |
|
41 |
16 |
14 |
30 |
22 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Belleville |
OHL |
|
23 |
19 |
23 |
42 |
19 |
|
17 |
6 |
13 |
19 |
6 |
| 2009-10 |
Barrie |
OHL |
|
67 |
36 |
58 |
94 |
44 |
|
17 |
9 |
11 |
20 |
4 |
| 2010-11 |
Adirondack |
AHL |
|
67 |
9 |
11 |
20 |
19 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2011-12 |
Adirondack |
AHL |
|
39 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
18 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Trenton |
ECHL |
|
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 2012-13 |
Trenton |
ECHL |
|
11 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Wheeling |
ECHL |
|
24 |
9 |
13 |
22 |
6 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| |
Charlotte |
AHL |
|
23 |
6 |
12 |
18 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
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| AHL TOTALS |
|
129 |
17 |
31 |
48 |
57 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| NHL TOTALS |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| PRO TOTALS |
|
168 |
28 |
46 |
74 |
60 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Biography
Acquired by the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Brian Boucher and Mark Alt on 1/13/13.
2011-12
Split his second professional season between Adirondack and Trenton of the ECHL
Scored a goal in his first game of the season, the eventual game-winner vs. CT (10/8)
Recorded his first assist of the season, the primary helper on Tye McGinn's goal vs. NOR (10/26)
Assisted on Harry Zolnierczyk's game-winning goal and took three shots on goal vs. HER (10/29)
Had the lone assist on Jason Akeson's game-winning goal with five minutes remaining in regulation vs. SYR (11/30)
Scored his second goal of the season and tied a career high with five shots on goal vs. HER (1/6)
Assisted on the game's opening goal to record points in back-to-back games for the first time this season at HER (1/7)
Picked up another assist vs. ALB (1/20), giving him three points (1g, 2a) in his last three games
Assigned to Trenton on 1/26 and made his ECHL debut the following night, recording an assist at SC (1/27)
Returned to Adirondack on 2/4 after recording one assist four ECHL games with Trenton
Ended a season-long, nine-game scoring drought with two assists vs. SYR (2/26), his first multi-point game of the season.
2010-11
Spent the entirety of his first professional season with Adirondack, setting career highs with 20 points, nine goals, 11 assists, 19 penalty minutes and 67 games played
Made his professional debut in Adirondack's season-opener at Binghamton (10/8)
Recorded his first professional point, an assist just 2:08 into the first period of an overtime loss vs. Albany (10/16)
Scored his first professional goal vs. HAM (11/24)
Scored for the second consecutive game, marking his first career point streak, vs. NOR (11/26)
Scored a goal and took a then-career-high four shots on goal at ALB (12/5)
Scored in back-to-back games for the second time this season vs. POR (12/11) and at CT (12/12)
Had five goals in nine games from 11/24-12/12
Registered his sixth goal of the season at SYR (12/28)
Notched assists in four consecutive games from 12/29-1/2, extending his career-best point streak to five games (1g, 4a)
Scored his first career game-winning goal at SYR (1/16), giving him points in back-to-back games (1g, 1a)
Tallied another game-winning goal, this one with less than three minutes left in regulation, vs. BNG (1/26)
Scored his first career power-play goal at NOR (3/23)
Ended a career-long, 12-game point drought with a four-game point streak (1g, 3a) from 3/5 to 3/23
Assisted on Matt Read's game-winning, power-play goal with five minutes remaining in the third period vs. WBS (3/26) .
Junior
Totaled 250 points (104g, 146a) in 307 career Ontario Hockey League games over five seasons with Kingston, Guelph, Belleville and Barrie
During his fifth season with Barrie in 2009-10, ranked third in OHL scoring behind Tyler Seguin and Taylor Hall, the top two picks in that summer's NHL draft
His 94 points, 36 goals and 58 assists were all career highs
Totaled 39 points (15g, 24a) in 34 playoff games over his last two seasons with Belleville and Barrie, reaching the OHL final with Barrie in 2010.