Blair Betts

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Position Centre
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
210 lb (95 kg/14 st 0 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 New York Rangers
Calgary Flames
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born February 16, 1980 (1980-02-16) (age 28),
Edmonton, AB
NHL Draft 33rd overall, 1998
Calgary Flames
Pro career 2001 – present

Blair Betts (born February 16, 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for the New York Rangers of the NHL. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, second round, 33rd overall.

During the 2006–07 season Betts found success on the Rangers defensive 4th line. He was mostly paired with Colton Orr and Ryan Hollweg. Betts also was a key factor on the penalty kill. He was one of the Rangers most consistent faceoff men with 52.3 percent of faceoffs won. He was first on the team with 1186 faceoffs taken. He was also 6th on the team, 1st among forwards, with 98 blocked shots and led the team with 276 minutes and 42 seconds of short handed time on ice.

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 Calgary Flames NHL 6 1 0 1 2 -- -- -- -- --
2002–03 Calgary Flames NHL 9 1 3 4 0 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 Calgary Flames NHL 20 1 2 3 10 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 New York Rangers NHL 66 8 2 10 24 4 1 1 2 2
2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 82 9 4 13 24 10 0 0 0 4
2007–08 New York Rangers NHL 75 2 5 7 20 8 0 0 0 2
NHL Totals 258 22 16 38 80 22 1 1 2 8

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